Hot take: Comic book fans gatekeep the original runs way too hard

I finally read Miller's Daredevil run after a friend told me I had to start there, but honestly I got more out of the Waid run from 2011. The older stuff felt dated and slow. Has anyone else started with a newer run and found it clicked better for them?

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mason4999d ago

Hear you loud and clear, Bendis and Maleev is what sold Daredevil to me too.

laura9405d ago

Bendis and Maleev on Daredevil was a lightning in a bottle moment for sure, but just a small correction - Maleev didn't come on board until issue #26 of that run. The first 25 issues were actually drawn by Alex Maleev on some and others by David Mack? Actually no, Maleev started at #26 and stayed steady through #50. So the very start of Bendis's run was a mix of artists before Maleev locked in. That gritty, shadowy look you're thinking of is all Maleev from #26 onward though. @wendy_wilson, that's the run that finally made me appreciate what a modern superhero comic could look like without all the spandex sheen.

wendy_wilson9d ago

Right there with you, I tried going back to Miller's Daredevil and felt like I was forcing myself to enjoy it. The Bendis and Maleev run from the early 2000s was what actually hooked me, and that's still my favorite even though purists act like it's heresy. Sometimes newer writers just grab your attention better without needing a history lesson first.