Daredevil #125
Title: Vengeance is the Copperhead!
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Artist: Bob Brown
Villain: Copperhead
Regulars: Foggy Nelson
Daredevil is dead, killed by Copperhead's dart gun? That's what Copperhead
thinks when he places coins on Daredevil's eyes and walks away. But he's
wrong, fortunately. Daredevil is only playing dead. Unseen by Copperhead, he
blocked the darts with his billy club at the last moment.
Foggy Nelson's campaign for re-election as district attorney isn't going well.
His rival Blake Tower has paid for television spots that ridicule Foggy. Blake
doesn't just look good, he plays dirty.
Copperhead isn't just killing random hoodlums in the street. He's stalking
everyone connected with the 1930's Copperhead pulp novels. That includes the
publisher of the books and the man responsible for the modern reprints.
It turns out that Copperhead is the son of the man who wrote the Copperhead
novels in the 1930's. He's taking revenge for his father remaining poor all
his life. Daredevil finds him standing at his father's grave. Copperhead is
about to shoot Daredevil, when his metal suit is struck by lightning. He
collapses dead into an open grave.
I like this story, apart from the hissing when Copperhead speaks. It looks
silly when every letter S is tripled. I found it amusing for the first two
pages, but after that I found it stupid. Or should I say ssstupid?
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