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killer shrike

Subj: Re: The end of Daredevil
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 at 01:32:06 pm EDT (Viewed 1 times)
Reply Subj: The end of Daredevil
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 at 12:50:38 pm EDT (Viewed 1 times)


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> > I notice Bendis says he treats all characters equally, pointing to Daredevil. Did his run on Daredevil end with him being a murdering, insane man who had retreated to a simple life in Eastern Europe to hide from reality? One quick and rough definition that he should consider: Heroes persevere or go down fighting... Victims are broken.
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> I know yours was a rhetorical question, but Bendis concluded his run on the title by having DD locked in prison to await trial for obstruction of justice alongside his enemies (Kingpin, Gladiator, etc). Superhero and supervillains, all together, and as the director of the FBI (who alternates between being a somewhat sympathetic figure and a total bastard throughout Bendis's tenure) says, if they all kill one another while locked up, that would be "fantastic."
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> I always found that to be a nice snapshot of Bendis's view of superheroes in general.


Interesting. And the question wasn't entirely rhetorical (although the phrasing was)... Since Bendis pointed to it as an example of how he is just as rough on his male characters, I was honestly curious as to whether it really was an equal match. Even with the summary, though, I don't quite know. Utter defeat (if that's what it even was) and victimization aren't really the same thing...

Edit: Your edit helps answer that one some.