Daredevil # 10 - While the City Sleeps!
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Late at night, the Organiser flies a helicopter over a nearby prison and his associate, Cat Man, lowers himself down into the penal institution to break free Monk Keefer. The Organiser then also recruits Frog Le Blanc and Henry Hawk to be part of 'The Organisation'. Fitting the four characters out in new costumes and aliases (Frog Man, Bird Man and Ape Man join Cat Man), the Organiser reveals his plans for disruption in the city.
Whilst a crime wave begins in the city, Foggy announces to Matt and Karen that he has been handpicked to run for District Attorney by an organisation called 'The Reform Party'. At a launch party on a luxury yacht for the Reform Party's candidates for key city posts, Matt and Karen also meet Abner Jonas, candidate for Mayor, Bernard Harris, candidate for Borough President and Milton Monroe, candidate for Assemblyman. Foggy is then surprised to meet his old school sweetheart on board - Deborah Harris, to whom Karen appears to greet with some jealousy or suspicion.
Using his sensitive hearing, Matt picks up a message from the boat alerting the Organisation to move in on the yacht. Matt now believes that one of the Reform Party is actually the Organiser. Changing to Daredevil, Matt jumps into the sea and tries to hold off the Frog Man.
Later, Daredevil spots Bird Man as he makes a raid. Whilst Bird Man escapes from DD, Matt manages to wrestle the briefcase he has stolen (with funds from the Reform Party) from him. Back at the Organisation's elaborate base, the Organiser announces that they must take down Daredevil before doing anything else.
Tuning in to a robbery at a local bank, Daredevil arrives and using his super senses opens the vault inside, only to find Cat Man. He realises too late that he has been lured into a trap as Cat Man gases him. Whilst Cat Man slips away, Daredevil remains groggy and so is on the scene when the police arrive. Whilst he then escapes, the media now proclaim DD as a criminal.
The Organiser reveals to his cohorts that his crime wave has been established to help muster political sympathy for the Reform Party. Their next step is to disrupt a party thrown by Deborah Harris, to which Foggy is taking Karen. At the party, Milton Munroe and Abner Jonas have an argument about how the party should conduct business, resulting in Munroe threatening to leave the party.
The Organisation break in to the party, turning out the lights to maximize chaos and kidnap Deborah Harris. Daredevil meanwhile appears on the scene and, to Cat Man's surprise, is able to fight him perfectly well in the dark. Daredevil knocks out Cat Man who is then arrested.
Whilst being questioned about who the Organiser is, the Ape Man appears at the window of the police station, about to throw a grenade in to stop Cat Man spilling the beans. Daredevil however turns up just in time and knocks the grenade out of Ape Man's hand.
Daredevil gives chase to Ape Man and then attacks him. DD allows Ape Man to think that he has defeated him in the ensuing battle and then follows Ape Man back to the Organiser's base. Here, he eavesdrops and finds out that Deborah Harris has not been kidnapped at all but is in cahoots with the criminals. Daredevil then realises that Foggy has been played for a fool, unaware that Bird Man is actually watching him.
Whilst a crime wave begins in the city, Foggy announces to Matt and Karen that he has been handpicked to run for District Attorney by an organisation called 'The Reform Party'. At a launch party on a luxury yacht for the Reform Party's candidates for key city posts, Matt and Karen also meet Abner Jonas, candidate for Mayor, Bernard Harris, candidate for Borough President and Milton Monroe, candidate for Assemblyman. Foggy is then surprised to meet his old school sweetheart on board - Deborah Harris, to whom Karen appears to greet with some jealousy or suspicion.
Using his sensitive hearing, Matt picks up a message from the boat alerting the Organisation to move in on the yacht. Matt now believes that one of the Reform Party is actually the Organiser. Changing to Daredevil, Matt jumps into the sea and tries to hold off the Frog Man.
Later, Daredevil spots Bird Man as he makes a raid. Whilst Bird Man escapes from DD, Matt manages to wrestle the briefcase he has stolen (with funds from the Reform Party) from him. Back at the Organisation's elaborate base, the Organiser announces that they must take down Daredevil before doing anything else.
Tuning in to a robbery at a local bank, Daredevil arrives and using his super senses opens the vault inside, only to find Cat Man. He realises too late that he has been lured into a trap as Cat Man gases him. Whilst Cat Man slips away, Daredevil remains groggy and so is on the scene when the police arrive. Whilst he then escapes, the media now proclaim DD as a criminal.
The Organiser reveals to his cohorts that his crime wave has been established to help muster political sympathy for the Reform Party. Their next step is to disrupt a party thrown by Deborah Harris, to which Foggy is taking Karen. At the party, Milton Munroe and Abner Jonas have an argument about how the party should conduct business, resulting in Munroe threatening to leave the party.
The Organisation break in to the party, turning out the lights to maximize chaos and kidnap Deborah Harris. Daredevil meanwhile appears on the scene and, to Cat Man's surprise, is able to fight him perfectly well in the dark. Daredevil knocks out Cat Man who is then arrested.
