I simply cannot ignore a great cover if you haven’t noticed by now. This past week the one cover I couldn’t take my eyes off of was Daredevil #506 with its homage to traditional Japanese prints. This looks like a piece by Hokusai, but with ya know, Daredevil.

I backtracked after being lured in by the cover and found a tale of Matt Murdock, now the head of the Hand, contending with infighting from a young upstart within the Hand that takes whatever opportunity he can get to undermine and discredit Matt as he attempts to turn the ninja assassin clan into a force of good. Even when DD pulls the ungrateful whelp out of a jam, he still accuses him of destroying all that is profitable about being a head of the Hand. Daredevil has been pretty good for the past decade while being handled by Brian Bendis and Ed Brubaker, So Andy Diggle who has a knack for this kind of stuff, is a good fit.

But back to the cover. Isn’t that awesome?! I know that a great cover isn’t enough to make a great read. We all know the old saying. However, in the world of comics, it’s often a cover that brings someone to check out a title and this particular cover got me to bite.

-Jim

Tags: Daredevil, Hokusai, Japanese Prints, ninja

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