His conflict is what makes him so interesting. He’s constantly at odds with the laws of man, the laws of his faith, and the laws of his own vigilante code. Also by virtue of his religion, his stories thematically are typically much more mature and philosophically interesting than most superheroes, as his struggles with faith are a very relatable and realistic topic that can be explored and applies pretty universally unless you’re just a staunch atheist.

My favorite Marvel character, no competition.

One factor that also allowed Daredevil to be so cohesive as character was all the great writers who worked on his titles (ex: Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Mark Waid, Chip Zsdarsky and, my personal favorite Frank Miller) with each one working with what the previous ones build rather than just ignoring it and doing their own stuff. The best exemple is Mark Waid's run and how he brought back the light-hearted swashbuckling tone of the 60's comics. Waid could just ignored the previous dark runs and have Matt already acting in this more fun upbeat attitude, but instead he made this change be part of Matt's development, with Matt reflecting about how much of mess his life became and trying to be more optimistic.

Daredevil is my favourite superhero to read. He is such a realistic depiction of a human imo. My second favourite character in a similar regard is Cyclops. He never seems to backtrack like most other characters. Every bad decision remains a part of his life and his morality keeps getting challenged.

My most cohesive character vote goes to my favorite character, Nightwing. Nightwing, as a character, represents a better Batman, and this is reflected in a few ways. One, in origin, Nightwing and Batman are almost identical. They both had their parents taken away at a young age by sheer fate and organized crime. The difference, however, is that Bruce didn't have anyone to guide him out of that dark place. Dick had Bruce, who was broken, but was still able to help Dick find his way out of the dark. Then, unlike Bruce, Dick is able to move past his trauma and becomes a pure symbol of hope who fights for (generally) less traumatic and self deprecating reasons. Even his name is part of his character, albiet a retroactive one. In more recent depictions, Nightwing gets his name from Superman (specifically a Kryptonian Legend), which shows how he gets the more positive aspects from the DC universe. Also contrasting Bruce, is the fact that he started the Teen Titans because he likes people and teamwork, which is opposed to Bruce who is usually a part time member. Wrapping this all together in a nice bow is his (post mulletwing era) costume. It's all black, with a blue eagle piercing through, showing how out of the darkness shines the brightest lights.

This is a great video! I feel like I've watched every daredevil video under the sun recently so it's wonderful to find one with a fresh take/topic of discussion. This was very well put together too

That is an excellent essay, and you're right. Daredevil is cohesive. My WIP features a character that's just as cohesive. A brilliant super scientist with super strength and intelligence who tries to protect the city of Utopia.

I love this video, but I will say that daredevil technically has two origin stories. The most well known being the Miller origin, in which his father dies after he’s blinded and Matt is an orphan, but his original origin has Matt’s dad die while he’s in college. In fact, in the original origin, Foggy Nelson knew Matt‘s dad.

I mostly agree with everything you said but I think that Batman shares the trait you mentioned. Like Daredevil his morals are extremely specific, I’d say even more so. Batman as a character (when he’s written well and faithfully) doesn’t just not kill people, he also refuses to permanently injure them. He’s very specific in how he’ll torture or interrogate someone. He has so many lines he won’t cross not out of faith but because of his belief that Gotham needs a symbol of hope and he knows that something like that takes very specific and complex morals to keep intact. He’s a symbol of fear to those who need to be afraid but the symbol of the Batman is also a symbol of hope to others. The light in the dark.

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That was an educational essay I really enjoyed watching it

I always interpreted Matt’s choice of the/a devil as his symbol as something else; in Judeo-Christian theology, the devil is never actually referred to as evil but instead a - and I think this is very interesting given his extensive and complex relationship with another Marvel hero - PUNISHER of evil, albeit with cruel(er) methods and I believe Matt, unlike a lot of religious folk, is aware of this truth

“Least talked about” I don’t agree with that The defenders show has made the character one of marvel’s most popular characters

3:46 did you just assume that a blind guy needs flashlight to move in dark.😅😅, awesome video, keep them coming.

Wish we got that cool daredevil game back in the day that got cancelled

In my honest opinion, Matt is like a more solid Batman, everything about him is a lot more concrete, his logic behind the no kill rule for example, Bruce doesn’t kill because he doesn’t want to become the person who killed his parents, while allowing a crazed clown to murder hundreds if not thousands, so it just ends up being a stupid scapegoat, but with Matt, he doesn’t kill because he’s a genuinely good person, because he doesn’t want to kill a killer because the amount would stay the same, Matt uses daredevil to express his evil side, to alleviate it, while Bruce EMBRACES his evil side, that being Batman

What I find baffling despite reading plenty of his comics (nowhere near all) is how he believes in the justice system and his religion despite both being challenged and factually proven uncertain or outright a scam… he sees Thor and Mephisto but believes in Jesus and sees Wilson Fisk manipulate the system to gain more power upon incarceration… yet he works within the system. Very interesting dilemma for a character but one that perplexes me

Who's your favourite marvel character?

Do you think that Wolverine should have a new costume, and if you were to fix Wolverine to make him a better character, how else would you fix him?

Could you do the lion guard they count as superheroes

This character is more complex than batman even frank miller has agreed to it

Daredevil's coherent story : Matt Murdock is a gloomy blind man who fights crime but would like to live a peaceful life. Unfortunately for him every writer puts him in darker and darker situations trying to ruin his life more than the previous writers. End of the story.

Always found “Man Without Fear” to be a weird name. If he had no fear he would take on Kingpin Day 1 and get smushed.

Daredevil with Bruce Wayne's backstory would've been the absolute best

Are you John Cena?

And Disney will f it up

Daredevil sounds and looks goofy, what makes his backstory so rough and tragic? “He grew up in NYC Hell’s Kitchen” There it is. Also doesn’t the Bible say someone should be executed for murder? Kinda want to see DD to try to convince himself it’s ok to kill if they kill but thinks about how god let Cain go.