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Rating: - The End of a Hero
This is a two arc story involving the introduction of a new foe by the name of Lady Bullseye, loosely modeled on the character Bullseye. And her setting up shop in New York and Daredevils attempt to thwart her. The second arc involves a story regarding Matt Murdocks' affair with Dakota and the fall out from that.

It is the second arc which I found distasteful and sickening and caused me to strike off Daredevil as a hero.

If there is one unforgivable sin I have when it comes to comic books. Is for a writer to come along and arbitrarily write a character out of character in order to service the story that he or she wants to tell. I find it a sign of laziness and creative bankruptcy. And that is effectively what Brubaker has done in this story. He has changed Matt `Daredevil' Murdock from being an honest and honorable man who would never needlessly hurt a soul to a liar, and a dishonourable reprobate devoid of integrity.


In the `Window' arc. Matt makes the following statement about his belief regarding his view of marriage.

"....Then I resist the urge to go over there and yell at her (Mill-his wife) how marriage is a sacred bond that I do not take lightly!"


This is simply not just talk on Matt's part. During the story, Matt is actually presented with the opportunity to cheat on his wife not once but twice. But resists that temptation, because he still loved his wife and took his wedding vows seriously. But Ed Brubaker decided that everything that Matt said about his respect for marriage and love for his wife etc. Was all a lie, Because in jumps into bed with another woman and cheats on his wife without a second thought .Then to add insult to injury he compounds the damage and hurt he has inflicted by refusing to hand over custody of his sick wife (who he shows that he does not love by cheating on her) to her parents. This is completely opposite to the honourable character I was first introduced to.

I have always had a problem with Brubaker's DD run. I was actually alarmed by the way in which he had the previously focused and disciplined Murdock throwing temper tantrum after temper tantrum like a 4 year old child. Then there's Murdock's sudden penchant for dishonorable behaviour. And by the end of the issue we see that Brubaker's has done away with Matt's `radar sense', which enables him to pick up delicate noises. In this story Matt can not even detect a photographer snapping pictures outside his home.



I have heard it argued that Matt is acting this way because he is under stress. But Matt has been under greater amounts of stress and pressure and yet has still managed to control himself and rise to the occasion (see `Born Again' and `Out'). Yet Brubaker is trying to make the reader believe that Murdock is now unable to control himself now. Sorry, this doesn't wash with me.

This story left such a bad taste in my mouth that I dropped the book, and vowed to not touch anything with Ed Brubakers name attached to it. He completely destroyed Daredevil.

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