Thursday, February 16, 2012

Why Daredevil Needs To Check The Weather Reports Before He Goes On Patrol

In this week's New Avengers #21, there's a real head-scratcher:

Questions and comments?

A) Storm just called "dibs" on Daredevil for Avengers Vs. X-Men.

B) Whirlwind, Weather Wizard, Windshear, and every other weather or air-based villain in the comics multiverse are face-palming themselves right now..."A hero whose powers stop working in the wind? How come we can't get to fight him?!"

C) I know Daredevil's radar sense isn't literally radar, but c'mon...does that make even a lick of sense? If Daredevil fights Stilt-Man on a breezy day, game over?!?

D) Bendis wrote Daredevil for years...and he brings this up now??

Hmmm...maybe if we pull the camera back for a bit of context...

Well, that just gives me more questions and comments...

A) Shouldn't everyone not remember Thor at all, due to Tanarus' spell? How would they (or Norman Osborn, for that matter) even recognize a Thor clone? Does Bendis ever read anyone else's books?

B) Even if the spell somehow isn't affecting everyone, shouldn't these guys all believe that Thor is dead? They were just at his funeral...

C) Most of these guys have already faced Ragnarok the insane Thor clone, back in Civil War. Yes, including Daredevil (I guess the wind wasn't blowing that day...). And Spider-Man. So, if the spell ISN'T working, you'd think that maybe they'd recognize him, especially with super-senses and all. But hey, don't let that get in the way of everyone standing around bantering (and Ragnarok just sits there and let's them banter. If they'd kept quipping, maybe he'd have just gone away...)

D) This is already the 4th time Ragnarok has come back. So, enough already? But considering that this is the second time that Norman Osborn has become Lex Luthor and taken over the country, well, I guess re-runs are all we're getting until Bendis finishes his Avengers' runs.

5 comments:

Siskoid said...

I stopped wondering why this felt like a story outside canon when you wrote the word "Bendis".

Radar sense bouncing off the air? THAT'S useful. And goes completely against the concept of a guy who regularly puts himself in freefall.

Martin Gray said...

Yeah, it's just Bendis rubbish.

And since when was Daredevil so open about having radar sense?

Anonymous said...

Actually, the Daredevil that fought Ragnarok in Civil War was Iron Fist in disguise instead of Matt. Not that this wasn't painfully stupid in its own right, but there IS that.

Harry said...

This reminds me of why I have never been tempted to return to reading comics...

snell said...

Fair point, Anonymous. I blew that one.