Matt Murdock goes west in a brand new Daredevil #1 as part of the All-New Marvel Now.
Writer Mark Waid and a team of artists revitalized The Man Without Fear but that run will end with Daredevil #36 followed by a Marvel Infinite digital comic Daredevil: Road Warrior, which leads into the hero’s big move to San Fransisco.
“[Editor] Steve Wacker and I talked about it and we didn’t want to change too much about the book, because it’s working, but [since] we really wanted to be a part of All-New Marvel NOW!, what about changing venues? So we set up a situation at the end of this [current] run, [where] Matt has no choice but to move away from New York City. He goes to San Francisco because he’s been there before, it’s a visually interesting city and he’s got some history there,” Waid tells Marvel.com.
As the writer explains it’s not just a change of venue for Matt Murdock:
“A little bit of a change of outlook. By the time he gets to the end of this run, in order to defeat the Sons of the Serpent, he’ll have had to have made a big personal sacrifice and while he will still continue to be guns-blazing, face-first Matt Murdock, it’s the first time in this sort of new life of his that he’s made some decisions that he’ll regret sooner rather than later.”
Waid has pitted Daredevil against classic rogues and non-Daredevil villains and says watch for more unlikely enemies in the next series.
“The two that Chris and I are most excited about getting to are Sandman and Stuntmaster. We love Stuntmaster. The “Evel Knievel” of villains. The evil “Evel Knievel.” There’s something wild about Daredevil fighting a guy on a motorcycle that I just really love.”
Best friend and law partner Foggy Nelson will be joining Murdock in his move to California. Artist Chris Samnee will stay on as artist for the All-New Daredevil coming in March.
By Editor