![]() And it’s a broke FBI agent who passes that on to the global media and really tears Matt Murdock’s life to shreds by branding him a costumed vigilante. There’s no indication that he even knows Sam Silke exists, yet it is Silke who sells his identity to the feds, not some age-old adversary and certainly not as part of any grand big plan. ![]() It’s no coincidence that the cause of most of Matt Murdock’s pain in this run can be traced back to two people he never really meets. ![]() More than that, Bendis is actually willing to devote time to rounding out the universe surrounding Matt Murdock. Beyond that, Bendis isn’t afraid to put away the silly costume for a more considered look at Matt Murdock and the world around him (take, for example, the fact that he only appears in costume once for the entire Trial of the Century arc). He’s a tangential figure in the opening two storylines, Wake Up and Underboss, which is particularly surprising given how the second storyline affects him in such a huge way. What is most remarkable about Bendis’ run is just how little Daredevil there actually is in it. It’s strange how these things work – Bendis was almost a one-off Daredevil writer. ![]() ![]() But, in a story related in an afterword collected here, Bendi explains that it was actually Alex Maleev who suggested that the two be granted stewardship of the title. He did a fill-in arc, Wake Up, after David Mack finished writing for the recently relaunched book. Bendis wasn’t meant to be a long-term writer for the book. ![]()
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