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DAREDEVIL EPIC COLLECTION: HEART OF DARKNESS [NEW PRINTING] Paperback – February 8, 2022

by Ann Nocenti (Author), Marvel Various (Author, Illustrator), John Romita Jr. (Illustrator, Cover Art)
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All hell breaks loose! Things really get heated as Daredevil is caught between the diabolical Mephisto and his monstrous son, Blackheart! The Man Without Fear and his friends will be forced to face their demons like never before! Are they fated to burn for eternity in the fiery underworld, or can they find their way back home? And what role will the Silver Surfer play? As Atlantis Attacks, Daredevil must face…Spider-Man! And DD, the Surfer, the Punisher and the Hulk find themselves stalked by Lifeform! Meanwhile, Acts of Vengeance puts Daredevil well out of his weight class in a battle against Ultron! Good thing Karnak and Gorgon of the Inhumans are around to lend a hand (and cloven hoof)! Collecting DAREDEVIL (1964) #271-282 and ANNUAL #5-6 and material from PUNISHER ANNUAL #3, INCREDIBLE HULK ANNUAL #16 and SILVER SURFER ANNUAL #3.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel Universe (February 8, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 488 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1302933779
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1302933777
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.81 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.7 x 0.8 x 10.2 inches
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Ignacio Monje
5.0 out of 5 stars Unconventional and weird but excellent and fun
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2023
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This book collects some of the strangest and most unconventional stories for Daredevil, who is perceived more as a street level character hanging around the streets and roof tops of Hell's Kitchen, in this volume you'll see him roam around the upstate NY countryside and forests for most of it.

The book features DD in the aftermath of the previous volume's event, where we see him run into the character of Brandy Ash, an animal rights activist, who is making a plan to destroy her father's own farm where they torture and exploit the animals, while down there they meet the second major supporting character: Number 9, a genetically engineered woman who was created to be the "Perfect Housewife"

And it's these three characters who the book centers around, with Brandy's and Number 9's clashing points of views being the main point of conflict, as it is Number 9 who inadvertently ends up causing trouble for the group, as she is chased down by an assassin named Shotgun, who was hired by Brandy's dad to retrieve Number 9, and after that, she's also the center point of conflict for a two part crossover with the event "Acts of Vengeance"

But the real meat and potatoes of the book, and what really elevates it in my opinion, is the story line that takes place between issues #278-#282 and the title of the book "Heart of Darkness" a really interesting and well drawn journey into hell that, while it does have it's hiccups in terms of writing, is a pretty fun analysis of the meaning of evil and super heroics.

I will admit that Nocenti's writing isn't for everyone, it can definitely come off a preachy at points and isn't ashamed to tackle subjects such as animal cruelty, feminism, nuclear war and the dangers of capitalism as directly and unsubtly as possible, but the characters that are used to show off these points are really well rounded (even if they sometimes come off as caricatures of the ideology they represent) as Nocenti does her best to show off both sides of the argument and really succeeds in my opinion.

It is very different from traditional Daredevil stories one would expect, but it's still really good and fun and that deviation from what you expect gives it a real edge that no other DD Epic Collection has, even with a few bumps in the road. Highly recommend it.
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grahamgg
5.0 out of 5 stars Quite possibly, the oddest Daredevil story ever!
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2018
While traveling for work this week I read the Daredevil Hearts of Darkness Epic Collection vol 14 which collects Daredevil #271-282 + Annuals (1989-1990) by Ann Nocenti and John Romita, Jr. plus a few other fill in creators. With this being a Daredevil book, you're expecting some gritty street-level tales, right? Maybe Spider-Man will swing by for a crossover issue? Surely it will include some ninja battles? Kingpin at least? Nope, none of that! This stories featured in this Epic volume have got to go down, all time, as some of the oddest character developments for Daredevil ever! Don't get me wrong, I really liked this book! It's hard not to enjoy reading it when the author takes the material so morbidly serious, but the content is so obviously goofy it makes for a fascinating read!

The first 1/3 of the book features DD literally running around forests in upstate NY and a farm, yes, A FARM, battling an evil corporation run by mysterious government agencies who secretly conduct genetic experiments on pigs, chickens, and ... women?! Seriously? Is this a Daredevil book? I'm not making this up.

A couple of issues go by and there's a huge battle royale between new villain, Shotgun, DD, the farm operator's daughter, Brandy, and an escaped genetically modified "perfect woman" named #9. Things settle down & the shady farm operator realizes he doesn't REALLY want to murder everyone and HE'S SO SORRY he was conducting EVIL experiments. His excuse was "it was all a government-run operation, and he was simply following orders". Sigh. So like 10 mins after trying to kill everyone, they all end up as big buddies. How nice.

