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That scene was yet another example of BA repeating something they'd already done in the Netflix show. Season three ended with Kingpin breaking Bullseye's spine and Dex undergoing some kind of reconstructive surgery. Comic fans assumed his skeleton was being laced with Adamantium, as that's what happened in the comics after Daredevil dropped him off a roof in Frank Miller's 'Last Hand' (DD V1 #181).

If Bethel's Bullseye now has Adamantium like his comic book counterpart, that would explain how he survived being pushed off the roof. The question is did Matt know Bullseye would survive? The comic book Daredevil could detect the Adamantium in Bullseye's body using his super senses, and the MCU version should be able to sense it too. Or did Matt momentarily lose control and try to kill Bullseye? Was that breaking of his moral code the reason he retired?

The show wasn't terribly clear on this point. I'd like to see the writers revisit Matt's actions in BA season two and confront what happened in more depth. For other heroes this might not seem particularly important, but for Matt Murdock it's a significant enough moral issue to warrant addressing.

I wasn't even thinking that Matt knew Bullseye's spine would save him; that should have been communicated. By later accounts, Matt only mentions that he intended to kill Bullseye and got lucky. Too many coincidences like that can start to bring down a story.

I feel like they could have addressed Bullseye's new abilities; plot points should never be wholly reliant on post-credits teasers.

Looking back at season 3, the finale was released a year before the Fox purchase, so Adamantium was off the table. This was another instance of having to skirt around X-Men terms (like Cap's shield, or not calling Pietro and Wanda "mutants"). They went with Cogmium as the material for Bullseye's reconstruction, which didn't ring a bell for me. Sure enough, it was only ever mentioned in Marvel Comics Presents #137. Will it make a significant difference? Probably not.

One note I forgot to mention about Bullseye was I loved seeing his prison escape unfold. I'm pretty sure using his own tooth as a weapon was from Captain America: Streets of Poison.

I would have liked the corrupt police storyline to have been more nuanced. Aside from the old commissioner, the cops in the BA were depicted as plain evil and psychotic. It's one thing to have them stepping outside the law because they think it's the only way to help the city. Getting their hands dirty to get the job done, like Malone in The Untouchables. But a lot of what they did was just torture and murder. And the way they stood around watching as Kingpin crushed the skull of their old boss undermined any sense of moral righteousness motivating their actions. The Netflix show also featured corrupt cops, but handled the subject in a more subtle and believable manner.

It's funny that Marvel will make the most infamous megalomaniacal villains sympathetic and have a tragic backstory, but something as grounded as a crooked cop is only treated with black and white morality.

I don't hate Born Again, but knowing they actually had a roadmap a few seasons ahead makes me sad. Spoilers ahead for my thoughts.

By virtue of being a part-reboot, part-continuation, old story beats are bound to be retread. Season 3 saw Kingpin taken out of the picture, but this season brings him back. I feel like the universe has much more to offer than just the Kingpin - as much as it makes sense to keep falling back on one of your most successful characters.

Now, we run into the issue of changing things just for the heck of it. Matt enters a new status quo with a new law firm and new love interest, minus the supporting cast we grew to love in the past. The way they chose to dispose of that supporting cast was rushed and mean-spirited. While I ended up getting hooked on the show, the first episode was an absolute mess. Foggy should not have been killed so quickly, and Matt flippantly tried to kill a guy with no real buildup or repercussons. He had no idea Bullseye would be fine after pushing him off a building. That was sure lucky.

The Punisher subplot also comes off like it's chasing a trend from five years ago with the social media "controversy" of cops using the Punisher skull. To be fair, there was precedent for a heavy-handed paramilitary force appropriating the Punisher's image (from the first Punisher miniseries), but that's an example of a series that would have been better adapted on its own rather than portions added into a Daredevil series as an afterthought.

I definitely felt the throwback to the OnStar commercials. It's good fun that keeps the characters in the public eye.

Obviously the Joker stole the show, managing to outdo most of the Joker's looks over the past few decades. It's amazing that finding an actor that looks like the Joker would make for a good Joker (shocking). I'm also surprised they managed to get away with such a gruesome looking Two-Face. No silly colors, just straight up Freddy Krueger burn makeup. Minor point here, but they managed to make an impressive practical appliance to recreate the half-closed, half-exposed mouth. If they can do that and the bulging eye, they can make do the perfect makeup.

I was reading through the Super Powers by Jack Kirby collection, and went down a rabbit hole to try to find all the stories that exist within the Super Powers universe.

The core is the comics. Originally, there were 23 pack-in comics, and 3 limited series' of comics. The second limited series specifically mentions the graphic novel The Hunger Dogs, so that's canon to the events of this universe.

Next, we have the TV shows. Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show and The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians were direct tie-ins.

The first show indicates this is a spin-off of the Super Friends series, and there's a lot to that universe already (I'll have to do a deep dive later).

The Filmation series' for Superman, Batman, Superboy, and Aquaman were also reissued under the Power Powers name.

You'd think it would be a bigger deal. It was still from the classic era as a Stan Lee story, but it rarely gets brought up. Might be due to being an Annual issue, which have had weird placements in the timeline.

Trying my hand at my own edit to bring the digital version closer to the original colors

Here's a simulation for how it would look on newsprint

Yes, there is occasional censoring too.





Stryker makes reference to being executed in the unedited page but that dialogue balloon is removed in the second version.

Just for fun, I tried to edit an original scan very quickly:

Unfortunately, it's really low quality, so there was only so much I could do. I lost all the blues trying to bring out the black levels.

Both of the digital versions differ from each other and the original significantly. But the top version has closer line work for sure, the bottom is a poor tracing. It's also hard to argue against an entire word balloon being forgotten. An ellipsis is also missing in the bottom middle panel, which throws off the spacing of the text.

The colors are also more accurate on top, but that's high praise. Batman's gloves are properly colored purple, the light from outside Batman's house is red, and the smoke from Bruce's pipe is dark blue. Those digital gradients create a really awful look, but they were likely thrown in because it the backgrounds look blank when there's no dot matrix pattern on grittier newsprint.

I'll be fair, this is a tall order for anyone to attempt. You could put Alan Moore on this and it still wouldn't be anything short of embarrassing.

I'm curious how Harley can be one DC's most successful characters, yet they seem to have no direction for her. For a while they were pushing the sex appeal aspect (exemplified by Margot Robbie's skimpy outfit in Suicide Squad), but that's completely at odds with whatever this is.

I can understand throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks, but do they not see the damage this does to the brand?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1n2Q6CUFwO0

The script involving a decidedly less sympathetic Doc Ock, whom is responsible for the deaths of Peter's parents, certainly has shades of Batman 1989.

I'm sure the comparison would've been made, but who's to really say how that would have gone over with the fans? Since deviating from the comic source doesn't seem to get the amount of critique with the MCU, as it does with DC.

Could just be a Superman/Batman thing though.

I think the MCU gets a pass for some reason (though the Mandarin was a bridge too far), but I remember the first Raimi film got a lot of crap for the organic web shooters and the Green Goblin suit. As the third film got a lot of crap for... well, everything. The second film doesn't get a lot of flack for accuracy, but I think that's because it doesn't feature any significant deviations.

The wisdom I've gained over the years is that films shouldn't be a 1:1 adaptation of the comics because they're different mediums. What's most important is that you capture the spirit of the original stories.

You might be able to get away with altering Spider-Man's backstory when it comes to his parents; they weren't as engrained in his backstory as Uncle Ben and Aunt May, for example.