Daredevil: Father
by Joe Quesada
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Author: Joe QuesadaIllustrator: Joe Quesada
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-03
ISBN: 0785115447
Number of pages: 200
Publisher: Marvel
Book Reviews of Daredevil: Father
Book Review: A better Daredevil "movie" than the one that hit theaters
Summary: 4 Stars
I've always thought that one of the key characteristics of a good movie was that you found yourself thinking about it hours, if not days, after seeing it, pondering various plot points and replaying various scenes in your head. In that respect, Daredevil: Father is a heck of a movie.
The series (collected in this nifty hardcover) is certainly cinematic. The essential components of the story (heat wave, serial killer, daddy issues) are enough to set up a decent movie, and Joe Quesada's art, which has always had a cinematic flair, is even more dramatic here. You can tell that Frank Miller's visual storytelling in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns was a major influence on Quesada.
Quesada dedicated the series to his late father, and it is obvious throughout the series that this was more than just another writing assignment. Quesada obviously put plenty of heart and emotion into this story, which helps offset some of the story's weaker elements. Aside from a very tenuous connection to Daredevil, the introduction of a new team of heroes (the Santierians) doesn't seem to serve any purpose, unless Quesada just thought the Marvel Universe needed a more ethnically diverse mix of characters. The group's encounters with Daredevil definitely made for good cinema, but were not really relevant to the story at hand. A casual encounter with Spider-Man or Luke Cage could have accomplished the same objective, though in a far less spectacular fashion. There are also scenes where Daredevil's dialogue just doesn't fit with the character. In fact, I often found myself thinking that Father would have been a much better Batman story.
I hate to sound like I'm bashing the writing, because with a few exceptions Quesada did a solid job. After several years of Brian Michael Bendis Daredevil issues though, I tend to set the bar pretty high for this character.
I have absolutely zero complaints about the artwork. It's gorgeous, dramatic, cinematic, and probably the best work Quesada has ever done.
Daredevil: Father gets a 4-star rating (3/3.5 stars for the writing and 5 stars for the artwork). Daredevil fans will no doubt enjoy it, if perhaps a bit less than the recent Bendis run, and it makes a nice, albeit darker, companion piece to Loeb & Sale's Yellow (Daredevil Legends, Vol. 1).
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