this counts as a marvel blog

icon by @jeanie-beanie ☆☆☆ the real question is was it even worth it to actually make this blog to which the answer is: probably

[whyamihere13]

ths lil bro, because i love him and i love to do pen sketches

(there is one problem: I can't draw straight hair properly, so sorry, my version of Matt's hair is more disheveled)

[daredva]

aegyo cyclops

[daresplaining]

Preview of Daredevil volume 8 #20 by Saladin Ahmed, José Luis Soares, Jesus Aburtov, Oren Junior, and Clayton Cowles, in stores now!

[phi-guy]

so ive been watching daredevil.

[jenospoon]

Nelson, Murdock, McDuffie 

[xycuro-illuminati]

[ID: Digital art of Foggy Nelson, Matt Murdock, Kirsten McDuffie standing side by side. Foggy looks tired with a hand holding his head. Matt is smiling, holding his cane and has little red devil horns drawn over his head. Kirsten is also smiling with her eyes closed. The text "Daredevil Vol. 3" is over them. End ID]

[jennipond]

"the hands that cradled your face and tilted it upwards to kiss your forehead are soaked in unfathomable quantities of blood."

"but they cradled me, yes?"

[guardianspirits13]

@oh-tobeafrog thank you for inspiring me with this galaxy brain take on my two favorite marvel heroes :)

original post here

[daresplaining]

"I disguise myself mostly out of force of habit. And now that you mention it...I'm tired of masks."

Matt Murdock's Public Identity Daredevil Suit (Design by Chris Samnee, art by Chris Samnee and Matthew Wilson)

[den-denzz]

Little Jean and Scott illustration I drew back in summer after finishing the Phoenix Saga, this moment was so beautiful. Obsessed w them

[daresplaining]

Matt: "Like we rehearsed. You ready? Kirsten? Kirsten, I need you...!" Daredevil vol. 3 #35 by Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, Javier Rodriguez, and Joe Caramagna

This is a climactic scene—arguably, the climactic scene—of Daredevil volume 3, and there is a lot to say about it. But I would like to talk about Kirsten in particular, who is as much in the spotlight here as Matt is. This is a trademark Matt Murdock Risky Gambit; a powerful white supremacist shadow organization called the Sons of the Serpent is attempting to use Matt's secret identity as leverage to manipulate him, and Matt has decided to remove that leverage by publicly outing himself as Daredevil once and for all. This courtroom is under the control of the Sons of the Serpent, and he and Kirsten know it. They also know that this is going to cause the situation to explode and put them both directly in the line of fire. And in order for the plan to work, Matt needs Kirsten's help. She has to be standing there next to him, wearing the same target that he is placing on himself with this stunt (or possibly an even bigger target; as a woman of color, this is a very dangerous bear for her to be poking).

Matt and Kirsten's relationship began with a dance surrounding his leaky secret identity. This dance started out purely professional and then morphed into a flirtation. They would joke around and tease each other about it. It was funny, as the reader, to watch, and it became a fun trademark of their relationship. But now, at the volume's climax, the dance has morphed into something deathly serious. This creative team makes powerful use of Matt's ability to hear heartbeats, beyond its most well-known application as a lie detector. In this run, heartbeats are used to show fear, powerfully, viscerally, without words. Kirsten is typically cool-headed, and from the outside, she is wearing a convincing professionally detached mask here in front of this courtroom full of observers and enemies. But through Matt, we can sense her fear. We can feel it. And the creative team takes the time to show it to us in order to emphasize her courage. This is a huge risk she is taking, for herself and for Matt, and she understands the weight of it. It is impactful to see Kirsten McDuffie unnerved, after so many issues of seeing her as a savvy, unflappable, indomitable force. She is under tremendous pressure (Matt's little "I need you" drives home how much his plan relies on her), and she is scared. And knowing this adds emotional power to the fact that she is able to push through the fear and do it anyway.

[foggyinphx]

Foggy's emphasis on "I will bill you" cracks me up. I'm sure it's why the Murdock boys love him.

(Daredevil #608)

[daresplaining]

Foggy's small but vital presence in this story arc is an absolute delight, and the line he walks between being annoyed/angry with Mike while also developing the teeny-tiniest degree of sympathy for him is a perfect reflection of how he acted toward the original Mike back in the 60s.

I also have to point out how much I love Mike going "Bill me" when we all know he possessed exactly zero dollars at this point.

[buckypascal]

Charlie Cox as Daredevil in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman

[archivedjuice]

anyone remember when this was my banner?

yeah well it was mostly cause i was insane about these two panels:

in which matt explicitly confronts the fact that pre-nord stone reality him viewed mike as both his own person (which we already know based on his refusal to undo mike with reader's help because he realised & recognised that mike was indeed someone with a consciousness and therefore a life of their own. which kick his second chance ass mind into gear about the whole situation. which is think was ultimately a GREAT jump start for zdarsky's weird background idea of mike's morality and the philosophy of what it is that makes someone truly alive but also how it would affect a person mentally, to be so constantly aware of, not only the tangible realness of their physical worlds but also their mental ones) but also he subconsciously still views mike as the mike he invented to cover up his issues at the time. and what's the MOST interesting part about this is that right after his subconscious (because this is still all just a dream) recognises this, the version of mike that he perceives mike to be goes ahead to clean up his issues once more. it's also unintentional foreshadowing of the reason for which mike would continue to live within daredevil comics (covering up matt's issues IRONICALLY in a very flipped way where mike is acting as matt this time) as well as foreshadowing for the fact that he will die covering up matt's issues.

also im just a really big fan of this panel:

because i loooove the implication that mike is an 'i know a guy who knows a guy' type of guy because of the other implication that mike is the one who carried him to this doctor or whatever. which fuels all of my ideas related

[bag-0f-b0nes]

Cyclops design!!!!! I'm very happy with it bc my goal was to make a design that i could see in the comics, and i personally think I succeeded pretty well [:

[theresstilltime-deactivated2025]

Daredevil

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Artist Tran Nguyen.

[daresplaining]

Daredevil volume 1 Annual #4 by Chris Claremont, Marv Wolfman, George Tuska, Bonnie Wilford, Frank Chiaramonte, and Annette Kawecki

Matt tries out some catchphrases.