All Things Comics

brevoortformspring:

Tom, let me first congratulate Marvel on publishing perhaps the greatest continuous stretch of runs on a superhero character - I’m talking about Daredevil, who has seen brilliant creative team after brilliant creative team for over a decade, in some of the most moving and daring stories found on American comic stands.

That being said, it is with a heavy heart that I must call attention to the black stain on this glorious era - Shadowland. Now I don’t make comics - so I’m not going to pretend that I know “what should have been done instead” or “who’s to blame” or whatever, and both Andy Diggle and Stephen Wacker are wonderful talents who have done great work. I’m not so sure what went wrong, and am not going to point fingers.

Instead, what I would like to ask - and I know it is a long shot - is that perhaps Marvel could do what they did with the Clone Saga - put out a mini or a one-shot retelling a condensed, more cohesive version of the story, one that lives up to the potential of the original story’s idea (and boy is there potential!) and one which honors the monumental work of Bendis, Maleev, Mack, Smith Quesada, Brubaker, and Lark that made up the Marvel Knight volume of Daredevil.

I ask this for all those Daredevil fans who believe that Marvel is capable of doing better and honoring both those creator’s stories and Daredevil himself.

Best regards,

Nikolai Fomich

My honest answer here is no, probably not. I think it’s much better and wiser to move forward and do new stories than to try to go back and remake the stories of the past–even if everybody agreed with you about Shadowland, which isn’t the case. Using the Clone Saga as an example, did that latter day limited series really have any impact on how people feel about that storyline? I can’t say that I think so.

Everyone always seems to forget or omit Bob Gale and Phil Winslade’s great arc.