10 Reasons B-List Comics Make Better Adaptations Than The A-List

"I don't see the city anymore. There's only dark corners."

Daredevil is the show that reminded everybody that the superhero genre, while larger than life, can and should be set firmly in a convincing world. The feeling of history and pathos in the seething streets of Hell's Kitchen is something reminiscent of a pure thriller. When you escalate from brutal crime to brutal vigilante justice, the city creating a folk hero is both plausible and compelling.

Matt Murdock burning the candle at both ends in pursuit of justice is just more believable and satisfying than your Clark Kent or Peter Parker archetype. His community roots and cheerful daily struggle contrast beautifully with his brutal and far more successful nocturnal campaign. It's hard to stomach that his ideology is so close to that of Wilson Fisk and their contemptuous love for Hell's Kitchen creates a consistent idea of the city they live in.

Little is left to the imagination here and the show successfully anchors fantastical elements from the comic book world to the gritty landscape. Two skewed mirror images of one another battle for the city's soul in the first season, and when all out war breaks out in the second, another vigilante goes further than Daredevil ever would. This asks tough questions but, crucially, does not claim to solve them. A mature, realistic world to visit.