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Creating Daredevil (part 4)
J David Spurlock
31 August 2016
Arguably, Ditko on Spider-Man, and Wood on DAREDEVIL had even more creative control than Kirby because, Wood and Ditko turned in finished, inked art, which made it difficult for Editorial to change — except the dialogue which Stan put his mark on — whereas Kirby, like most, turned in pencils.
“Wood’s Daredevil... isn’t marked by the muscular, kinetic exaggerations demanded by Stan Lee’s editorial dictums, but by the focused precision of a master craftsman who believed that economy could accentuate effect as much as embellishment. Daredevil’s defined not by who he defeats so much as by his stubborn refusal to bow down to the most overwhelmingly fearsome of opponents. Most of the very best of the character’s adventures ever since have reflected that, including the McKenzie/Miller tale from Daredevil #163, which effectively re-ran Wood’s classic tale with the Hulk standing in for the Sub-Mariner.”
— Colin Smith (sequart.org, 2012)
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