Insightful And Interesting: ‘Marvel Age of Comics – Daredevil: Born Again’ Reviewed

Similar to Paul Cornell’s insightful review of a decade of Avengers stories in The Mighty Avengers Vs. The 1970s, Chris Ryall takes on the classic Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s ‘Born Again’ storyline in Bloomsbury’s Marvel Age of Comics – Daredevil: Born Again. But, unlike Cornell’s nostalgic trip through the seventies, Ryall focuses on just the handful of issues that make up the ‘Born Again’ saga. As such, he has much more space to discuss each issue in meticulous and insightful detail that only an editor’s eye can bring to the table. 

It’s a well-informed review of this Daredevil stone-cold classic storyline, but it also gives over chapters to the presentation of mental well-being and how the intervening years leading up to this groundbreaking storyline, as plotted by Miller’s first run on Daredevil, and later Denny O’Neil, as well as chapters on the state of the comic book marketplace and more. All introduced by Ryall as he reminisces about his own relationship with Daredevil as a teenager who was lucky enough to have a proactive comic book retailer who knew his customers and knew a young Ryall would enjoy Daredevil. 

Like the aforementioned first book I reviewed (here), this will be of interest to Marvel fans of a particular age, I imagine. Fans like me who loved the kind of magazines and fanzines that were once freely available – like Amazing Heroes – where such deep dives into comic book storylines were commonplace. Now, thanks to Bloomsbury, we have a chance to reevaluate and admire some of Marvel’s best stories, sagas and superheroes, as written by some of the best insiders in the biz. And fans, like us.

Another enjoyable, engaging and educational entry in Bloomsbury’s burgeoning Marvel Age of Comics series. And out now from Bloomsbury.