Daredevil #5 Review

Writer: Chip Zdarsky / Artist: Marco Checchtto / Marvel Comics The “Know Fear” story arc winds down this week, but Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checcetto go hard in their fifth issue. Issue #4 ended with Daredevil hurting after a violent but philosophical interaction with the Punisher. Let’s not forget that it was right after an unsuccessful brawl with Detective Cole’s burly ass. DD’s gunshot wound isn’t helping matters, either. In classic, self-destructive Daredevil fashion he decides to interfere with a drug shipment by the Owl. Initially successful, he finds himself overwhelmed by a horde of lackeys. When he comes to, he’s been rescued by his superpowered friends. Matt is solemnly convinced they’ve come to turn him in after his grisly and unstable behavior, but his fellow Defenders are supportive. Daredevil learns something disturbing as his fellow Defenders attempt to comfort him. He is not alone in his crisis of accidentally killing someone. In his apartment, he finds one more person looking to discuss his latest actions with him. This friend described by Murdock as “the best of us” offers much more criticism than comfort. The comic ends with a battered Murdock in his home; tears running down his face.

I thought it would be impossible to top the last issue with the Punisher, but Zdarsky and Checchetto blew my mind in this comic. They put together a story with enough action, drama and introspection for three separate comics. Zdarsky has a great way of describing the world thro…