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DAREDEVIL: GUARDIAN DEVIL TRADE
PAPERBACK
Joe
Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti of Event
Comics helms Marvel’s imprint Marvel
Knights with writer and director Kevin Smith. Karen Page leaves Matt
Murdock while a teenage girl who knows Matt is Davedevil leaves her baby
claiming she never had sex. Karen returns revealing that she apparently has HIV
from her time as a pornstar. Foggy Nelson is accused of murdering a wealthy
divorcee and fired by the law firm by his own mother. Ex-girlfriend Black Widow
drops by for a visit to temporary baby sit the child who could be the
Antichrist. Daredevil goes to the only person who could help his mother who is
also a nun.
The
assassin Bullseye is hired to retrieve the baby as Matt quits the law firm.
Bullseye attacks the church where Matt left the baby ending up killing Karen
Page and kidnapping the baby. Matt tracks down the person behind hiring
Bullseye and ends up being Mysterio who has a brain tumor and has one year to live
so he focuses on Daredevil. He reveals to Daredevil he made Karen Page believe
she had HIV, framing his partner Foggy Nelson, and hiring Bullseye. Believing
Daredevil would kill him and end his misery, Matt ridicules him and his plans
so Mysterio kills himself much like Kraven the Hunter. Before Matt gives the
baby up for adoption, he names her Karen. Matt reopens the practice with his
partner Foggy Nelson who was recently released from prison from the money left
from Karen’s life insurance policy.
Following
the death of Mysterio, his character was seen several times afterwards however
his identity was Daniel Berkhart. However after the recent events of Spider-Man: The Gauntlet, Mysterio is
Quentin Beck returned after he faked his death during Guardian Devil. Writer
Kevin Smith gives a poorly executed reasoning for Mysterio’s motivations. Quentin
Beck’s brain tumor and death is not mentioned in current Marvel continuity. If
Karen Page has HIV then wouldn’t Matt Murdock be HIV positive as well and be
worried? This wasn’t explored enough even if the HIV tests given to Karen Page
were false due to Mysterio’s plans. Continuity errors exist from the writer who
is an avid fan of comics. Would be really nice if current writer Mark Waid
gives an explanation to the fiasco of Guardian Devil sometime in the future.
This
trade paperback collects
Daredevil
#1-8
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT – 3 OUT OF 5
