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Suspended Animation Classic #777 First published November 17, 2003 (#46) (Dates are approximate)
Daredevil, the Man Without Fear
By Mark Allen
As a boy, Matt Murdock was mischievous and adventurous. He had an inexplicable urge to feel his blood pumping in his ears, as he answered the city's mysterious call; a call he didn't understand. He also had a prizefighting father, whom he loved very much. It didn't matter that he was past his prime, or that he sometimes seemed saddened by memories of a woman Matt never knew. Something else Matt never knew, however, was that his father was forced into working for the mob, in order to protect him. But something happens to Matt that allows him to address the issues of his adventurous nature, as well as the injustices done to his father; an accident involving dangerous chemicals and Matt's heroic nature. Without going into detail, Daredevil is born.
Written by Frank Miller, who is well-known for his comic work (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Ronin, and Sin City), as well as some movie work (Robocop 2), and is also the man who was largely responsible for Daredevil's resurgence of popularity in the late '70's, Daredevil: M.W.F. is every bit as entertaining to read as any comic material out there, today.
Interesting characters in the '60's, made even more so by Miller's "fleshing out" of them, with believable personalities and dialogue.
Artist John Romita, Jr. seems the perfect penciller for this story. A top talent in the industry, his style lends itself to the grim, the morose, even, at times, the depressing. Traits that are ideal for this street-level crime story. No, it's not a "feel-good" tale; but it is darned entertaining to read.
The only other thing I can say about the art is John Jr. must have felt honored to have his pencils inked by comics great Al Williamson, whose volume of work stretches back to comics' Golden Age, and won't be covered here.
The Man Without Fear is a great introduction to Daredevil for new readers. I recommended for those who enjoy crime stories, great drama, and high action.
Daredevil: The Man Without Fear, published by Marvel Comics, 160 pages, $15.95.
Daredevil cake.
Vanilla cake filled with chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream. Covered with fondant & decorated with gumpaste character plaque.
I had to resist a lot of crowd jostling in order to stay up close to shoot. And let me tell you, even in 95 degree weather, that bitch got rather suddenly hot. Let me also tell you that this street was narrow and very crowded and this brave man bit it about three seconds later, probably to avoid hitting the audience.
This is MinifigFX's custom Daredevil. I got this for Christmas but back then I didn't have a flickr account. So overall this is a pretty good minifigure. The only problem with this fig is that the mouth area of the face is very dark because it is pretty tough to print a light color on a dark colored surface without the light color to be darker than it was intended to be. But none the less, this is a pretty cool figure to add to your collection and I highly recommend it. NOTE: The sticks that he carries don't come with the figure I just added them on myself.
from Scott May's Daredevil Stunt Show Keynsham RFC August 2009
Lighting: 2 x 580EX on full power held together triggered by poverty wizards
The fair has arrived at the Embankment in Peterborough.
This is the first time that I have trialled 'light trails'. Hope you like them.
This was 'picture of the week' in the Peterborough Telegraph on the 4th October 2012
Dollywood theme park
Daredevil Falls
At the bottom of the drop
May 1, 2004
Information from Dollywood's fact sheet for Daredevil Falls:
• Daredevil Falls is a “super flume" thrill ride.
• The Ride’s Story Line: Passengers begin their adventure at the Outfitters Base Camp, boarding the outfitter boats for a wilderness river excursion. As the riders travel down the river they encounter tunnels, bats, collapsing mine shafts, and black bears before traveling up the working lift of an abandoned saw mill. As they narrowly escape the spinning saw blade, their boat is diverted to the reject log channel, only to plunge over the river falls into the logjam filled pond below.
• It opened in April 1998.
• It was manufactured by O.D.Hopkins Associates, Inc. of Contoocook, New Hampshire.
• Ride Length: 1,350 feet
• Steepest Change in Elevation: 64 feet
• Boats: 12 (8 passengers each)
• Maximum Speed: 50 mph
• Drop: 67 feet
• Capacity: 1,100 per hour
• Ride Time: 3 minutes; 56 seconds
• Maintenance inspections are completed daily, weekly, monthly, semi-annually and annually to perform preventative and corrective maintenance.
• A daily routine inspection would include items such as:
• Belt inspection and tracking
• Water level
• Special effects and controls
• Boat structure and finish
• Conveyors and lifts
• Pumps
• Anti-rollback/chain dog
• Channel, concrete, fiberglass, and guide rails
• Switches and safety systems
• Conveyors and lifts
• The ride operators inspect the following prior to opening each day:
• Communication devices (i.e. telephones, radios, pagers)
• Safety equipment is in place and in a state of operational readiness
• Block test cycling to ensure safety devices are working
• Walkways, ride envelope and evacuation paths are clear
• Conveyors are working properly
• P.A. and Surveillance equipment is working properly
• Lift is working properly
• Boats for cleanliness and safe conditions in rider compartments
While taking that Gambier Terrace one from the Anglican Cathedral tower, I noticed these two up on the roof of one of the buildings... Rather them than me!