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    Daredevil #5

    Daredevil » Daredevil #5 - The Mysterious Masked Matador! released by Marvel on December 1, 1964.

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    Daredevil 5 0

    Wally Wood is a new addition to the Daredevil ranks with this issue and his clean and handsome art style is a fine fit for the title.  Storywise, this is quite peculiar.  The Matador is a strange villian - possibly a D lister in terms of ability.  Still, Stan Lee cleverly presents him as something of suave swashbuckler and soon has the good folks of New York city treating him like he was some kind of latter day Robin Hood (even if he doesn't give his bounty to the poor).  There is one good scene...

    2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

    Matador is a Horrible Villain 0

     It is hard to look at the Matador and not see a copy of the Batman villain The Cavelier.  Although, this villain is able to  hold of police using a cape. He actually brings down an armored car using a cape. I guess in the Marvel Universe trucks did not have brakes.   Seriously, the book goes on like this with the Matador claiming he is unstoppable because he has a cape.    I guess even Linus could have given DD a run for his money in the silver age using nothing but his security blanket. Seriou...

    1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

    A Golden Age Throwback 1

    Up to now Daredevil has had some good artists in Bill Everett, Joe Orlando and Vince Colletta, but with issue #5, the title gets the first of it's great artists; one of the artists who would have a lasting impact on the character: Wallace Wood.Wally Wood immediately begins that impact by redesigning Daredevil's costume, removing the V neck and giving him the trademark overlapping 'D's on his chest.The story itself is a bit of a Golden Age throwback, with Daredevil fighting a villain with no more...

    2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

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