Review: Shadowland: After the Fall

What happened to Daredevil AKA Matt Murdock? Can reporter Ben Urich and Foggy Nelson shed new light on what happened after the end of Daredevil's reign over Shadowland?

The Good

There's two distinct art styles within this issue, done by two different artists, Roberto De La Torre and Marco Checcetto. One style is more contemporary and the other has more of a noir feel to it. "The noirish" style really fits the story and writing a lot better and adds a bit more to the tone the writing sets. The contemporary style of art within the book is also great, but not as effective as the other. It's a good detective story with some cool twists and turns, but it's pretty much nothing that you already don't know after reading the last issue of Shadowland. I also enjoyed seeing the Frontline side of things for this storyline, since those characters can get lost in the shuffle, and although they not be fighting the good fight physically, they're still reporting on it to the general public.

The Bad

As I said before, it's nothing you really don't already know from reading the Shadowland main storyline. Sure, you do get a glimpse into Urich's life and how Shadowland affected him and a bit of Elektra. It's a good creative team, but an issue that simply is not needed. It just repeats what everyone already knows.

The Verdict: 3/5 - Borrow

Terrible Jumping-On Point

Shadowland is over, and I'd recommend reading the main story over this. As I said earlier, it has a good creative team, but the book is a redundancy. Sure, there's a tad more info on what happened to DD, but it's simply not needed. This is the worst possible issue to jump-on and read as well. Borrow it from a friend if you're really interested.

Name

Volume

Shadowland: After the Fall

Issue Number

Cover Date

February 2011

In Store Date

December 08, 2010

Shadowland's Epilogue... Again? 0

Shadowland: After the Fall #1 by blurred_view on December 08, 2010

There's not much to say about this issue that I didn't say in my review of last week's issue of Daredevil. That is because this issue doesn't have much to say that it didn't already say in last week's issue of Daredevil. It is another epilogue of the Shadowland event, written by the same writer and covering the same ground. The art and writing are great, but it can't overcome the fact that I just read this last week. This issue is told through the perspectives of Detective Kurtz and Ben Urich, ...

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Boardwalk of the righteous 0

Shadowland: After the Fall #1 by dark_noldor on December 29, 2010

So Matt Murdock wanted to change the world and in the process he got burned: posessed by a demon, he let the Hand control him like a puppet, now he has pushed away from his friends, lovers and his turf. Hell´s Kitchen is Matt´s favorite thing in life and could both survive without each other? Matt won´t be coming back home for a long time, ´cause he has some inner issues (the shadows inside) to deal with, but perhaps when he becomes again the man without fear he can come back and Hell´s Kitchen ...

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