Roger McKenzie

This was probably my least favorite of the three Visionaries volumes collecting Frank Miller's work on Daredevil. Mostly because, well, Frank Miller didn't write any of these stories. He just drew them. I've read in an interview that Miller nearly quit because he hated Roger McKenzie's writing and Marvel placated him by firing McKenzie and letting him write his own stories (beginning with Volume 2). Well I can see why they did it. Some of these story arcs are just embarrassing to read.

I recommend reading this volume only to juxtapose with Frank Miller's actual writing so you can see why he was considered so important.… (meer)

This was probably my least favorite of the three Visionaries volumes collecting Frank Miller's work on Daredevil. Mostly because, well, Frank Miller didn't write any of these stories. He just drew them. I've read in an interview that Miller nearly quit because he hated Roger McKenzie's writing and Marvel placated him by firing McKenzie and letting him write his own stories (beginning with Volume 2). Well I can see why they did it. Some of these story arcs are just embarrassing to read.

I recommend reading this volume only to juxtapose with Frank Miller's actual writing so you can see why he was considered so important.… (meer)

Grabbed this one from a newly opened branch of my local library as I've been researching Daredevil and Elektra for a personal project. Seeing as this volume includes the first appearance of Elektra and the start of Frank Miller's defining run on the series, I knew I needed to read it.

The only downside to this collection is that it doesn't do a great job of filling in the gaps like many collected comic volumes do. While it starts appropriately enough with Daredevil's appearance in two issues of Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man, it takes us too far into the next story arc of that book before jumping uncomfortably back into Daredevil's own. Now I want to know what happens between Spidey and Carrion, but instead I'm thrust back into DD's story. I feel like the Spider-Man issues should have been cut short after DD's appearance or left out entirely, as they don't really affect the rest of the story arc being featured here.

This does, as I stated, include the first appearance of Elektra, the build-up of Daredevil's wild rivalry with Bullseye, and brings the Man Without Fear into the sphere of the Kingpin, up until now a Spider-Man villain, but most notably one of Daredevil's because of what begins in these very issues.

Definitely a worthwhile addition to any collection featuring Ol' Horn-Head, as it begins some of the biggest moments of the hero's career.… (meer)