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[Clayton Blind Love]

I really enjoyed the tools that the infinite presentation has to offer as a digital reading experience. Plus, Krause’s Daredevil reminded me of Lark’s run and I’m pretty big fan of that look. The colouring was well done too.
A couple things that I didn’t like. First, I spent $12 for this and I don’t think I got $12 entertainment value out of this story. An Image tpb at $9.99 collecting 5-6 issues of a brand new series is fairly common place now. A recent Marvel tpb of a new series, the Superior Foes of Spider-Man, retails at $16.99. This collects 6 issues. I think $8 would of been my ceiling for this, but this was my first infinite comic test and I wanted to try it out. I won’t be trying anymore at this price at all. It would have to take a Frank Quitely or a JHW3 type of artist for me to throw cash at the screen. A major critically acclaimed creative team.
The story itself was average at best. The first 2 parts were done wonderfully right up to the twist. The wacky Silver Age-type twist was a little too much for me. Without expanding too much on that, let’s just say that I’m not a fan of androids that can change appearances at will and copy tools as a bonus. The distraction trick was very unoriginal too. “Hey, you don’t have a heartbeat. What?!� In my opinion, this is not really high on the creativity scale. And certainly not what I expected from the caliber of this writer. So, the twist and the ending really made the overall story fall apart for me.
But not all is lost! I’m off to the shop within the hour. The “real� Daredevil awaits!

C.
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[james castle]

Yep, got the final two installments as them came out. The last half of the run had more substance but it's still not even close to $12 worth of comic. The story could have been a one shot for sure. The opening and closing bumpers that explained Matt getting off a plane and then getting in a car were completely detached from the actual story which could have taken place at any place or any time. There was nothing at all "Road Warrior"ish about it at all.

And what was the deal with the Thinker? He was just doing evil stuff and Matt stumbled on to it and then a robot thought maybe the Thinker was a robot?

Sort of neat as an event and the new format is interesting but definitely more of an expensive distraction than anything else.
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JC

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