Roger McKenzie

An excellent, well researched book.

The history is something that we all should read; the forecast of Africa rising, I hope to be accurate but, I'm doubtful. The US and capitalism are resilient.

I have deducted half a star for the literary style, which feels a bit mean, but every sentence is its own paragraph. It makes the reading rather jumpy.

So I enjoyed this more than I thought I would! I wasn't sure how I'd feel about earlier Daredevil stories, since I'm so used to seeing Matt inked/colored in newer styles. To be honest though, this was pretty amazing.

Frank Miller's talent for penciling is evident, from the first issue contained in this volume. He brings this gritty noir style to the story that I really ended up liking. I think my favorite part is the way that he drew Natasha, or Black Widow as you might know her. She has show more this distinctly curvy body, and I loved that she wasn't this stick figure of a character. Too often now that's more the style, and so I was completely enamored with her womanly physique. Plus, well, Natasha is a bad-ass.

Story wise, this was pretty solid too. The dialogue absolutely screams "Early 80's comic!" but it's pretty easy to sink into. It was cool to be able to see where Daredevil's roots came from, and by the time that Elektra came on the scene, I was sold.

This is pretty amazing! I haven't read a lot of older comics, so I'm greatly enjoying this journey. show less

This was probably my least favorite of the three Visionaries volumes collecting Frank Miller's work on Daredevil. Mostly because, well, Frank Miller didn't write any of these stories. He just drew them. I've read in an interview that Miller nearly quit because he hated Roger McKenzie's writing and Marvel placated him by firing McKenzie and letting him write his own stories (beginning with Volume 2). Well I can see why they did it. Some of these story arcs are just embarrassing to read.

I show more recommend reading this volume only to juxtapose with Frank Miller's actual writing so you can see why he was considered so important. show less

The Roger Stern/John Byrne issues in this collection are the best this title has seen to this point in its history. Unfortunately, there's a lot of fill ins clustered around their issues which are extremely bad.