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Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli
3.0

New Review 2025: Still kind of feel the same as before. I like a lot of this, especially the first half. But the stuff with Nuke feels oddly done and not fully flushed out. So it lands around a 3.5.

Original Review: Born again is another solid daredevil story from Frank Miller.

Alot of people claim Frank made daredevil. I'd say he started the foundations but other people have done the character better (Bendis/Ed) but I still enjoyed what I got here.

What I liked: The story arc involving Born again, the breakdown of Matt's mentality, and the wrath of Kingpin is both interesting and scary. Even the way they put fear into everyone Matt's near is scary. I love watching Matt fight with his internal thoughts of loss and betrayal. Watching it is so interesting and sad and watching a man overcome that is great.

What I disliked: The story with Nuke. There's moments of greatness but mostly it feels very odd. I get the kingpin sent him to take out Daredevil but this is after the breakdown. So it's not as interesting. Also Cap's moments feel oddly placed in a Daredevil story. Also the very last arc was just not that interesting.

Overall born again stuff - 4 out of 5. The rest? 2-2.5/5. Still worth reading if you have not.