Daredevil: Yellow

There was once a time when the Man Without Fear wore yellow. That original look is often ridiculed by fans and mocked by Marvel artists. But I liked the style. It's way better than the time the hero went with full body armor…

   The creative duo of Jeph Loeb explore that fashion faux pas period of Daredevil's career in this offering in their Marvel Color series. When young Matt Murdock is blinded saving a jaywalking elderly man, the kid is doused with chemicals. The radioactive soup gives Matt heightened senses and a powerful radar- like ability to stay out of harm's way.

  It looks like Matt will become a run of the mill defense attorney. That is until mobsters murder Matt's father for refusing to take a dive during a boxing match. Seeking justice when the crooks get off on a technicality, Matt crafts a suit and becomes Daredevil.

  Daredevil is one of those heroes that has grown on me over the years. As a kid, it was unbelievable that a blind person could make their own suit and weapons. But as I got older, I have witnessed the amazing things not just the blind can accomplish but anyone with a disability. In other words, Daredevil is one of the few superheroes that becomes more realistic the older the reader gets…

  Loeb pens yet another awesome script and the deft pencils of Tim Sale ( with beautiful watercolors by Tim Hollingsworth.) I really liked the job that they did on Hulk: Gray and The Long Halloween so much that I am now always on the lookout for anything by Loeb and Sale.

  While this story recalls the origin of Daredevil, this is more of a chronicle of the doomed love affair between Matt and his secretary, Karen Page. Karen was a blonde beauty and her striking gold hair plays on the color motif of the book. Hence, the name of the book, if you didn't get that already...

 Daredevil: Yellow was a delightful read and I highly recommend it. It was published under the more mature Marvel Knights imprint from 1998-2013. But with the exception of the questionable liberties that the Purple Man implies that he took with Mrs. Page in the final chapter, this book was very tame. So I don't think that parents of kids aged 13 would have anything to be upset with. Except maybe for the gaudy yellow costume...

  Worth Consuming.

  Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.