ALTCaptain America in Daredevil #283 (1990) by Ann Nocenti and Mark Bagley.
If you’ve never read Ann Nocenti’s Daredevil run, do it (esp the era with John Romita Jr). It’s reaches so high that it’s breathtaking.
Other thought:
-I think Marvel/Disney would set their creators on fire in public rather than print something like this in 2026.
Here Comes Daredevil in Black and White!
1.) Barry Windsor-Smith
2.) Adam Kubert and Danny Miki.
3.) Lee Bermejo.
4.) Gary Frank.
5.) Wally Wood.
6.) Frank Miller and Klaus Janson.
7.) Lee Weeks and Al Williamson.
8.) Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti.
9.) John Romita, Jr. and Al Williamson.
10.) David Mazzucchelli.
Daredevil as Artists Muse
Ann Nocenti And John Romita Jr.
Forbidden Planet
NYC, NY (c.1985)
Ann Nocenti, one of the best writers Marvel ever had.
I absolutely loved the team of John Romita Jr. and Al Williamson on Daredevil. I have several of their originals. (not this one, though)
Always reblog Romita & Nocenti
Daredevil, Vol. 1 # 281 Page 11 by John Romita, Jr., with Inks by Al Williamson, Letters by Jack Morelli, Colors by Christie “Max” Scheele, and a Script by Ann Nocenti that was Edited by Ralph Macchio.
Always rebloging Ann Nocenti!
Daredevil #252-273 by Ann Nocenti, John Romita Jr. and Al Williamson
One of the first comics I read monthly, and years later, still one of my favorites. Picking up Nocenti’s Daredevil for the first time as a kid was a revelation. Sure, the book had all the action you’d expect from a superhero comic, but it also had rich layers of ongoing story, resonant thematic content, social and political consciousness, thoughtful character development and one of the best rogue’s galleries (Typhoid Mary, Shotgun, Bullet, the Wildboys, Bushwacker) since the Flash met Captain Cold and the gang.
Nocenti’s fresh, contemporary take on the character was more than enhanced by John Romita Jr.’s pencils, which themselves were further enhanced by Al Williamson’s inks. As creative partners, Nocenti and Romita made perfect sense. Both were young, up-and-coming talents with unique, hip styles influenced by new wave 80′s. Williamson was more of a wild card. He was old school, coming up as an artist for EC Comics and spending much of his time prior to Daredevil working on more straightforward sci-fi comics, like Star Wars and Flash Gordon. And yet Williamson and Romita’s art meshes perfectly. As a great inker, Williamson understood what was special about Romita’s art and enhanced it.
The result was a creative team working perfectly in synch, coming to the exact right character at the exact right time. Nocenti’s Daredevil is not just one of the best, probably the best, Daredevil runs of all time, and not just one of the best superhero comics of all time, but, with its perfect blend of style and substance, off the wall action and moving emotional weight and the synchronicity its three creators brought to one anothers work and to the atmosphere of series as a whole, it’s one of the best comics of all time.
Harris Smith is a production coordinator, social media editor and creator outreach specialist at comiXology. He’s watching Daredevil season 2 as he writes this and having a pretty good time.
Ann Nocenti/John Romita Jr/Al Williamson on Daredevil is just, like, the perfect comic. I wrote something about it for work. @zegas @charlesforsman @traditionalcomics i’m guessing you guys have all read this, but if not, i highly recommend it!
You guessed right, brother. And I 100% agree. Great write-up!
Everything Nocenti & Romita did on DD is my favorite comics run of all time.
FLIMSpringfield.net, the pop culture studies blog I curate, has finished recasting our latest media property. This time we remade the Netflix & Marvel joint production of DAREDEVIL starring Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio!
Or in our world, Lisa Simpson as the blind battling Man Without Fear, and “Organized Crime Daydream” Homer as The Kingpin of Crime!
We’ve done 20 gifs covering the cast, a full essay, and as seen above, a redux poster. I really like the Daredevil comic, and we had a lot of fun with this one. Find out why we chose Lisa, where we slotted Milhouse, and you can probably guess who we think is a dead ringer for The Blue Haired Lawyer. What do comic books and The Simpsons share besides bright colors and high drama? Find out in our feature length essay.
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