Daredevil is Now an Avenger

Daredevil was invited to become an honorary member of the Avengers. And he accepted. Granted, he was hesitant, but he accepted.

Now the entire issue in which this happened was handled in a kind of reality show format with each of the current Avengers griping about who should be an Avenger and it was fairly well-handled (with the exception of the fact that, as is all too common these days, I couldn't tell what was happening in the action sequences), but the very idea that Daredevil is now an Avenger kind of flies in the face of everything Daredevil has ever stood for and that's part of my problem with modern comics.

Regardless of what the character did in the comic books, regardless of whatever else, Daredevil is now an Avenger because both titles are hot. That's it; nothing else, no more or less. It's just lazy writing and a bad idea.

I'm not even arguing whether or not DD fits-in with the Avengers or anything along those lines, simply that it's a bad idea because it goes against the grain of the lone justice character Daredevil stands for. And it's simply a means for selling product. And everyone who can see through that ought to be as upset as I am - that is to say, shrug and say something along the lines of, "Figures."

© C Harris Lynn, 2011