Daredevil #4 Review

Writer: Chip Zdarsky / Artist: Marco Checcetto / Marvel Comics What I need is more comics where the hero does something stupid for dramatic effect and then immediately acknowledges that it was stupid. It’s everyone’s favorite time of the month, Daredevil week! Before the sermon let us give thanks to the spirits of Stan Lee and Bill Everett for blessing the holy prophets Zdarsky and Checcetto who relay the Holy message of Daredevil’s everlasting awesomeness. Excelsior. Now brothers and sisters. If you loved the scene in Daredevil season 2 where Murdock and Castle debate their moral philosophies on a roof top (and of course you do since you’re not heathens) you’re going to love Daredevil #4. Last issue found a weakened Daredevil saved from arrest by no other than the Punisher. The news that Daredevil murdered a man attempting to rob a liquor store peaks his interest. Has Daredevil finally given up on his code not to kill criminals? (Spoilers: No. No he has not). But Punisher has a captured criminal and he wants to play a game (Like Jig Saw. Get it?). Meanwhile, Detective Cole is relentlessly ostracized for his street fight with Daredevil. The notable exception to this criticism is from beloved mayor Wilson Fisk who praises his unflinching integrity in the face of a whole department that would allow for the unchecked vigilantism of Daredevil.

You can probably tell that I am crazy excited about this issue. The debate’s been had before and will keep happening between characters l…