Infinity Countdown: Daredevil #1

INFINITY COUNTDOWN: DAREDEVIL #1 is a solid story and one that connects to the bigger crossover happening. I wish there was more time to follow all the threads the issue lays out. Read Full Review

Infinity Countdown: Daredevil only lightly connects to the main Infinity Countdown story, but it is a solid one-off tale focusing on DD and Turk. The pacing is solid, the premise is realized well, and the art looks great. This one earns a recommendation. Check it out. Read Full Review

"Infinity Countdown: Daredevil" #1 is an oddly endearing Infinity Countdown rabbit hole starring someone who will likely not play much of a role in the series' larger context. Read Full Review

Writer Gerry Duggan has put together a good setup for the future of the upcoming Infinity event, allowing a cosmic story to affect characters on a smaller, more local scale. Read Full Review

Even for readers engaged with all of "Infinity Countdown", it's difficult to find a reason for reading this one-shot. Read Full Review

The lack of any clear purpose or narrative thrust makes following the adventures of Matt Murdock a frustrating endeavor to say the least. Read Full Review

Infinity Countdown: Daredevil is a blatant event title cash grab and suffers due to the fact it's an uninteresting slog to read through with art that isn't eye-catching at all. It's basically a story that didn't need to be told and accomplishes nothing all for the price tag of $4.99. Read Full Review

Dispatchdcu

May 18, 2018

Welcome to the Oblivion Bar where the first round is on me and the pretzels are free! Be warned: like the pickled eggs at the bar, this issue is going to get SPOILED rotten. We open with a recap of the connection between Daredevil and Turk Barrett, who was once Stilt Man. Turns out, as Matt Murdock was on his way to court, he saw Turk there as well. More importantly, he physically saw the mind gem on his staff. He didn't see it in "radar form", he could see it glowing. So instantly, he knew something was up. So, he followed him to see that Turk basically used the mind gem in court to morph the judges mind to have his friend be not guilty. Well, this sparked the interest in Daredevil and he went to track Turk down. Daredevil eventua lly finds Turk going to his penthouse and fights with him. Daredevil gets the upper hand for a bit and Turk explains how he found the gem. There appeared to be an invasion with Skrulls fighting members from Kun-Lun ( not sure on that..... they looked like kung fu fighting, sorcerer monks to me so...). Anyway, Turk snuck away with the gem and has had it ever since. During there fight, Turk made it so Daredevil couldn't see or know about the gem anymore. He morphed Daredevil's brain to think he was fighting him about taking Kingpins place. So, Daredevil took off forgetting about the gem and we end with Turk hiring some help from Bullseye. My thoughts: I loved it! 9 times out of 10 we see these epically huge villains get these epically huge powerful items that makes them epically important. Well, what about the little guy? This shows you what a little no named guy like Turk Barrett would do.... just be a Kingpin. That's it. No need for world domination or killing half the universe (cough cough.. Thanos); just a little small time money and a little small time power. I also loved that Daredevil could physically see the gem, which means he can see them all... I would assume. And the way they wrote the panel to make the gem disappear was pretty cool. I'm really digging how important Daredevil has become lately. Now, it may be because of the show BUT he's associated with the gems, he's helping to find Wolverine, and he's mayor of NYC. Daredevil is BUSY! I'm cool with that but he is gettin' busy right now. And, I'd be cool with him playing a huge role in hunting down these gems, especially because he can physically see them. Maybe somehow, his abilities can connect to the gems? Also imagine Daredevil with the mind gem? His ability to hear peoples thoughts from who knows how far away... that could be crazy!!! Anyway, I loved it and I really wasn't expecting to love it. I was genuinely shocked how much I liked it. I'd pick it up if I were you and definitely place it in the top quarter of your stack. If you like what you heard, love talking all types of comics, and are interested in joining a comic chat group, hit me up at dispatchdcu@gmail.com or @dispatchdcu on twitter. Catch you all later! Peace more

SloboSOY

May 17, 2018

I wasn't sure to take this one. But the sneak peak push me to try. And that wasn't a bad reading. Poor Matthew between this or Superior Iron-Man have a hard time keeping his mind for himself. Cover - Nice cover & somewhat related 1.5/2 Writing - Not bad. Not good too, but that was enjoyable. I was very sad for Grotto. I hate daredevil for leaving him behind like that ! 2/3 Arts - Not the strongest art there is. But he do the job. And I like when who he used Matthew super-sens with the gem. 2.5/3 Feeling - It was not a "you need to read it" story. But that wasn't a bad one too. 1/2

mrDovydas

May 17, 2018

I wasn't planning on picking the tie-ins, but this one got added to my pull list -- guess I'm picking them up after all. However, this wasn't a perfect issue by any chance - it's perfectly skippable, and provides only some minor background information about one of the stone's. The characterisation is decent, but there's definitely nothing you would miss without reading this one.

CrazyforRAMU

Dec 03, 2018

This one-shot chronicles how loser thug Turk Barrett stumbled across the Mind Stone and how Daredevil almost but not quite retrieved it from him. It's a fun, clever, but thoroughly non-essential bit of background for this year's Infinity Mess. The art is a major missed opportunity; considerable talent is assembled to produce a very non-memorable set of visuals. This would be a severe disappointment as a full-price purchase, but it's a nice collection or Marvel Unlimited read.

Jon Comics

May 19, 2018

Waste of time and money with the Stilt Man as the antagonist. Terrible.