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CMBMOOL
03-07-2009, 03:02 PM
I recently purchased the Greatest Spider-man and Daredevil Team-ups, and I have to ask...

When did DD switch to armor mode and what made him do it in the first place ? :frown:
B. Kuwanger
03-07-2009, 03:05 PM
The answer to both of your questions: the 90s.
Expletive Deleted
03-07-2009, 03:26 PM
When: The "Fall from Grace" storyline in #319-325.

Why: I forget the story reason, but it basically boiled down to "it was the '90s."
CMBMOOL
03-07-2009, 03:33 PM
When: The "Fall from Grace" storyline in #319-325.

Why: I forget the story reason, but it basically boiled down to "it was the '90s."
Thanks for the assist.
T Hedge Coke
03-08-2009, 02:17 PM
When: The "Fall from Grace" storyline in #319-325.

Why: I forget the story reason, but it basically boiled down to "it was the '90s."

In-story, Matt Murdock was believed dead, as was Daredevil. He wanted to create the appearance that this was a new Daredevil, hence, new costume. He was also impersonating his never-real-in-the-first-place twin brother, Mike, I believe, for a non-superhero identity. Mostly because Matt was tired of getting his friends and lovers beat up or killed (obviously, this didn't work long term).
Hawkman
03-09-2009, 10:22 AM
In-story, Matt Murdock was believed dead, as was Daredevil. He wanted to create the appearance that this was a new Daredevil, hence, new costume. He was also impersonating his never-real-in-the-first-place twin brother, Mike, I believe, for a non-superhero identity. Mostly because Matt was tired of getting his friends and lovers beat up or killed (obviously, this didn't work long term).
Right about everything except the alter-ego. His name during this time was "Jack Battlin", a made-up persona using his father's boxing nickname (Battlin' Jack Murdock). The suit was also armored, Matt rationalizing that it was time to step up his game. It was a fact, though, that many DD readers at the time had a problem with, the feeling being that it conflicted with the very nature of the character; ie, DD shouldn't fear getting hit with a bullet in the first place.
Kasper Cole
03-09-2009, 02:14 PM
The answer to both of your questions: the 90s.

Pretty much, while comics in the 90's aren't quite as bad as people make them out to be, there was a definite style over substance thing going on.
JoshuaCee
03-09-2009, 02:16 PM
The answer to both of your questions: the 90s.

HA! I was going to say "Scott McDaniel," myself. :smile:

I didn't like the armor on DD, but the design itself wasn't bad, and McDaniel drew it well. McDaniel draws everything well, though.
Majinoaw
03-09-2009, 02:18 PM
Didn't his doppleganger from one of the Infinity crossovers bite the bullet and was therefore buried in his place?
Push You Down
03-09-2009, 02:31 PM
I really loved the art in the arc and the new costume. Only time I bought Daredevil regularly.
JoshuaCee
03-09-2009, 02:35 PM
I really loved the art in the arc and the new costume. Only time I bought Daredevil regularly.

Not even during the Bendis years?
Expletive Deleted
03-09-2009, 03:10 PM
I really loved the art in the arc and the new costume. Only time I bought Daredevil regularly.I didn't mind the color scheme, but the random armor bits were a little too much.

That said, I did like the art. McDaniel really played up the Miller influences in his style. He did better work later on NIGHTWING, but his DAREDEVIL still had a nice energy.