Whilst being questioned about who the Organiser is, the Ape Man appears at the window of the police station, about to throw a grenade in to stop Cat Man spilling the beans. Daredevil however turns up just in time and knocks the grenade out of Ape Man's hand.
Daredevil gives chase to Ape Man and then attacks him. DD allows Ape Man to think that he has defeated him in the ensuing battle and then follows Ape Man back to the Organiser's base. Here, he eavesdrops and finds out that Deborah Harris has not been kidnapped at all but is in cahoots with the criminals. Daredevil then realises that Foggy has been played for a fool, unaware that Bird Man is actually watching him.
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Daredevil 10
Reviewed by dmstarz on Oct. 14, 2008. dmstarz has written 360 reviews. His/her last review was for Unmasked!. 2 out of 2 users recommend his reviews. |
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As was common at the time, in this issue Stan Lee has handed over the main scripting duties to his artist (Lee did the same with Steve Ditko on Spider-man), so Wally Wood moves on to scripting whilst Bob Powell is also retained to help with 'layouts'. I'm not quite sure what the difference between layouts and pencilling is - I guess layouts are more 'rough' - Wood is credited as 'art' for this issue.
The bad guy in this issue is someone called 'The Organiser'. Villians in the 60s certainly had peculiar, often mundane, names that are meant to somehow be thrilling - how the Organiser is meant to instill fear into readers is anyone's guess. Still it's a very literal summation of the villian's role. I guess if he were to appear today he'd be called the 'Palm Pilot' or something. (Hey, I thought of that first, so I have first dibs on using that in a future comic book, okay?)
The literal villians don't end with the Organiser, though. We also have characters called Cat Man, Monk Keefer (Ape Man), Frog Le Blanc (Frog Man - bit of stereotyping, n'est pas?) and Henry Hawk (Bird Man). Despite this, though, this motley crew is quite entertaining. They are of a type of the sort of lowlifes that Daredevil continues to be confronted with throughout his series and the four characters bounce off each other nicely, none totally certain of the Organiser's plans or motives. The villians' coarseness is nicely demonstrated by the first use (I think) in Daredevil of '@!!#!' etc. to show that Bird Man is using naughty words. Elsewhere, Foggy is all smiles after last issue's misery when he reveals that he is the mysterious Reform Party's candidate for DA.
This is quite an unusual story in that it's something of a mystery. We don't know who the Organiser is, though we are introduced to a range of characters from the Reform Party, all of whom are possible suspects. The issue also ends on a cliffhanger, with an important reveal showing that Mr Wood can write a pretty decent little tale with twists, turns and plenty of character. All in all, after a shaky start, this is a pretty good read, with plenty of peril for the characters involved.
Last issue we had a cutaway of Daredevil's appartment. This time we have a brilliant outline of the Organisation's base, which has a secret tunnel leading out to the river, which Frog Man uses. As well as offices and apartment space, the tower has an arsenal and, most peculiarly, a helicopter hangar that is three floors from the top - I mean, that's got to be pretty difficult for take off.
The bad guy in this issue is someone called 'The Organiser'. Villians in the 60s certainly had peculiar, often mundane, names that are meant to somehow be thrilling - how the Organiser is meant to instill fear into readers is anyone's guess. Still it's a very literal summation of the villian's role. I guess if he were to appear today he'd be called the 'Palm Pilot' or something. (Hey, I thought of that first, so I have first dibs on using that in a future comic book, okay?)
The literal villians don't end with the Organiser, though. We also have characters called Cat Man, Monk Keefer (Ape Man), Frog Le Blanc (Frog Man - bit of stereotyping, n'est pas?) and Henry Hawk (Bird Man). Despite this, though, this motley crew is quite entertaining. They are of a type of the sort of lowlifes that Daredevil continues to be confronted with throughout his series and the four characters bounce off each other nicely, none totally certain of the Organiser's plans or motives. The villians' coarseness is nicely demonstrated by the first use (I think) in Daredevil of '@!!#!' etc. to show that Bird Man is using naughty words. Elsewhere, Foggy is all smiles after last issue's misery when he reveals that he is the mysterious Reform Party's candidate for DA.
This is quite an unusual story in that it's something of a mystery. We don't know who the Organiser is, though we are introduced to a range of characters from the Reform Party, all of whom are possible suspects. The issue also ends on a cliffhanger, with an important reveal showing that Mr Wood can write a pretty decent little tale with twists, turns and plenty of character. All in all, after a shaky start, this is a pretty good read, with plenty of peril for the characters involved.
Last issue we had a cutaway of Daredevil's appartment. This time we have a brilliant outline of the Organisation's base, which has a secret tunnel leading out to the river, which Frog Man uses. As well as offices and apartment space, the tower has an arsenal and, most peculiarly, a helicopter hangar that is three floors from the top - I mean, that's got to be pretty difficult for take off.
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