Daredevil 296 Review

It is now time to sit down, reaching into the Really Big Comic Book Box of Doom and reach into it to pull out another comic book, this being Daredevil 296. In Daredevil 296, the battles between Daredevil and the Hand continue, with some potentially lethal consequences. The stakes are high and the risks are higher as the Man Without Fear go against ninja assassins.

Daredevil Volume 1 Issue 296 Review

Daredevil 296 was released by Marvel Comics with a cover date of September 1991 and was titled "Balancing Act". Daredevil 296 was written by D.G. Chichester, with Ron Garney on Pencils, Al Willamson on Inks, Max Scheele on Colors, and Jack Morelli on Letters.

Visuals can make or break a comic book. Sure the story is rather important, with the writing, but the writing doesn't carry a comic book quite as much as it would a traditional novel. Artwork helps tell the story, paint a picture for the readers. If we didn't want bang up visuals, we would be in fact reading a novel and not a comic book.

There are visuals that can really creep you out as well. And this comic book, with ninjas being dark, demented, and kind of twisted, you can see some of that right in this comic book. Even if we have a creepy female ninja, who is large and in charge(and compared to Roseanne Barr, which is something that really just tells you right when this comic book was written) named Izanami.

It took me a while to figure out that that thing was a woman but further research indicates that yes she is. That was some rather disturbing fan disservice right there.

Still the visuals and just the overall tone of this story, really just showcase some of the best that Daredevil offers. This really just captures a lot of the tone, without being overtly mean spirited or twisted. You can be dark without being all that depressing.

Daredevil seems to rather be a rather suitable vessel for possession. There is some interesting bits involving a past between HYDRA and the Hand. Two forces that I expect would clash, due to their time. Daredevil avoids possession and lives, but the ravages of this recent battle has did a number right on him.

So what did I think about this comic book. It lived and died right on the visuals that was interesting. Read if you are a fan, otherwise likely kind of a pass.

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