When Frank Miller took over DAREDEVIL, he told interviewers that his interpretation was going to be more lighthearted than Roger McKenzie’s had been. But as the femme fatale Elektra became a recurring character, that vision was bound to change. “Her presence led the whole series down a very dark path,” Miller said years later. “Because I was a kid in my 20s, and making up a sexy killer woman, it was bound to get pretty grim.” Miller had also been mugged—twice—since starting the series. “I never stopped loving the city,” he said. “But having a knife in your face can really change your day. The experience filled me with anger, and that translated right into my comics.”
Some people seem to let the darkness they experience color their lives. Frank Miller seems to let all of the tragic...
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