But by grounding Daredevil to the (exaggerated) limits of what a human body can do in a physical space that's not unfamiliar to us, artists make Daredevil's travels across the city seem more impressive than impossible, even if they physically are.ĭaredevil's accessories, on the other hand, create a cloud of visual pizazz around the character, whether it's the impossible unspooling of his billy club's cable (Joe Quesada's probably the all-time champ of that bit), or the club itself ricocheting around walls and skulls. There are superhuman superheroes who occupy similar spaces of fundamentally simple designs forming the solid foundation from which to explore the depiction of figures in motion on the page think Silver Age Flash or Silver Surfer. The urban acrobatics of the character are also key. There's no cape, there's very little detailing the pure physical dynamism an artist brings to the character can shine through more easily than on even Spider-Man, with his web-patterned costume. The costume, which is more or less a human figure with horns, done up in arresting bright red, is brilliantly simple, especially set against a Hell's Kitchen of varying degrees of gritty drabness.
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