Daredevil

Overall, it’s pretty good so far! It doesn’t quite meet the highs of Miller’s, Bendis’, or even Waid’s runs so far, but it’s far from bad and is setting up a pretty solid story so far and I’m really intrigued to know where it goes, even if it is a little slow. What does everyone else think?

Hello, everyone. Don’t have a lot to say but it’s nice to be here lol

My personal favorite comes from Ultimate X-Men #41 by Brian Michael Bendis. Ultimate X-Men has always been… controversial to say the least, but this issue has always been a standout. In this story, Logan is tasked with tracking down a mutant hiding out in a cave after wiping out a whole town full of people. Come to find out, he’s just a kid. He didn’t even know he was a mutant, before that day. His powers manifested just that morning when everyone he interacted with had the life sucked out of them, including his girlfriend and all of his friends who he had to watch fade away because of him. The only person unaffected is Logan, due to his healing factor. He tries to calm the boy down and sits next to him, talking to him about what he is and why this is happening to him. That his mutant ability is that he kills everyone around him, regardless of if he wants to or not. Including in this case, everyone he’s ever known. The boy talks about all the experiences that he’s been robbed of because of it. Everything that any kid should be able to do, to grow into. All that Logan can tell him is that, “it’s just bad luck”. Who else understands that more than him? Logan gives him one thing, his first beer. As their conversation goes on, you remember the inevitable. It’ll be his last too. Logan tells him to finish his beer before he walks out of the cave. Alone. I think this story is really telling about who Logan is, and about his life as a whole. He’s seen so many people around him come and go as time keeps going. He’s killed so many, when he’s wanted to or not, something that he’s not proud of. As he puts it, “it’s all a roll of the dice”. Logan is one of the only people who could possibly interact with the kid, not just on a physical level, but on an emotional one too. It forces him to be reminded of his past while also being reminded of the cruelty of the world, a world that would force an innocent kid to have to kill everyone he loves, and he’s the one who has to do the hard thing and to deal with that kid. It’s a hard pill to swallow, but it’s one that Logan is all too familiar with. It’s a soul crushing story, but it’s a reminder of who Logan is. His pain, his loneliness, but also his gentleness when it comes to people who have been dealt a bad hand. It shows that he truly is the best there is at what he does, and what he does- it isn’t nice.