Daredevil #610 Review

Writer: Charles Soule / Artist: Phil Noto / Marvel Comics The Death of Daredevil. This is one of those eye-rolling titles long time comic readers have been plagued with for years. “Yes, you’ll kill the character and bring them back in however many months or years”. The headline almost feels like an insulting attention grabber to those of us loyal to the most recent Daredevil run. Lucky enough, all this bitterness and cynicism fades away quickly once the comic is opened. Charles Soule and Phil Noto tell the second part of the “Death of Daredevil” story where The Man Without Fear and his investigative team is on a mission to prove that Kingpin stole the election for the mayor of New York City. This issue begins with our hero romantically confronted by a very special re-occurring character, Electra Nachios. After a night of passion, Electra is adopted (somewhat reluctantly) into the team. The plan is to kidnap Kingpin’s right-hand man, John Wesley, to uncover further information. “Complications” arise when the escape car (driven by the blind Inhuman, Reader and his corgi, Forey) is immobilized by a new assassin calling himself “Vigil”. His goal seems to be to take out Wesley to prevent him from spilling any valuable information.

Expertly Done The story Soule tells is a clever outgrowth of the decision to make Wilson Fisk the mayor. Daredevil has been protecting people from assassins for years now. Injecting a couple new plot points makes the narrative feel fresh. Soule’s dialo…