My love for Daredevil has been no secret. An issue that stands out particularly is from 2006. Daredevil: The Man Without Fear #90 reminds me of a film noir. Coincidentally, he ends up in Paris in this issue, where his poor command of the language is made fun of by a person who frequents the city's underground while being interrogated. This second part of a five-part storyline was written cleverly by Ed Brubaker. The darkness of the panels drawn by Michael Lark and Stefano Gaudiano adds greatly to the noir feel. Of course, Matt Hollingsworth's color played an important role.
In his search to find Alton Lennox and Lily Lucca, Matt Murdock finds himself in Portugal. He can't sleep because he is unable to stop thinking about Lily. His dreams even tell him this is wrong. Lily's father was recently attacked by the Matador. He doesn't want to be recognized as Daredevil in Europe because Danny Rand was masquerading in New York as the man without fear. He was looking for Alton Lennox because he was the one who gave the order to murder Foggy. Things get complicated when Alton turns up dead.
Daredevil is confronted by Tombstone, who has Lily in the car that he is driving off with. With skin described to be "like concrete," the tall albino is able to fend off Daredevil. Lily tries to stop Tombstone from killing Murdock's alter-ego, only to be swatted away by the aggressor. After waking up from his attack, Murdock tracks the kidnapper and Lily to Paris. However, the final panels reveal that Lily is with Tombstone willingly and this entire episode appears to be a setup. In fact, she is having an affair with the Matador. All of the while I am reading this issue, I am picturing what this would look like on the big screen!
