Daredevil #162 (Jan 1980)
Daredevil #162
Title: Requiem for a Pug
Writer: Bill Mantlo
Pencils: Sal Buscema
Inks: Chic Stone
Rating: *
Well, I am a little bummed that I just read two one-star comics in a row. It’s very disappointing. Maybe early 80s comics aren’t as good as a I remember? Nah, they’re swell, It's just the luck of the draw.
In just a couple of issues, the quintessential DD run by Frank Miller will begin and I will get to read what most consider the best Daredevil stories ever. However, this was a fill in issue drawn by legendary silver age artist, Steve Ditko, and scripted by Michael Fleisher. The editors admit on page one that this is a very special issue and that the regular creative team was not able to meet its deadlines! (although that could be marketing talk)
Anyway, one would expect a Marvel comic drawn by Steve Ditko to kick ass, but this does not. It’s full of cliché.
“Requiem for a Pug” starts out with Meson-Reactor at the Enrico Fermi Research Center “putting out six to seven times the radiation” it should normally put out and the deactivator is jammed. There seems to be only two scientists working and – apparently – they have no safety precautions for an emergency like this. Lucky for them, Daredevil is swinging by and can “see” the radiation with his radar sense. He comes to the rescue, but – strangely – the scientists send him into the reactor without any radiation-protective gear. Hmm, DD must be tougher than we though.
But not that tough! DD suffers from amnesia. Too make a long story short, the rest of the story is a rush job (as if the opening scene weren’t bad enough). Rather than trying to find out who he is or why he has super powers, Matt Murdock hooks up with a local boss who makes him a prize fighter. Matt easily defeats all of his opponents and befriends a crusty old trainer nicknamed Pug or Puggy. When DD refuses to throw a fight, the boss attempts to shoot Matt. However, Pug throws himself in front of Matt and takes the bullet for him. This triggers DD’s memory, since this is the exact scenario in which his father, Battlin’ Murdock, died.
The boss lets loose his pet cheetah on DD. A lackluster fight ensues and DD saves the day, realizing that the world needs a Daredevil. *YAWN*
Title: Requiem for a Pug
Writer: Bill Mantlo
Pencils: Sal Buscema
Inks: Chic Stone
Rating: *
Well, I am a little bummed that I just read two one-star comics in a row. It’s very disappointing. Maybe early 80s comics aren’t as good as a I remember? Nah, they’re swell, It's just the luck of the draw.
In just a couple of issues, the quintessential DD run by Frank Miller will begin and I will get to read what most consider the best Daredevil stories ever. However, this was a fill in issue drawn by legendary silver age artist, Steve Ditko, and scripted by Michael Fleisher. The editors admit on page one that this is a very special issue and that the regular creative team was not able to meet its deadlines! (although that could be marketing talk)
Anyway, one would expect a Marvel comic drawn by Steve Ditko to kick ass, but this does not. It’s full of cliché.
“Requiem for a Pug” starts out with Meson-Reactor at the Enrico Fermi Research Center “putting out six to seven times the radiation” it should normally put out and the deactivator is jammed. There seems to be only two scientists working and – apparently – they have no safety precautions for an emergency like this. Lucky for them, Daredevil is swinging by and can “see” the radiation with his radar sense. He comes to the rescue, but – strangely – the scientists send him into the reactor without any radiation-protective gear. Hmm, DD must be tougher than we though.
But not that tough! DD suffers from amnesia. Too make a long story short, the rest of the story is a rush job (as if the opening scene weren’t bad enough). Rather than trying to find out who he is or why he has super powers, Matt Murdock hooks up with a local boss who makes him a prize fighter. Matt easily defeats all of his opponents and befriends a crusty old trainer nicknamed Pug or Puggy. When DD refuses to throw a fight, the boss attempts to shoot Matt. However, Pug throws himself in front of Matt and takes the bullet for him. This triggers DD’s memory, since this is the exact scenario in which his father, Battlin’ Murdock, died.
The boss lets loose his pet cheetah on DD. A lackluster fight ensues and DD saves the day, realizing that the world needs a Daredevil. *YAWN*
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