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Daredevil #100
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artists: A CRAP LOAD

Yes, its' finally here, Daredevil has reached 100 and my reaction...meh?

This issue starts off part one of a six part story. The story basically has Matt up against a crappy Scarecrow wannabe aka Mister Fear. Fear infects people with gas and chemicals basically making them act crazy and afraid (sound familar?). ANYWAY, Matt/Daredevil ends up in Fears' clutches, surrounded by henchmen, and poisoned with fear gas. Kicked out a window by Mister Fear & co., still infected, Matt starts hallucinating, facing visions of his greatest fears.

Each hallucination is illustrated by different artists. Though many traditionalists will likely love the John Romita SR/Al Migrom illustrated pages, I'd have to say the hallucination pages done by Sienkiewicz and Bermejo are some of the best in this issue. Bermejo's lighting of each of the characters' bodies especially are intricate and fascinating.

ANYWAY, Matt eventually makes it through his hallucinations and the "fear gas" stumbling his way home to find Foggy lost in thought...finally exclaiming to Matt that he thinks his wife Milla may be going insane. Pretty much the story ends here and spliced in is an old issue of Dardevil from way back when. The old Daredevil issue is a nice touch but...I'll be honest, I just skipped it. Skipping over this issue you find more content (comic script pages, sketches of art from other pages, etc) that pretty much make this 3.99 comic kinda worth the price.

Everything being said I am done with Daredevil for awhile. I dig Brubakers' writing but, it has just gotten too dark and repetitive in the last couple of issues of DD. I'd hope by this issue I'd see Matt catch a break from the insanity, or have something go right for him but, yeah, I get the feeling Daredevil is gonna be going through a non-stop barrage of crap for awhile. In short, the issue's art and story are both good but, don't enter this title hoping things are gonna eventually get better and lighter for Daredevil, cause you might be waiting awhile. B+