Then a couple Inhumans show up (Gorgon & Karnak) looking for Black Bolt & Medusa's son, whom the Inhuman high council exiled to earth because he was genetically predisposed to be evil. Yeah, because apparently this book wasn't weird enough already. In one hilarious issue the Inhumans, DD, #9, and Brandy all go for pancakes at a local diner. IN COSTUME. DD sits there eating breakfast in his red tights, with an overcoat and hat. Nice disguise! Surely no one will see your costume, DD! The waitress asks if they're going to a costume party...

Then Ultron shows up for a couple issues for the obligatory "Acts of Vengeance" crossover & DD defeats him after 2 issues worth of battle, by HITTING HIM WITH A TREE BRANCH. I repeat: HITTING HIM WITH A TREE BRANCH. Yes, it's true this is in fact the very same Ultron who routinely fights the entire Avengers team to a stand still and has been known to take over the whole world a time or two. I guess the takeaway here is tree branches are Ultron's kryptonite.

Next up we have a multi-parter featuring the group fighting Mephisto (Marvel's Satan) and his son, Blackheart because apparently Ann Nocenti didn't get enough Satan out of her system during the multi-part Inferno crossover in the previous DD Epic Collection. Satan, Satan, Satan. Apparently no one gave John Romita, Jr the Mephisto style guide or a copy of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe to use as reference material because he draws Mephisto like a giant Muppet with pipe cleaners for hair and popsicle sticks on his nipples. Oh, and one issue has angles (and demons) waking around the entire issue pantsless.

That John Romita, Jr. sure does know how to draw squares and rectangles, doesn't he? With this volume we see his transition from more-or-less house style artwork (his earlier Spidey & X-Men work) to sketcy-sketcherson-magic-marker-box-and-blocky-square-rectangular-Muppet-Satan-drawing-guy.

** 30 YEAR OLD SPOILER ALERT! **

The Silver Surfer shows up for a page and a half to distract Mephisto while DD & team climb out of hell. Brandy dies and turns into an angel. Aw.....

The last 1/3 of the book is the Lifeform 1990 Annual crossover featuring all the 1990 Annuals for DD, Hulk, Punisher and Silver Surfer. It's pretty good. Not bad. Kind of Marvel's version of a Frankenstien meets the Blob type of horror story. It's a breezy read. I'm sure some kids back in 1990 thought it was scary. The best of the bunch is the Hulk annual by Peter David.

Oh, and the 1989 Annual at the very front of the book features art by both JIM LEE and WHILCE PORTACIO! Wow! Comic shop owners & collectors back in 1991 must have been losing their minds over the future collectibility of this issue! Two Image Comics creators in one obscure Marvel Annual before they were famous? COMIC GOLD!

For me, this book gets a solid A++++, 10 stars, because you just can't make this kind of thing up. Seriously if you're on the fence, do yourself a favor and BUY THIS BOOK!
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Bobby Nash
3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful art!
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2018
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You can never go wrong with the art team of John Romita Jr. and Al Williamson and the duo turns in some beautiful art here. The story is a little heavy-handed and preachy for my taste, but I enjoyed the ride.
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RL
5.0 out of 5 stars Still crazy, messy fun after all these years
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2017
I am a huge fan of Noncenti's run. Although it definitely took Daredevil far from the familiar, I would have trouble naming someone who did a better job with the book, other then Frank Millier or Mark Waid (and honestly, I'm not sure how well Waids stuff will hold up after a decade or two). Also, not for nothing, but the title of one of the issues here- "Heaven is Knowing Who You Are" is arguably the best I've ever seen.
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Adam Jones
1.0 out of 5 stars If you love Daredevil, spend your money on something actually good.
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2017
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I had a really hard time finishing this one. Daredevil is one of my favorite Marvel characters, but Ann Nocenti's writing is horrendous. The dialogue is ridiculously atrocious, and the whole preachy animal rights story completely lost me. I spent $4 on the digital version, and I still feel like I was ripped off.
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Bryan
1.0 out of 5 stars Not good.
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2018
One of the worst DD run.
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Raven Dodman
5.0 out of 5 stars Well put together. Even the stuff thrown in is worth the read. Get it before it's too expensive!
Reviewed in Canada on June 11, 2020
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Ann Nocenti is not to everyone's taste. As someone who likes her work I can freely admit that. But this is a complete arc of what I consider to be her best work. In this arc she writes what it means to be human through the perspective of the archtypes of Brandy Ash and Number thirteen. She shows the struggle of Blackheart and Pope aka Ahura trying to see what it means to be human while also clear eye understanding it. We see an interesting glimpse into what demons could have been in Marvel.

