Brian Michael Bendis “Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl?”
Yes, we’re back on the Daredevil references.
Yes, Bendis is the current writer for Daredevil, and he’s doing a great fucking job. Since Kevin Smith started the Re-launch of Daredevil, there’s only been one bad issue out of 44. That’s fucking amazing in the comic world. The original run of Daredevil comics probably only has 75 issues out of the 370-issue run that stand up to this level of quality. There’s a page on the latest Daredevil issue for some award ceremony for the comic world, and Bendis’ current run on Daredevil has been nominated for “Comics’ Greatest Moment for 2002.” Not only that, but Daredevil has been nominated in seven out of 20 different categories.
I am not used to this attention. I’ve never really paid attention before, but it’s like how I would look and see on the Marvel Monopoly board to see if DD was featured. Three years ago, he wasn’t. Without trying to sound like Sally Field (You like him! You really like him!), it’s neat to see some mainstream acknowledgement of a character I always thought was cool.
Which doesn’t have anything to do with this book, aside from the fact that Bendis wrote it before he moved to Daredevil. I don’t search these side projects out, they just seem to come into the store. And so I picked it up just on the Daredevil side reference factor. And surprise! It turns out that this is really good as well.
It’s like if Jim Thompson wrote comics that were then turned into movies by the Coen Brothers. It’s that good. The art is a little more simplistic than I’m used to after things like Earth X, but I actually like it better. It adds to the story, instead of distracting. Some of these panels look like they were lifted from the Clerks: The Cartoon Series episodes, but even then it helps the story, whether it be for the dramatic point, or the punchline.
This was so good that when I went into the comic shop today to pick up the newest issue of Daredevil, I almost picked up a bunch of older issues of this series. I resisted, but just barely. If I didn’t have so much to read already, I probably would have. And so, I would suggest you read it instead.
