ALL NEW MARVEL NOW DAREDEVIL reviewed

ALL NEW MARVEL NOW DAREDEVIL: Matt Murdock has revealed himself as Daredevil to the world. In the process, this gets him disbarred in the state of New York so, along with his friend Kirsten McDuffie, he moves to San Francisco and sets up a law practice there. He also continues his superheroing ways as Dardevil, the Man Without Fear. In his first new adventure, he rescues a kidnapped girl and we discover that his late partner isn’t as dead as we believe him to be. In fact, it appears Foggy has a closed circuit view of Matt and Kirsten’s office. As Matt and Kirsten play nice with the Deputy Mayor, he learns that The Owl is in town and trying to build a criminal empire in San Francisco. But so is The Shroud, who has sunken to new superhero lows since the Superhero Registration Act of a few years ago. The pair decide to work together to try and take out The owl. But the Owl has an ace in the hole and promises The Shroud to reunite him with his long lost love Julia Carpenter if he betrays Daredevil. And that sure is how it looks to go down, but Shroud shows his true colors and helps DD out of the jam. But not before The Owl gets caught and finds himself with new enhanced abilities. And Foggy? He’s not dead and his closest friends know it. They just have him in hiding to keep him safe and went to a lot of trouble to convince the world he WAS dead.

Despite getting renumbered and the move to San Francisco, this is the same great story that Mark Waid and Paolo Rivera/Chris Samnee were telling PRIOR to being labeled an ALL NEW MARVEL NOW title. And that book was an amazing ride for me. We went through the trials and tribulations of Nelson and Murdock, complete with Foggy being treated for Cancer. And it all ended with Matt revealing himself in court to avoid being blackmailed by a member of the Sons of Serpent. As I said, it was a great series and so is this one. Although I don’t like the idea of throwing out the secret identity thing and relocating him, I will deal with it. It’s no different than DC rewriting their continuity. Besides, I’m still pissed off at Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada for giving Karen Page HIV and having Bullseye killing her off Karen Page. So, I can handle changes in a classic character…as long as we don’t decide to give him his eyesight back.