We also see a broken Ultron, a damaged Wife with an abusive husband, all the many ways Matt Murdoch is incredibly dysfunctional as a person (Though sometimes a little out of character but it's okay in context) and it is a very deep piece of work. Also shout The Comics Hunter, who I bought it from, for their little note on the sales sheet.
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Ivan
5.0 out of 5 stars Gran recopilacion
Reviewed in Mexico on October 26, 2019
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Excelente recopilacion, maa de 20 años esperandola, ya no escriben comics asi, gran arte !
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Sakacomics
5.0 out of 5 stars Ann Nocenti e Romitinha
Reviewed in Brazil on September 28, 2018
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Ann Nocenti manda muito bem no DD e nem precisa falar do Romitinha, o cara é sempre um espetáculo.
A história do Ultron do cross Atos de Vingança é excelente.
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Stan FREDO
4.0 out of 5 stars La tentation christique
Reviewed in France on February 18, 2018
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Marvel Comics nous donne ici le deuxième recueil couvrant le run de la scénariste Ann NOCENTI avec le personnage de Daredevil (DAREDEVIL (1964) #271-282, octobre 1989 à juillet 1990), après  Daredevil Epic Collection: A Touch of Typhoid . NOCENTI est accompagnée tout du long des 12 comic books qu'elle scénarise par John ROMITA Jr. (lui-même magnifiquement servi par l'encreur Al WILLIAMSON) sauf pour un n°, dessiné par Nick LEONARDI.

Ces histoires forment le principal du recueil, qui comprend aussi :
1°) le DAREDEVIL ANNUAL #5, qui inclut six histoires écrites par diverses équipes. Dans la première, écrite par Gerry CONWAY, Matt MURDOCK est sur la route et, arrivant dans un bled du nom de MONROE Falls, il va s'intéresser aux activités d'une drôle de clinique gardée par des hommes-serpents. Madame Viper n'est pas loin mais le vrai méchant est Tyrannus, qui tient enchaîné à ses pieds... Spider-Man transformé en méchant toutou. Doctor Strange, censé être mort, fait une apparition, avec un patch sur l'oeil gauche... Les dessins, très années 1980, sont de Mark BAGLEY. On est de retour à Hell's Kitchen pour une courte histoire des Wild Boys, deux délinquants croisés dans le précédent tome. Le scénario est de Gregory WRIGHT et les dessins d'un tout jeune Jim LEE. Le même WRIGHT reste au scénario pour une courte histoire des Fat Boys, qui ne sont pas le groupe de rap, mais quatre petits skaters de Hell's Kitchen. C'est ROMITA Jr. qui dessine, avec Klaus JANSON comme encreur. Pour la courte histoire suivante, WRIGHT est accompagné par Whilce PORTCIO aux dessins, avec pour encreur Al MIGROM. Nous sommes encore à New York, avec Ben URICH qui enquête sur un trafic de drogue. Pour terminer, Peter SANDERSON nous narre, avec BAGLEY aux dessins, la saga de la couronne du démon Set... Rien de transcendant pour ouvrir cet ouvrage. **2/3
2°) En conclusion de ce tome, sont regroupés avec le DAREDEVIL ANNUAL #6, trois autres chapitres d'un "crossover" initialement répartis entre des "Annuals" du Punisher, de l'Incroyable Hulk et du Silver Surfer. 'Lifeform' commence chez le Punisher, avec un scénario de Mike BARON et des dessins de Neil HANSEN. Un type cagoulé s'introduit de nuit dans les locaux d'une entreprise biotech pour s'emparer de certains éléments. Il est découvert par l'agent de sécurité et, dans la bagarre, l'intrus est atteint par un mystérieux virus. Cet intrus se révèle être George PRUFROCK, fils de Jethro PRUFROCK, politicien extrémiste et véreux. En pleine transformation en "Lifeform", George s'introduit sur ordre de son papa dans une installation de l'AIM, dans laquelle le Punisher se trouve... Poursuivant sa transformation, "Lifeform" rencontre ensuite successivement Daredevil (scénario WRIGHT, dessins Cam KENNEDY), les Fat Boys (scénario WRIGHT, dessins Gary HARTLE), Typhoid Mary (scénario WRIGHT, dessins Michael BAIR), Hulk (scénario Peter DAVID, dessins Angel MEDINA) et le Surfer d'Argent (scénario Jim STARLIN et Ron MARZ, dessins Ron LIM), pour un final inévitablement... cosmique. Cette histoire de monstre, qui plus est dessinée comme elle l'est, n'est évidemment pas le meilleur de ce recueil. **2/3

