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[Darkdevil]

I found some of Danny Rand's comments in Shadowland #3 a bit odd and wanted to ask for some opinions.

I'm paraphrasing here, but in trying to justify that Matt wasn't Matt, Danny makes a comment about Matt's fighting style. I think he says Matt's style is basically jujitsu with some Irish boxing mixed in with it.

Really?

I thought Matt's fighting style/skills were more advanced than that. Or am I overestimating Miller's influence here?

I'm not looking for comparisons (like can Matt take down Cap?) but I at least thought Matt was one of the higher-tier fighters in the MU.

[AP]

[qtmxd]

The whole dialogue amounted to "Matt's a second-rate fighter, he can only do this because he's possessed." Izo's statement that the Hand picked him because he's flawed even suggested that he's psychically weaker than the other heroes. But Matt's been treated as a second class fighter since the Stan Lee days. It's maddening, but some villain will pick him because he's weaker than Spider-man,etc., and he's always given short thrift by the other heroes. Other than Bullseye, it seems like he can never beat anybody above the level of a street mugger.
When the Leader of the Hand line was introduced, I thought the direction was to give him the resources to be a Bruce Wayne type, a bigger player in the MU. Instead, he's being beaten yet again. I'm curious if Reborn is leading to a new Daredevil #1,
but regardless, the words "written by Andy Diggle" do not inspire confidence. Shadowland's been a total travesty - bad writing, mostly bad art, and a total disrespect for the character.

[SK47DD]

The way I see it, it is whatever the writer/creator puts into the character.

We all now think that Batman was trained by ninjas, but, Miller introduced that same with Daredevil as he introduced The Hand to the character.

If I were to write a DD story I would have Matt perform a number of styles: Karate, Ninjitsu, Capoeira, Akido, Wing Chun, Muay Thai, Sambo, American Boxing, Khali, Salat.