written by Chip Zdarsky
drawn by Marco Checchetto
colored by Matt Wilson
With Daredevil having defeated the Stromwyns, the money behind the Hand, all that remains is for him to chase the Beast down to Hell and reclaim the souls of his friends. The only problem is that to do it, he has to die, and his wife Elektra isn't about to let Matt, good Catholic that he is, take his own life at the very mouth of the Inferno.
This issue was billed as a duel to the death between Matt and Elektra, in a case of some pretty egregiously misleading marketing. Surprisingly, though I quite preferred what ACTUALLY happened as opposed to what was hyped up to happen, for a number of reasons.
First of all, I really like the fact that Chip Zdarsky is revisiting the storyline involving the Beast that his predecessor Charles Soule wrote during his last year or so on the book. Before he really hit his stride with the "Devil's Reign" miniseries, I kind of thought Zdarsky's writing had gone all over the place, with his advocacy against the penal system being his one bright spot. I felt he meandered a bit to get to this point but I'm also glad he's not pretending to shatter any status quos here.
Second, on that note, I really like focused this issue feels; we really get a sense of Zdarsky's endgame here, and for the first time in a while I feel really excited about the next issue.
This issue is basically just as setup for the climactic throwdown that will take place over the next issue or two which will close out Zdarsky's run, so I look forward to Zdarsky and Checchetto giving it the full beans, as it were.
8/10
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