Dans la suite du run d'Ann NOCENTI, nous retrouvons Daredevil à la campagne, qui vient de sauver la vie d'un drôle de bonhomme, Skip ASH, aux activités multiples : agent du gouvernement, trafiquant de drogue et agro-industriel. Sa fille, Brandy ASH, est au contraire une militante du bien-être des animaux. Elle embarque pour une équipée visant à faire sauter l'usine de son père, pour ainsi libérer les cochons et les poules qui y sont élevés avant d'être transformés en nourriture. Daredevil tente plus ou moins d'empêcher cet attentat, qui finit par avoir lieu, libérant une mystérieuse jeune femme blonde extrêmement belle, créé dans un laboratoire secret de Skip ASH installé sous son usine agro-alimentaire. Daredevil et Brandy recueillent la jeune fille qui n'a pas de vêtement, ni de nom, si ce n'est son "Number 9". Sur la face cachée de la Lune, c'est la crise chez les Inhumains : Black Bolt a éloigné sur Terre dans un lieu secret son tout jeune fils qu'il a eu avec son épouse Médusa, à la suite d'une décision du "Conseil génétique" des Inhumains. Gorgon et Karnak décident d'aller à la recherche du jeune garçon. Skip ASH, quant à lui, fait rechercher Number 9 - maintenant revêtue d'une tenue "stars & stripes" - par Shotgun... On apprend que Number 9 est une jeune fille recrutée sur petite annonce qui s'est d'abord prêtée volontairement aux expériences des équipes scientifiques de Skip ASH. ce dernier finit par s'introduire dans le repaire (peu discret) des trois fugitifs, ou le quatuor est rejoint par Gorgon, Karnak et Lockjaw. Suit un passage où Number 9 rencontre inopinément... Ultron ! Et, bientôt, c'est le retour sur Terre de Darkness, "fils de" Mephisto, qui doit faire ses preuves dans l'art de la manipulation des humains pour les pousser au vice... Il s'intéresse inévitablement à la petite équipe formée autour de Daredevil, qui croise un petit garçon surnommé "Pope" aux pouvoirs immenses et étranges. Bientôt, l'ensemble des personnages est précipitée directement aux enfers pour être mis à l'épreuve directement par Méphisto ! S'ensuit un long passage au cours duquel on suit les personnages qui ont été dispersés : DD est seul, Number Nine aussi, Brandy est avec Pope, Gorgon et Karnak sont ensemble... Tous ne s'en sortiront pas vivants.
Sous la plume de NOCENTI, et avec une excellente mise en image de JR JR et d'Al WILLIAMSON, le récit bascule d'une histoire de terrorisme anti-malbouffe à une approche philosophique et théologique du bien et du mal en passant par un questionnement sur la chosification des femmes ! On est loin, très loin de Hell's Kitchen et le décalage est grand avec les histoires pataudes de Gregory WRIGHT !
Ann NOCENTI donne à découvrir un Daredevil très différent, qui en vient littéralement à "défier le diable" au terme d'une quête de sens (en anglais, "soul searching") que Mephisto lui-même avait provoquée... ****+
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4.0 out of 5 stars Less Than Stellar Bookends, But With a Heart of Gold
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2017
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The latest Daredevil Epic picks off where the already-released A Touch of Typhoid EC left off, with Ann Nocenti and John Romita junior carrying on their sterling work. Or should I say, they carry on for the bulk of the volume - this one is bookended with annual stories, and as they're the weakest part of the collection, I'll talk about them first.

The opening DD annual is part of the Atlantis Attacks megacrossover from 1989, and reads about as well as any of these tie-in stories do in isolation. The main story involves Daredevil confronting immortal megalomaniac Tyrannus and his mind-controlled slave Spider-Man, and manages to be fairly tedious nonetheless. At least it is relatively short, though, which is more than I can say about the four-annual crossover that closes the Epic. Spanning Punisher, Hulk and Silver Surfer as well as DD, the Lifeform storyline sees the various heroes confronting a progressively mutating villain, and it's a real shame that so many pages were spent on a story with no highpoints or lasting effect.

But enough negativity, True Believers! In between these rather mediocre offerings lies the bulk of the book, and Nocenti and Romita take ol' hornhead on a trip that's both refreshingly different and at times, just plain weird. An aimless DD, having left his life in New York behind, gets caught up in a battle between a sinister tycoon and his animal rights activist daughter, and it's not long before a genetically enhanced 'perfect woman' and a shotgun-loving mercenary are drawn in as well. If that seems relatively normal, they are soon joined by a group of the moon-dwelling Inhumans just in time for a tussle with a rather confused incarnation of the mad robot Ultron.

The volume proper climaxes in a grand storyline in which all these characters are drawn into a bizarre underworld by the devilish Mephisto and his son Blackheart, forcing them all to confront their inner demons in an ever-changing and surreal landscape. It's very different from the usual swashbuckling city stories that the title was known for, and the entire book excepting the annuals works as one long sprawling storyline.

Extras are fairly brief, with a few original art pages by Romita and annual artist Cam Kennedy as well as material from Marvel Age and Marvel: The Year in Review discussing the stories found here. Definitely worth picking up for the Nocenti/Romita run, just don't expect much from the other tales around it.
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