A new creative team for Daredevil is looming over the last few issues of Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto, as Saladin Ahmed and Aaron Kuder will be taking over the series in September. There is a long-standing history of putting Daredevil into a sticky situation for the next creative team to figure out. It started with Brian Michael Bendis putting Matt Murdock in jail, so incoming writer Ed Brubaker had to begin his run with that dilemma. Apparently, Zdarsky is not planning to make it any easier for Ahmed and Kuder, but it will be super entertaining as we get there.
Issue #14 will be the last issue of this current creative team, which will make this issue one not to miss as I’m going to speculate that it will be a big deal on the secondary market and hopefully get a second print too. That’s not to sell Daredevil #12 short at all – it is a beautiful and visually stunning read. I know this ending will have you impatiently waiting for the next issue, and now the cover will make sense.
To sing more accolades to the art department, your eyes have a fantastic feast ahead of them. Marvel’s marketing was teasing this issue as a dance, and they nailed that description perfectly. This beautiful issue between Matt and Elektra allows Marco Checchetto to flex some muscles with his characters. Checchetto showcases how much these two care for each other but wonderfully shows how wild they can be when they set themselves on a quest; such a beautiful dance of one trying to save the other while they clash. There is also a returning character from the past, and Checchetto does a beautiful job with their design, fighting ability, and friendship with Matt. While this isn’t Checchetto’s last issue on Daredevil, he isn’t going down without a fight!
Matthew Wilson is a master at colors; he has been a powerful force in this series, keeping a constant hue to this fantastic world Daredevil finds himself in. Wilson takes the art to a new level in this issue, and his palette enhances every page. The temperatures are so realistic that you can feel the heat from the cooking and fighting while enjoying the crispness of the surrounding area. Zdarsky brings in one hell of a script that will have you worried, excited, and shocked about the fate of a character. If you’ve been reading Daredevil for a while, these might be things we’ve seen in other runs, but I haven’t been this invested in the outcome in a long time. I am hopeful for Daredevil’s victory, but not sure about the price – and at the end of it all, just who will be Daredevil?
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