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Daredevil by Ed Brubaker Omnibus, Vol. 2
by Ed Brubaker
With this being one of the smallest Omnibus I own I'm surprised how solid it really is.
Brubaker continues his run of Matt trying to pick up the pieces from the events of the last volume. No spoilers, but a major part of Matt's life got really fucked up thanks to a villain of his ruining everything for him. With Matt starting this volume in despair, basically going out in the streets fucking everyone up who ever crossed him, we see a man on the edge of a mental breakdown. And this volume smartly has Matt balance his superhero fighting with his court room drama and investigation storylines to put together a excellent first arc here.
However as we get deeper in we get introduced to a major character in Brubaker's Daredevil mythos, lady Bullseye. This one is not AS insane as the actual bullseye but very deadly. Coming after Matt but not for the reasons you might suspect. The overall final two arcs center around her ambitions and her goals for Matt but also The Hand. Leaving Matt going to darker places than ever before for the sake of himself but also everyone around him.
The ending feels a bit rushed I will say. It almost feels like Brubaker either wanted to hop off sooner or marvel needed him off sooner, and it's my only negative.
This ends in a depressing way but makes so much sense after the events of both Bendis and Brubaker's run. Out of all the runs of Daredevil these two runs back to back really feel like one big epic that I love so much. Hell you can even count the Kevin Smith run too that started the feel and it still really works.
If you liked the previous volume I have no doubt you'll enjoy this one a lot. A 4 out of 5.
Brubaker continues his run of Matt trying to pick up the pieces from the events of the last volume. No spoilers, but a major part of Matt's life got really fucked up thanks to a villain of his ruining everything for him. With Matt starting this volume in despair, basically going out in the streets fucking everyone up who ever crossed him, we see a man on the edge of a mental breakdown. And this volume smartly has Matt balance his superhero fighting with his court room drama and investigation storylines to put together a excellent first arc here.
However as we get deeper in we get introduced to a major character in Brubaker's Daredevil mythos, lady Bullseye. This one is not AS insane as the actual bullseye but very deadly. Coming after Matt but not for the reasons you might suspect. The overall final two arcs center around her ambitions and her goals for Matt but also The Hand. Leaving Matt going to darker places than ever before for the sake of himself but also everyone around him.
The ending feels a bit rushed I will say. It almost feels like Brubaker either wanted to hop off sooner or marvel needed him off sooner, and it's my only negative.
This ends in a depressing way but makes so much sense after the events of both Bendis and Brubaker's run. Out of all the runs of Daredevil these two runs back to back really feel like one big epic that I love so much. Hell you can even count the Kevin Smith run too that started the feel and it still really works.
If you liked the previous volume I have no doubt you'll enjoy this one a lot. A 4 out of 5.