Daredevil #103
Marvel Comics
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artists: Michael Lark, Paul Azaceta, Stefano Gaudino

The Wrecking Crew is involved in a gang war against Mr. Fear’s goons and Daredevil is way over his head trying to protect innocent bystanders caught in the fight. But there’s more. Daredevil is still on the tracks of Mr. Fear, trying to find the antidote that will cure Milla of her madness. But Mr Fear is a cunning one and his plan has so far fallen into place. How can Daredevil overcome all these odds?

In true Marvel style, our hero is facing unrealistic odds that readers ask themselves how he will ever get out of. Daredevil has been through quite a lot of mess in his life and Brubaker is adding to the legend.   As much as I like this story, one complaint is that this type of existential challenges against the hero are in a way always trying to rewrite the seminal work established by Frank Miller two decades ago. The story is compelling, but the challenge is something we have all seen before.

The artwork continues to be strong and quite appropriate for the mood of the storyline. It’s gritty realism with heavy inking. There is more than one artist in this issue, but each contribution is well mixed into the general Lark house style. Although there is little action in this story, the artists do a great job of rendering sequential action that moves the story forward.