Series: Comic Type: ONE-SHOT
Visionary writer Dennis O'Neil continues his storied Daredevil run, and iconic Daredevil artist David Mazzucchelli makes his debut on the Man Without Fear!Dennis O’Neil continues his celebrated Daredevil run and joining him is one of the series’ most influential art talents, David Mazzucchelli! Mazzucchelli grows from a fresh new talent to an absolute comic art master at an unbelievable pace and his early issues are collected here for the first time. Throughout the stories in this volume, Micah Synn emerges as a formidable antagonist, uncovering Daredevil’s identity and competing with the Kingpin for criminal control of New York City. As the conflict unfolds, Daredevil must navigate Synn’s manipulations and do the unthinkable, join with Kingpin to defeat Synn. This volume also features a story by sci-fi master Harlan Ellison, the debut of Glorianna O’Breen and a brutal experience for Foggy and Debbie Nelson.COLLECTING: DAREDEVIL (1964) #204-214 and material from MARVEL FANFARE (1982) #15
About Artists & Writers:
With a writing resume stretching across the romance, sword-and-sorcery, and Western genres, Denny O’Neil wrote four years of Iron Man — including some of the title’s most sweeping changes. His additional Marvel work includes runs on Amazing Spider-Man, Daredevil and Power Man and Iron Fist, as well as the one-shot X-Men: Heroes for Hope. At DC, his groundbreaking Green Lantern/Green Arrow run earned him four Shazam Awards. He also wrote and often revamped such mainstays as Batman (where he co-created Ra’s al Ghul), Flash, Superman and Wonder Woman, as well as adaptations of classic pulp heroes Doc Savage, Justice, Inc. and The Shadow. During the 1980s, he oversaw the groundbreaking death of Robin (Jason Todd). He has written multiple Batman graphic novels and novelizations, as well as The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics.Harlan Ellison’s co-development of the microscopic world of K’ai is only one of his many contributions to comicdom, including classic tales of Daredevil, Batman and others. As a writer of speculative fiction, he is famed for such stories as “A Boy and His Dog,” “The Deathbird,” “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream” and far too many others to list here. He also edited the controversial Dangerous Visions anthologies. As a screenwriter, he penned episodes of The Outer Limits, Star Trek, Tales from the Darkside and several other TV series; he also acted as creative consultant on the ’80s version of Twilight Zone and Babylon 5.Artist David Mazzucchelli begin working in comics during the early 1980s. In short order, he became the regular artist on Daredevil, collaborating with writer Frank Miller on the character-defining “Born Again” story arc. Later, he re-teamed with Miller on the equally influential “Batman: Year One.” Subsequent projects have included Mazzucchelli’s independent anthology, Rubber Blanket; an adaptation of Paul Auster’s City of Glass; short stories for a number of alternative comics collections; and illustration work for publications such as The New Yorker. He is currently writing and drawing an original graphic novel.Luke McDonnell penciled a long stint on Iron Man, encompassing the controversial storyline in which Tony Stark ceded the Iron Man armor to his friend James Rhodes. McDonnell’s work also appeared in Daredevil, Spectacular Spider-Man, What If? and elsewhere. At DC, he penciled most of John Ostrander’s Suicide Squad and its spinoff miniseries Deadshot, as well as a Justice League of America stint during its “Detroit JLA” phase. Eclipso, Green Lantern: Mosaic and Secret Origins are only a few of the other titles benefiting from his work.