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Jan 4, 2004, 08:09 am
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55t.JPG" align=left alt="Daredevil #55 Cover"></a>Reviewer: Omar A. Safi, safi@sbcglobal.net
Quick Rating: Great
Story Title: Echo, Part Five: The Story Teller
Echo reaches some closure in her life.
Story & Art: David Mack
Letters: Virtual Calligraphy’s Cory Petit
Editor: Joe Quesada
Associate Managing Editor: Kelly Lamy
Editor in Chief: Joe Quesada
Publisher: Dan Buckley
Writer and artist David Mack ends his fill-in arc on Daredevil with the tale of two fighting dogs, told by Wolverine. With this last issue, Mack creates a nice finishing touch.
The story tells of two dogs, one good and the other evil. Wolverine interprets the good dog as respect and the potential to create good. The other dog is a creature of self-loathing and blames others for its pain. A poignant and brilliant part of the story is when the Indian is asked which dog usually wins. The Indian says, “The dog that wins is the one that I feed the most.” As one can imagine, Wolverine relates to this story well and it has helped him in life. Moreover, Mack reiterates the idea that stories “echo” to other people and can affect others positively. As a child, Maya (Lopez, a.k.a. Echo) heard this story from the originator, her father. Until now, she did not understand it. Consequently, Wolverine’s telling of the story helped Maya.
Mack creates a few more smart comparisons again with this last issue. For example, Wolverine describes his former self as “a cage of razor blades.” Wolverine also magnificently states, “The part of you that thrives is the part that you fee the most. Some people never understand that. They live their whole lives putting the blame on something.” The intelligent dialogue of Wolverine can be applied to our actual lives under Mack’s pen.
Finally, Maya realized that her purpose is to tell stories. She now performs stories in sign language, dance, and music at a theatre in New York City.
<table border=0 align=center><tr><td align=middle><a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-1.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-1t.JPG" alt="Daredevil #55 Page 1"></a></td><td align=middle><a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-2.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-2t.JPG" alt="Daredevil #55 Page 2"></a></td><td align=middle><a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-3.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-3t.JPG" alt="Daredevil #55 Page 3"></a></td><td align=middle><a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-4.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-4t.JPG" alt="Daredevil #55 Page 4"></a></td></tr></table>
The singular vision of Mack is extremely well done throughout the arc. The story and art work together at all times and even make it hard to differentiate between the two. Mack coarsely sketches a unique version of Wolverine in the first few pages. The beginning carries an enjoyable skeletal theme with a giant gaping dog jaw (page 2) and the razor blades. The layout of page 3 is pleasing because of its colors against white, Maya sketched attentively and exhausted, and the two Indian dog figures accenting the frame. Also, the presence of the Indian dog figures throughout the issue adds a certain nice feel, especially within the razor blade skeleton. Mack adds Daredevil, Elektra, and the Punisher into the art nicely too. Page 24 is particularly amazing in that Maya describes her hallucination and the art views Wolverine blurring into some kind of wolf-bird creature. The heat within the tipi is illustrated well too.
This issue is seemingly flawless as it is probably the best issue of the arc, seeing the most progression. As an arc though, it could be compressed quite a bit into a better read as only three of the five issues see progression. The decompressed feel of the arc makes it repetitive and trite.
In the conclusion, Mack unexpectedly satisfies with Daredevil #55. I recommend ‘Echo’ and pick up the eventual trade-paperback.
ART:
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STORY:
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OVERALL:
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Quick Rating: Great
Story Title: Echo, Part Five: The Story Teller
Echo reaches some closure in her life.
Story & Art: David Mack
Letters: Virtual Calligraphy’s Cory Petit
Editor: Joe Quesada
Associate Managing Editor: Kelly Lamy
Editor in Chief: Joe Quesada
Publisher: Dan Buckley
Writer and artist David Mack ends his fill-in arc on Daredevil with the tale of two fighting dogs, told by Wolverine. With this last issue, Mack creates a nice finishing touch.
The story tells of two dogs, one good and the other evil. Wolverine interprets the good dog as respect and the potential to create good. The other dog is a creature of self-loathing and blames others for its pain. A poignant and brilliant part of the story is when the Indian is asked which dog usually wins. The Indian says, “The dog that wins is the one that I feed the most.” As one can imagine, Wolverine relates to this story well and it has helped him in life. Moreover, Mack reiterates the idea that stories “echo” to other people and can affect others positively. As a child, Maya (Lopez, a.k.a. Echo) heard this story from the originator, her father. Until now, she did not understand it. Consequently, Wolverine’s telling of the story helped Maya.
Mack creates a few more smart comparisons again with this last issue. For example, Wolverine describes his former self as “a cage of razor blades.” Wolverine also magnificently states, “The part of you that thrives is the part that you fee the most. Some people never understand that. They live their whole lives putting the blame on something.” The intelligent dialogue of Wolverine can be applied to our actual lives under Mack’s pen.
Finally, Maya realized that her purpose is to tell stories. She now performs stories in sign language, dance, and music at a theatre in New York City.
<table border=0 align=center><tr><td align=middle><a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-1.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-1t.JPG" alt="Daredevil #55 Page 1"></a></td><td align=middle><a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-2.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-2t.JPG" alt="Daredevil #55 Page 2"></a></td><td align=middle><a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-3.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-3t.JPG" alt="Daredevil #55 Page 3"></a></td><td align=middle><a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-4.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/firstlooks/031217/ddv2-55-4t.JPG" alt="Daredevil #55 Page 4"></a></td></tr></table>
The singular vision of Mack is extremely well done throughout the arc. The story and art work together at all times and even make it hard to differentiate between the two. Mack coarsely sketches a unique version of Wolverine in the first few pages. The beginning carries an enjoyable skeletal theme with a giant gaping dog jaw (page 2) and the razor blades. The layout of page 3 is pleasing because of its colors against white, Maya sketched attentively and exhausted, and the two Indian dog figures accenting the frame. Also, the presence of the Indian dog figures throughout the issue adds a certain nice feel, especially within the razor blade skeleton. Mack adds Daredevil, Elektra, and the Punisher into the art nicely too. Page 24 is particularly amazing in that Maya describes her hallucination and the art views Wolverine blurring into some kind of wolf-bird creature. The heat within the tipi is illustrated well too.
This issue is seemingly flawless as it is probably the best issue of the arc, seeing the most progression. As an arc though, it could be compressed quite a bit into a better read as only three of the five issues see progression. The decompressed feel of the arc makes it repetitive and trite.
In the conclusion, Mack unexpectedly satisfies with Daredevil #55. I recommend ‘Echo’ and pick up the eventual trade-paperback.
ART:
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STORY:
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OVERALL:
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