This week’s Top5.com Little Fivers — Comics Edition:
Back in 1964, Stan Lee and Bill Everett created the Man Without Fear, Matt Murdock, a successful lawyer who also waged battle against crime as the blind superhero Daredevil. For the math impaired, that means ol’ hornhead’s been tossing that baton for 40 years. Yikes! So …
The Top 9 Signs Matt Murdock’s Getting a Little Tired of Being Daredevil
9. He was last seen swimming in the Hudson River in an Aquaman outfit.
8. He tells the city that whenever they need him, shine a light in the sky and he’ll come to help as soon as he sees it.
7. “I’m the one with the radar sense — why the hell is that guy called Batman?”
6. He’s sick and tired of the Avengers teaming him up with Vision, just to get an ironic snicker.
5. When encountering a crime, he keeps muttering “Didn’t see it, didn’t happen.”
4. “Foggy, I’ll tell you what — this time I’ll do all the grunt research on the McMurphy case, you go square off with Bullseye in Times Square.”
3. In the morning, he becomes Elektra.
2. Not only did he not object to the casting of Ben Affleck, he actually tracked him down and gave him the costume.
… and the Number 1 Sign Matt Murdock’s Getting a Little Tired of Being Daredevil …
1. He goes from being “The Man Without Fear” to “The Man Who Doesn’t Give a Rat’s Ass.”
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