夜魔侠:无所畏惧的女人回顾!

这似乎是显而易见的，不是吗?Marvel has a long history of replacement heroes–we’ve seenRhodeystep in to be Iron Man, the mantle ofCaptain Marvelhas been passed down, bothFalconandWinter Soldierhave been Captain America. Right now we even have Doctor Strange’s wifeCleasubbing in to lead her first solo series. But none of those characters have the reach, history, or cultural cachet of Elektra Natchios. It seems so obvious to haveElektrabecomeDaredevil, but it has never happened before. As with the rest of Chip Zdarsky’sDaredevilSaga，最明显的故事理念是最令人满意的。

Brand New Devil

Daredevil: Woman Without Fear只是跟随前刺客艾丽卡·纳奇奥斯进行了一次超级英雄冒险。While the story stands fun on its own, it makes more sense when taken as a middle chapter of Zdarksy’sDaredevilepic. This miniseries is far from the only Elektra-as-Daredevil story in the saga, but it falls in an interesting place, one where Matt Murdock is deciding what to do next, and Elektra is acting as the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen.

故事与更大的叙事联系在一起，但最感兴趣的是对主角的反思。所以艾丽卡不仅会和猎人克莱恩进行贸易打击，我们也会看到她是一个正常的人，和大学同学一起喝咖啡。我无法想象这本书读起来会是一个怎样的人物介绍。但如果你熟悉艾丽卡生命的不同阶段，你会发现有很多东西可以挖掘。把艾丽卡看成一个青春期的忍者，一个紧张的大学生，一个紧张的忍者，然后是一个注定要失败的浪漫主义者，这很酷。奇普·兹达西的魔术让这些不同的版本感觉像是同一个人。

An Undead Ninja, But Sexy

AnyElektra漫画将需要特定类型的艺术家。里面有很多艾丽卡和马特的激情戏。影片中还有忍者的动作场面。你不仅需要一个能够捕捉运动感觉的艺术家，你还需要一个能够在不贬低艾丽卡的情况下画出她的人。

Elektra was created by Frank Miller, so a lot of his personal interests and peccadillo are baked into the character. Miller liked to write and draw unemotional women, prostitutes, and dead women. His scripts have a leering cinematic gaze towards it’s female characters, framing parts of their bodies in isolation to objectify them. And Elektra is probably Miller’s greatest and most enduring character. Sex appeal is part of the genre she exists in (sexy assassin ladies) but can she be untangled from her roots?

Rafael De Latorre is the artist tapped for the job. Before this miniseries, De Latorre had one major Marvel credit. He illustratedBlack Widow,和作家凯利·汤普森一起。两者之间的相似之处显而易见，对吧?两个角色都是超级性感的诱惑者，都在寻求救赎他们凶残的过去。两个角色都喜欢和马特·默多克做爱。这两个角色都是精确而理智的斗士。

The Fluid Fights

Obviously, there’s a subjective element as to whether an art style feels appropriate to the story but for my money, De Latorre can stay on this beat for a while longer. He takes such care with his character figures and body language. His comics would be fun to read without dialogue, just to see if the story and tone still comes across. The lighting and framing of his panels always convey this deep Gothic romance, with just a tinge of Noir. And he has a lot of fun drawing fabric in motion.

Where the creative forces (including prolific colorist Federico Blee!) come together though, are in the fight scenes. I originally read these issues in paper form, but this time around I read them in the Marvel Unlimited guided view. That really emphasized how well paced all the action is. Most comic book fight scenes feel pretty perfunctory, butDaredevil: Woman Without Fearleft me breathless like I was watchingThe Raid. Guided view reading can turn comic panels into a flipbook, and Elektra’s flips were so fluid and precise, I was playing them backwards and forwards.

The final issue in this collection, titledElektra#100, is a big reunion anthology. If you’ve been following comics for a while, you’ve probably come across an issue like this. A series of vignettes bring in creators from across the characters history. You get flashback stories mainly told in the past, humorous diversions, and a look towards the future of the character. As far as these sorts of issues go, this one was fine! Far be it from me to knock an Ann NocentiDaredevilcomic. Nocenti is the Elektra GOAT. But after the crackling energy of Zdarksy and De Latorre, it was sort of jarring to shift gears. I wanted to go back.

Star-Crossed Crossover

对我来说幸运的是，还有很多故事可以读。There the 36 issue series ofDaredevil后面的一半明显跟在艾丽卡后面。AndWoman Without Fearloosely ties into “Devil’s Reign,” the big event story that roped in a ton of New York superheroes. This story itself is a set up to another volume ofDaredevil(volume 7 for those keeping score) by Zdarsky and his talented artistic collaborators. And tying intothatis the (perhaps misguided)Punisherseries that puts him on a collision course with Matt and Elektra.

The most incredible thing about thisDaredevilrun has been how unoriginal it all is. Superheroes pondering murder, shadowy ninja lore, villains in positions of power… we’ve seen it all before. Hell, we’ve even seen Matt Murdock in jail before. Somehow though, this series has been the best, definitive Marvel telling of any of those themes. If a comic fan comes to me looking for good stories about Daredevil, Elektra, the Hand, I would definitely not give them this story first. This is too much of a middle chapter. But Zdarsky’sDaredevilis the most readable the character has ever been. And eventually you will be treated to this diversion, and the spectacular art of Rafael de Latorre. Just look at how big he draws Elektra’s hair!