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    Daredevil #4

    Daredevil » Daredevil #4 - Killgrave, The Unbelievable Purple Man released by Marvel on October 1, 1964.

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    Daredevil No4 0

    The debut of what would become a great villian much, much later.  However, I have to confess that I was a little disappointed with the first appearance of the Purple Man.  His connection to DD, first up, seemed quite contrived.  Purple Man uses his powers of suggestion to rob a bank and then meekly allows himself to be arrested, rather than tell the police officers they're after the wrong man (which he does later in the book).  This allows Matt Murdock to be his lawyer and hence set up the drama...

    1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

    Finding Footing 0

     In this issue we meet the Purple Man. His strange skin gives him the power of suggestion over those who can see him.   This is probably the best of the Daredevil books up to this point. Stan writes an interesting villain, and almost uses him to full effect.  There is a moment of the Purple Man doing something out of character because the script calls for it.    This gives the beginning of the book a false and forced feeling to the story.  Yet as the book continues, the story becomes better.  Jo...

    1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

    The Best Issue of Daredevil Yet 0

    The fourth issue of Daredevil is even better than the one before. Joe Orlando has really upped his game on the artwork. There are still a few panels here and there that seem less than great, but overall, there's more good artwork in this issue than any previous issue. Daredevil's movements look so fluid and dynamic in most of the panels that you can really visualize exactly how he's executing every punch, leap, and judo throw.Stan Lee's writing of Daredevil as a hero-in-progress is also nice. Ju...

    3 out of 3 found this review helpful.

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