Crossover even was fine, interesting in its own way. It was neat to see all the non-Daredevil characters. Absolutely hate what Zdarsky did Mike Murdock. Kirsten continues to be white, as colored by Marcio Menyz and Federico Blee. ( )

Once again Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk unleashes his inner Ahab against his white whale, Daredevil. This time he tries to bring all the other superheroes down with Daredevil, using his position as mayor to ban their presence in the city of New York and unleashing the Thunderbolts to arrest anyone in costume.

There are enough of the required cool moments to keep superhero fans happy -- "The law's an ass," and " . . . be born again," stood out for me -- but a lot of this feels recycled from events and comics we've seen before. It's done well but also feels very been-there-done-that. And the consequences of the event feel pretty low-key, with no big death or change for the Marvel Universe, though the fallout leaves some heroes in intriguing new set-ups for the coming year.

My biggest whine is that several of the heroes and villains don't even get named in the story. For instance, I wasn't aware of Miles Morales' new costume and didn't even know he was one of the Spider-Men in the book until after I finished and was looking up information about the book. Of course, that's also a problem caused by Marvel stupidly having so many characters share the same code name.

FOR REFERENCE:

Contains material originally published in magazine form as Devil's Reign (2021) #1-6 and Devil's Reign: Omega (2022) #1.

Contents:
• Devil's Reign, Chapters 1-6 / Chip Zdarsky, writer; Marco Checchetto, artist
• Devil's Reign: Omega - "Fall and Rise" / Chip Zdarsky, writer; Rafael de Latorre, artist
• Devil's Reign: Omega - "Cleaning House" / Jim Zub, writer; Luciano Vecchio, artist
• Devil's Reign: Omega - "Mayor for Hire" / Rodney Barnes, writer; Guillermo Sanna, artist
• Cover Gallery and Sketchbook / Mark Bagley, Peach Momoko, John Romita Jr., Skottie Young, Klaus Janson, Jim Cheung, Jorge Fornes, Joshua Swaby, Leinil Francis Yu, Ron Lim, Dan Panosian, Paulo Siqueira, Logan Lubera, Alex Maleev, Rod Reis, Marco Checchetto, and Luciano Vecchio, illustrators ( )

Having not read any of Zdarsky’s work on Daredevil, I wasn’t sure what to expect with this. Even though it’s basically a Civil War redux, I still found it engaging. Zdarsky has a clear vision of these characters and Checcetto’s art is top notch throughout. ( )