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Daredevil #270Issue(s): Daredevil #270 Review/plot: ![]() He immediately kills both raper and rapee, and then when his father Mephisto shows up to congratulate him, he attacks him too. ![]() Mephisto gives him the ground rules: try to be a little more subtle, and don't let too many eyes see your true form. ![]() Meanwhile, Daredevil is feeling good. A big grin on his face, and he's thinking to himself that now that his body is back in shape, maybe his mind will follow. ![]() It's certainly something to hope for. The past few weeks have apparently been a dim dream for him, but now he's at an abandoned amusement park getting in some exercise, and he attracts the attention of Blackheart. ![]() ![]() Peter Parker happens to be near by... ![]() ...so he joins in as Spider-Man. ![]() I think Nocenti's scripting works well for Spider-Man. He's running off at the mouth a bit, but that's not unusual. ![]() Spider-Man notices something reckless about Daredevil's actions. ![]() And then Daredevil suggests trying to kill Blackheart ("You see what I could do?"). ![]() But Spider-Man, already uncomfortable with the idea, realizes it's exactly what Blackheart wants, so he stops Daredevil. ![]() And they agree to just try to knock him out. ![]() Failing in his attempt at being subtle, and realizing that the eyes of a crowd are on him, he disappears. ![]() In the aftermath, Daredevil notices Mephisto in the crowd, but doesn't recognize him until he's gone. ![]() From this issue alone you might never realize that Blackheart was going to be a repeat character as opposed to just the latest bit of madness and symbolism from Nocenti. But even in that regard it's a good story; i like how the rules are set up from the start, including Mephisto's suggestion that Blackheart should have made the near-rape victim try to kill him, which is what he ends up doing to Daredevil. As an ongoing character, Blackheart has a cool, very JRJR, design, and it's a much better introduction/origin than what we're given for Mephisto's daughter Mephista in Doctor Strange #5-8. Quality Rating: B Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A References:
Crossover: N/A Continuity Insert? N My Reprint: N/A Inbound References (2): showCharacters Appearing: Blackheart, Daredevil, Mephisto, Spider-Man CommentsIt's funny seeing Spider-Man holding back Daredevil. During the Sin-Eater arc, the situations were reversed. Posted by: clyde | October 13, 2014 12:52 PM It definitely is interesting to see the roles reversed from the Sin-Eater story. Peter David clearly had his reasons, but I always thought Spidey was behaving very un-Spidey-like in that arc, and his morals in this issue give weight to that. I was glad to see Spidey and DD fighting together again, though, and not bickering like they had been in their most recent encounters. Posted by: TCP | October 13, 2014 2:37 PM Spider-Man was letting his emotions get the better of him with the Sin-Eater. It seemed like he cared very much for Jean Dewolff. Posted by: clyde | October 13, 2014 2:54 PM I haven't read this but geez do Mephisto and Blackheart look really creepy. Posted by: davidbanes | October 13, 2014 5:45 PM I originally 1st knew about Blackheart from the Video Game, too. Sorry, I'm not sure if it's because you've may have missed out a few scans or my misreading but did DD attack Blackheart unprovoked? Posted by: JSfan | October 14, 2014 5:54 AM Blackheart first shows up and attacks Daredevil unprovoked in his "true" form. Then later Daredevil considers trying to kill Blackheart but Spider-Man stops him. So DD never does anything "wrong" in this story. Posted by: fnord12 | October 14, 2014 10:40 AM I really like JRJR's way of drawing Mephisto. His classic humanoid form with anime hair is cool but he really captures the evilness by depicting him as a truly demonic creature. At times he looks like a snake to me, I guess we can see some "original sin" symbolism in there. And Blackheart goes a step further by being a walking mass of dark thorns and having difficulties hiding it. That's just amazing. Posted by: Nate Wolf | June 14, 2017 2:23 PM Comments are now closed. |
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