- Title: Daredevil #25
- Comic Vine: link
- Writer: Mark Waid
- Artist: Chris Samnee
Although the man between Daredevil‘s recent troubles remains in the shadows, Daredevil #25 does introduce a new enemy as the Man Without Fear learns the true purpose of recreating his accident when he faces off against Ikari, a deadly warrior enhanced with the same hyper-senses as our hero.
Most of the comic is one prolonged fight sequence between Daredevil and the mystery assassin who has cloaked himself in the style of Daredevil’s original costume, going so far as to even wear his father’s boxing robe to further get under Murdock’s skin. With the two evenly matched, Daredevil #25 offers a terrific fight that leaves both men bloodied and straining to breathe.
Trying to use his experience to win the fight, Daredevil changes the venue only to discover he and Ikari aren’t as evenly matched as he believed. The assassin has one more ace up his sleeve. The comic ends with Daredevil beaten, but spared (at least for now) leading into the next double-sized issue dealing with Foggy‘s surgery and, hopefully, the man behind the curtain pulling Ikari’s strings. Best of the week.
[Marvel, $3.99]
Here’s what I don’t understand Daredevil is blind and only sees through his radar sense that doesn’t pick up details like color, fabric, and design, so why go to the trouble of making a version of his costume when he can’t see it?
I love the look of Ikari but the more I thought about it I thought it was weird he would go to all that trouble when Daredevil can’t see his costume.