All-New DAREDEVIL Goes West

Daredevil #1 courtesy Marvel
Daredevil #1 courtesy Marvel

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.”

 

Daredevil #36 courtesy Marvel
Daredevil #36 courtesy Marvel

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