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FBBP #138 – Daredevil Discourse with David Brothers

Posted by Chris Eckert, Jamaal Thomas and David Brothers on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 at 10:00:02 AM

We’re joined this episode by David Brothers, and he brought with him a classic Marvel run: Ann Nocenti and John Romita Jr. on Daredevil!

This isn’t the gritty noir Daredevil modern readers have grown to expect:

It contains a critique of factory farming!
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Philosophical (and physical) fights about feminism! (And DD joking!)
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The Inhumans! (And philosophical fights about societal ethos!)
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Ultron!! (And fights about the notion of free will and perfection!)
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And that’s before everyone literally Goes to Hell.
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It’s an awesome read, though the issues we dug up to discuss (DD #270-282) are largely out of print. That shouldn’t stop you from seeking them out of the back issue bins, or reading the earlier part of this epic run collected in Typhoid Mary and Lone Stranger. A decent portion of the run is also up on Marvel’s Digital Store.

This is a long one, but chock full of things to discuss: we drifted off into conversations about the heady topics hinted at above, the terrible implications of Inhuman society, why Quicksilver is better as a turbo-dick, Alan Moore’s Supreme, recent issues of Secret Avengers, and Nocenti’s upcoming run on Green Arrow.

Coming up: more podcasts! Got something (or someone) you think we should have on the show? Let us know in the comments.

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5 Responses

  1. Rick Vance January 25th, ’12 at 8:28 am

    The way you guys described the tone and structure of these stories it reminded me of Walt Simonson’s run on Fantastic Four that I enjoy greatly. Which coincidentally occurred right around the same time.

  2. Fearing January 25th, ’12 at 7:09 pm

    Lord, Romita JR. can even make a corporate pig farm look awesome.

  3. gary ancheta January 26th, ’12 at 5:38 pm

    I’m curious, but is this Daredevil run a Christian Allegory? It reminds me a lot of sort of a feminist Pilgrim’s Progress.

    btw, I’m glad you guys are back. I’ve missed your podcast.

  4. Asteele January 27th, ’12 at 7:08 am

    Love you guys, but thought this was the best episode in the last couPle of years.

  5. JACKULA January 31st, ’12 at 9:08 pm

    man oh man, did I love DD during Inferno. Great stories.

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