New Comic Review - Daredevil #1

Name: Daredevil #1

Published by: Marvel comics

Writter: Chip Zdarsky

Artist: Marco Checchetto, Rafael De Latorre

Colorist: Matthew Wilson

Letterer: VC's Clayton Cowles 

Despite this being the first issue of a new daredevil series, this is not really the beginning of a new story rather follows on from the last ongoing. This is as good as the last series and the new artist and colorist combination even makes the feeling even darker and more intensifying. 

I really loved the last volume of Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky, which in my opinion was one of the best ongoing Marvel published in the last few years. I didn't read Devil’s Reign event, but this issue gave me a gist of what happened in it. But to be honest, despite being a new number one this issue is not friendly to new readers at all, rather a confusing jumping on point for sure. 

Zdarsky's writing is crisp and to the point, the character interactions and the dialogues are very enjoying. I often time find myself  re-reading bits just to appreciate the prose. The banter between Matt and Spiderman was very emotional and delightful. The new antagonist seems quite creepy and the ending will surely make everyone breathless for what comes next. 

The back up featuring Elektra and Stick is also quite good, I have been a fan of Stick since the Frank Miller's days and Chip's really handled this tricky character masterfully.

Special kudos for the artist and colorist duo, who made the issue seemed much darker and edgy with their style. The use of black coloring and shadowing works so well with the tone and I think the issue was given another dimension due to the coloring of Matthew Wilson. 

I will give this 4.5 stars out of 5 (.5 deducted due to this not being new reader friendly).