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A review by dantastic
Daredevil Epic Collection, Vol. 12: It Comes With The Claws by Mark Gruenwald, Danny Fingeroth, Steve Englehart, Ann Nocenti
3.0
I'm putting a 3 on this but it really had to earn it. Basically, this is the run that had to follow Daredevil - Born Again, which would have been impossible under any circumstances. Ann Nocenti writes about half of the issues and the rest are fill-ins. The artists switch almost by issue until the end with a two issue run by Rick Leonardi and three issues by JRJR. There's one issue with Barry Windsor Smith art, one with Keith Pollard, one with Todd McFarlane, one Chuck Patton, one Keith Giffen, and a couple laid out by Steve Ditko and finished by other people. There are also some by names I don't recognize.
The stories are fine, I guess. Matt is working as a short order cook by day and beating the shit out of people by night as Daredevil until he and Karen open a law clinic. Black Widow guest stars in a couple issues, as does Wolverine. Daredevil has crossovers with Mutant Massacre and Fall of the Mutants. With all the creative shifts, it feels disjointed as hell but has it's good points, especially at the ass end of the book when the creative shifts slow down. I'm hanging on to it rather than taking it to Half Price Books but it's on double secret probation. Three out of five stars.
The stories are fine, I guess. Matt is working as a short order cook by day and beating the shit out of people by night as Daredevil until he and Karen open a law clinic. Black Widow guest stars in a couple issues, as does Wolverine. Daredevil has crossovers with Mutant Massacre and Fall of the Mutants. With all the creative shifts, it feels disjointed as hell but has it's good points, especially at the ass end of the book when the creative shifts slow down. I'm hanging on to it rather than taking it to Half Price Books but it's on double secret probation. Three out of five stars.