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MAGDALENA / DAREDEVIL # 1 (2008 TOP COW Productions & MARVEL Comics)

Written by Phil Hester

Art by Ande Parks; Blond; & Troy Peteri

Cover Art by Phil Hester & Stjepan Sejic

SUMMARY:

Entitled “The Devil in Longhand,” Top Cow Productions released this one-shot Marvel Comics cross-over for May 2008.  It’s late on Christmas Eve in Hell’s Kitchen, as Daredevil and Patience the Magdalena are both searching for the same missing child.  The two heroes face her infernal abductor: a demon preying upon the descendants of its tormentors (a conclave of depraved monks) from centuries before. 

Inside an ominously deserted Catholic Church, Magdalena must save the demon’s innocent young victims.  Daredevil is entrusted with her mystical Spear of Destiny to thwart the shape-shifting demon’s nefarious scheme from becoming irreversible on Christmas Day.   

REVIEW:

Bolstered by Ande Parks’ reasonably good artwork, writer Phil Hester pens a solid team-up tale that conveys some Catholic overtones without being sacrilegious.  Even if their cross-over isn’t memorable, these two heroes share enough spot-on chemistry to ensure a relatively entertaining read.  For fans of either character, Magdalena / Daredevil # 1 is worth seeking out.

ADDITIONAL CONTENT:

In addition to the “Wild Moos” page promoting new Top Cow projects, there is a single-page “Herd It Through the Bo-Vine” interview with writer Ron Marz.  He discusses Broken Trinity and Witchblade.  

BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING:              7 Stars

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October 2020