This starts an epic, riveting crime drama and legal thriller as Matt struggles, questions his roles as a lawyer and a hero, and is pushed to the emotional brink. But then, the series really takes off, as a mid-level mobster attempts to take out the Kingpin and in the process, Daredevil's secret identity, Matt Murdock, is revealed to the public. It's fine, if a bit boring, and the painterly art by David Mack doesn't match the tone of the rest of the run. The omnibus opens with a story arc following journalist Ben Urich investigating a fight between Daredevil and Leap Frog. Most of the time, it doesn't even feel like a superhero comic in the traditional sense, but instead, it more closely resembles a psychologically-tense crime noir tale set in a wet and grimy Hell's Kitchen. This run on the character is nothing short of revelatory. Other than Frank Miller, Brian Michael Bendis is the other writer that should be credited with popularizing this. He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.ĭaredevil stories are known for being dark, gritty, street-level stories that challenge Matt Murdock not only as a superhero but as a man. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.īrian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.
Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.īendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.īendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.īendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics.
A comic book writer and erstwhile artist.
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