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Daredevil: Inferno. Comics of Marvel’s New York

A look at New York City through the view of Daredevil.

In 1989 Daredevil‘s “Inferno” storyline from Ann Nocenti and John Romita Jr offered some pointed social commentary about NYC. It returns in Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, and Mattia Iacono‘s current series made for some uncanny reading for New Yorkers today. 

Join Leslie Lee III of Struggle Sessions podcast and Scott Thorough of Zebras in America podcast as we swing into;

Classic Daredevil #260-266 

Current Daredevil issues #18-20

Also discussed: 

  • Scott’s lived experience of Hells Kitchen in the 1980s
  • Leslie on how the comics misunderstand the role cops play in gentrification
  • “Matt Murdock’s superpower is Catholic guilt”- Scott
  • Please tell your Fox watching Grandpa that New York is not on fire
  • Typhoid Mary’s character design is still hot
  • They made Stiltman scary
  • and as always, Matt Murdock is the worst boyfriend in comics

By Elana Levin

(Host Graphic Policy Radio/ GP Contributor) – Elana hosts Graphic Policy Radio, our podcast. Elana started reading comics in Jr. High by stealing her younger brother’s copies of X-Men. She immediately identified mutants as a metaphor for oppressed groups and used this to justify her interest in comics to her incredulous friends and relatives.

And has been doing so ever since.

A trained (but not particularly practicing) artist, Elana covers comics art and analyzes comics and the industry from a queer feminist and leftist perspective.

By day Elana leads trainings on digital strategy for nonprofit organizations and campaigns. She has lead fan activism trainings at political conferences and geek conferences alike. She has spoken about Jack Kirby for the SyFy network, The Jack Kirby Museum and hosted panels at NY Comic Con, FlameCon and AwesomeCon. Her critical work has appeared in The Daily Beast, Wired Magazine, The Guardian and the BBC.
She tweets, too much, at https://twitter.com/Elana_Brooklyn