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December 30, 2005
Daredevil and Night Nurse
Night Nurse has been popping up in Bendis' Daredevil run. She's back in Daredevil 80, which is quite excellent. If you're not that familar with early 70s Marvel Comics, you may not know that Night Nurse actually had her own comic series in 1972! It only lasted for 4 issues and it was targeted towards the female/romance audience. At the time, there were a lot of popular doctor shows on television like Marcus Welby M.D. and Medical Center. You have to give Marvel credit for trying to bring in the General Hospital crowd. Night Nurse was written by then Editor-In-Chief Roy Thomas' wife, Jean Thomas. The character's name was Linda Carter--no lie, and it was before the Wonder Woman TV series. She didn't treat superheroes and didn't live in New York City. I suppose things changed as she got older, including her hair color.
Bendis is really wrapping up a great story in Daredevil. Next issue is the conclusion and I can't see how it will end. Will the Avengers step in and somehow get Matt a pardon? Will S.H.I.E.L.D. try to recruit Matt again? Matt's life is about as destroyed as it was during Miller's Born Again arc. That's really something. Nuff said.
Comments
I'm suddenly curious what Jean think's of the resurgence of her character?
Posted by: TheNudityBuffer | January 2, 2006 10:00 AM
