Cover date: March 1972
Writer: Gerry Conway
Artist: Gene Colan
Inker: Syd Shores
Last issue Matt and Natasha were getting it on in
Switzerland, this ish they’re jet-setting back from London – living the
high-life in the glamorous 70s, eh Matt? Unfortunately The Gladiator (and gang)
is on board for a spot of hijacking, necessitating Matt having to change into
his Daredevil garb in the toilet. Not really the way to join the Mile High
Club, ol’ hornhead!
I actually quite like this vibe – I can imagine Matt and
Natasha hanging out at Studio 54 (a few years later) with the likes of Mick,
Bianca, Liza and Jerry, indulging in a life of care-free hedonism.
Conway seems to be enjoying himself here, playing up the
soap-opera between Matt, Natasha and Ivan – but what is going on with Ivan’s
dialogue? I thought he was Russian? Does this sound like a Russian?
“Thanks for reminding me, sweetheart! Wouldn’t want to ruin
baby-mouths complexion, would we?”
“Maybe you’d like to tell us what this stick-up’s all about,
hey handsome?”
Conway also introduces a note of tension between his three
principals, while cutting away to Karen Page accepting a proposal and heading
for Los Angeles, and Foggy Nelson closing-up shop. He really was breaking up
the old status-quo, and turning Daredevil into a sophisticated comic (despite
the comic book trappings).
The Gene Colan and Syd Shores art is a pleasure – I
especially enjoyed the opening splash-page with a symbolic Daredevil floating
in the clouds above the 747; it set the mood wonderfully for a cracking good
read
Who did the cover? Gil Kane?
ReplyDeleteHi Archibald. Yes, according to the GCD the cover is by Gil Kane and Mike Esposito. Not bad, but not as powerful as the cover to #84.
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