Daredevil - Volume 13: The Murdock Papers

Bendis and Maleev is a duo that have written and illustrated my favorite of superheroes so I am a little biased on my point if view. This TPB is the best way to complete the series. With DD favorite ladies coming out of the wodwork to the return of one of my favorite villains. It is a must read. Fighting in the streets and saving the day to the realization of a pitfall that one just has to step in to save others. I love this book and the writerss it is truly te end of an era and it is a hard act to follow. Well until Lady Bullseye comes along that is.

During the long, celebrated run of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev on Daredevil, Bendis has single handedly become Marvel's top writer on a number of various series'. Hence the Murdock Papers being his and Maleev's swan song, as everything that Bendis has set up over the past few years comes to a tragic close. Wilson Fisk, the ex-Kingpin of Crime, has made a deal that will make him a free man, and make Matt "Daredevil" Murdock an incarcerated one. As the hunt for Daredevil is on, many of his friends and enemies come out of the woodwork, each with their own agenda. The climax and conclusion finds Bendis leaving on a down note, but leaves the door open for new writer Ed Brubaker (Sleeper, Captain America) to create something really good. Longtime Daredevil fans will love the guest appearances from Elektra, Black Widow, and Bullseye (particularly the dream sequence), and Maleev's art still impresses. All in all, though it's sad to see the best Daredevil writer since Frank Miller leave the book, Bendis does so in a fitting way that suits everything he's set up over the past few years.