Tomes of Costumed Adventurers: Daredevil: Predator's Smile

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Title: Daredevil: Predator's Smile
Author: Christopher Golden
Publisher: Boulevard Books
Format: Paperback
Copyright Date: 1996

Daredevil, the Man Without Fear, has made his fair share of enemies in his defense of New York City, especially the Hell's Kitchen district that he grew up in and now calls home. But of all the enemies he has, none is as powerful as Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin of Crime, and none is as deadly as Bullseye, the insane assassin with an adamantium reinforced skeleton. For a time, Bullseye was abroad, driven across the sea through Daredevil's handiwork. Now, however, he's coming home to New York, and he's playing a game that could destroy everything Daredevil's fought to protect and more: because Bullseye's new employer wants the Kingpin dead, and his death will plunge the Big Apple into a gang war of unprecedented magnitude. But Bullseye's presence has a darker meaning for Daredevil: the insane assassin has a vendetta to fill, and nothing--not the Kingpin, not his employer, nothing will stop him from hurting, torturing, and killing Daredevil, perhaps not even Daredevil himself!

Like the Hulk's first novel. However, considering everything Daredevil has been through--in his secret identity as disbarred attorney Matt Murdoch and as the Man Without Fear--you wouldn't expect anything else.

I can't say I'm a big fan of Daredevil's. For the most part I only know of him in relation to Spider-Man. And I doubt I'm going to start collecting Daredevil comics anytime soon. This book, though, provides a happy medium for me: I found out more about Daredevil in 382 pages than I could possibly have done buying a year's worth of DD comics. Christopher Golden does a great job of detailing DD's origins, some of his earlier experiences, and much of his more recent trials and tribulations. He also gives both Matt and Daredevil real, distinguishable personalities, not simply making DD Matt Murdoch behind a mask or making Matt Murdoch DD without a mask. They are two separate individuals who, though sharing the same body and heart and soul, are yet distinct in and of themselves.

Daredevil: Predator's Smile is an outstanding addition to the Marvel novel library, and definitely worth reading. It can't be an easy thing to work with characters so well established in the reading public as Daredevil, but Mr. Golden pulls it off amazingly. And his other books in the Marvel Continuum are just as polished and perfected! That's a hint, by the way, to start reading his other books.

Rating: Thumbs up! Daredevil may be blind, but he's definitely a force to be reckoned with. Isn't that right, Kingpin?

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