However, Miller builds on Matt's first origin story and transforms it into an epic. He then takes on the mantle of the crime fighting vigilante Daredevil after his father, a boxer, is murdered by the mob.

The basic tenets of what Stan Lee and Bill Everett first put forward in 1964 remain intact – Murdock, as a young man, is rendered blind but with enhanced senses after an accident. and Al Williamson to craft this fantastic new origin story for Daredevil. But if everyone is being completely honest with themselves, Miller was and remains the best suited to reimagine Matt Murdock/Daredevil's origins in a way that pays honor and homage to his critically and commercially successful run in the late 1970s/early 80s.įor this 1993 miniseries, Miller collaborates with John Romita Jr. In the character's 50 year history, a number of incredible creators have worked on Daredevil. The four-part miniseries inspired a number of other Martha Washington stories, which can now be found in the huge Life and Times of Martha Washington collection. Still, what Give Me Liberty lacks in thematic nuance and subtlety, it makes up for in its candid and unapologetic stance on the decline of American civilization – in how corporate greed and corruption has rotted the United States to its core, polarizing Americans into different factions and ultimately inspiring a second civil war.

However, this is still a Miller story so some of the usual rules apply – it's set in a dystopian future where political corruption and extremism reigns supreme. Unlike many other Miller stories, Give Me Liberty, which was published by Dark Horse in 1990 and featured artwork from Dave Gibbons, stars a female protagonist, a young American girl named Martha Washington. 'That Yellow Bastard' is still primarily a black and white comic, but Miller adds yellow embellishments to the Roark Junior character – an artistic decision that is so striking, it successfully creates an even greater aura of terror around the character whenever those yellow brushstrokes appear on the page. The comic is also notable for how it visually differentiated itself from previous Sin City stories.

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