Along with the growing anticipation of Age of Ultron, Marvel is also giving us another series to hold us over while we wait to see what perils await our heroes. Daredevil is a short series exclusively on Netflix that will be released April 10. A Daredevil full-length movie was made in 2003 starring Ben Affleck, but apparently it was a flop at the box office. I feel like this modern rendition of the superhero will certainly do him justice.
Besides that one failed film from twelve years ago, Daredevil hasn't gotten much attention from the media. Like all Marvel heroes, Daredevil has a lengthy comic series to his name, but fans who might have only joined the Marvel Universe with the recent Avengers film series might not know anything about who this masked hero is and why he is important enough to be excited over. For this purpose, I've done a bit of comic digging to find a brief summary of his origin story.
Matt Murdock was blinded due to a radioactive accident, but the encounter turned his other senses superhuman. He became a lawyer to bring criminals to justice through the legal system, but after his father was killed, he realized that sometimes the law couldn't catch all criminals. He then became the superhero Daredevil in order to protect his city, Hell's Kitchen in New York, in any way possible. He has fought many supervillains, including the Kingpin, and has worked alongside other superheroes such as Elektra and Spider-Man.
I'm hyped to delve more into Matt Murdock's storyline through the Netflix series, and eagerly await April 10.
I've never heard of Daredevil, nor have I seen the trailer. But after watching it, I've become extremely excited.. April 10th can't come soon enough.
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