New review. Its been a while and nobody reads these but I get to say something when I feel ready to. I will , again, try to make these weekly updates as it may help me vent my frustration or admiration for the comic medium.

Been on vacation this week and finally got around to reading my Daredevil Omnibus written by, in my estimation, one of the best story tellers out there currently. I don't care whether you write for movies, T.V., or novels. Brian M. Bendis is fantastic. Not only because he can write, but it seems to the reader that he really knows his subject matter. I have been reading comics a long time and I know a good bit about comic continuity and history and he manages in every comic he writes to nail it!

Anyway the collection in the Omnibus is a complete run of his take on Daredevil and I loved it. I am a big Daredevil fan but rarely pick it up monthly. Don't know why.

I read this and it made me really, really regret not picking this book up on a regular basis. However, with that said, I am not sure if I would have been able to handle waiting each month to read the next chapter. The one thing that is great about trades or omnibus collections is that you get to read all of it at once and really get the pacing and the timing and the drama that the writer was going for.

In his run, Bendis manages to incorporate all the daredevil lore that I loved as a kid reading these comics. From the Owl to Bullseye he inherently writes these characters so beautifully in intimately, that you feel he created them. Nothing tops his depiction of the Kingpin though. From the failed assasination on the Kingpin's life to his resurrection, Bendis portrays him as the street level Vito Corleone a connection that I never saw before as I normally saw in the white sportcoat days.

Along with this, Bendis manages to introduce another intriguing and very likable love interest to Matt Murdock. One Murdock inevitably fouls up and one you hope he doesn't.

I know Bendis has more Daredevil but sadly not collected in an Omnibus. I must go get it. After I read the Brubaker Omnibus of course.

Do yourself a favor....pick it up and read it.

Until next time...