I’m Talkin’ Reckless: Daredevil Season 3 Does The ‘Born Again’ Storyline

Lemme, start this shit off by saying this, “Y’all don’t know my struggle…, you can’t fathom my love.” Why do I say that? Lemme take y’all back to the beginning. I’ve been a Daredevil fan since high school. Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev’s run on the Daredevil comic series? Pure art. The highest form of art. That shit is still peak gospel story telling to me years later. Daredevil was my fucking guy, where everyone was loving Spider-Man during lunchroom I’d be telling them, Parker cool but my man Matt Murdock? This Blind Lawyer fighting crime? Using his 360 degree radar sense to “see” and parkour off rooftops? Goat. Fam, you know how many times I got laughed at for that statement? My best friends ridiculing me in my persons. “A blind guy being a hero, Omar? That shit can’t happen.” Why, because he’s a lawyer?! “Yeah… first of all, that’s the most unbelievable part, they ain’t saving a damn thing pro bono. But a strong second is the blind part. I’m not buying it.” Well I don’t see Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, dressing up to fight crime and they millionaires, so how am I supposed to take Batman seriously? (Yes, this is the origin story of my Batman disdain.)

Then it happened, 2003 my man was Matt Murdock was getting a movie. I was hype. I was ready. My guy was getting his shine and the world would see, Murda Murdock deserves that spotlight from Marvel… Look man I thought it was a B movie despite Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s playground fight (forever now known as “pl…