Comic legends tend to have a wide array of hits under their belt and the icon Frank Miller is no exception in that regard. Starting his prolific career as an artist under the company Western Publishing, Miller would eventually score more high-profile gigs at Marvel until he became the writer and artist of the then-failing Daredevil title. Editors thought they had nothing to lose with the book, as it was on the verge of cancellation, so they were more inclined to take risks with the talent. This paid off quickly, as sales and acclaim for Daredevil would skyrocket almost immediately after Miller took the reins of the book. Miller was a creative wonder and, despite only writing/illustrating for less than thirty issues, his run on Daredevil would go down in history. He was granted fame within the comic industry, as well as many more creative opportunities that would further cement his skills. However, for almost the whole of the eighties and a bit of the nineties, Miller would frequently come back to the world of Daredevil to tell more compelling stories.Miller usually returned with a collaborator in tow, such as David Mazzuchelli, John Romita Jr, or Bill Sienkiewicz. These co-creators would leave a distinct stamp on the comics they were involved with, like Daredevil: Born Again, The Man Without Fear, and Elektra: Assassin. All of these titles are loved by fans, either in a wider sense or as cult classics, and can usually be found pretty easily online for purchase. However, one of Miller’s returns to Daredevil often flies under the radar. Published as a one-shot under the failed Epic Comics imprint, Elektra Lives Again looks like an oddity in Miller’s work. It is a contained, melancholy, surreal story that spans ten days at the start of an unusually cold and miserable April. Matt Murdock is tormented by memories of Elektra, even dreaming of her trying to escape her demons and the forces of the Hand on a snowy mountaintop. These dreams intensify before they leak into the waking world when The Hand comes to New York. The mysterious cult is on the hunt for a new champion, and they decide to kill and resurrect the wicked Bullseye to fulfill this goal, leading to a final confrontation in a church where all but Murdock seemed to perish. The now-forgotten comic is a masterwork, arguably one of Frank Miller’s best comics at Marvel—if not ever.It is not on platforms like Marvel Unlimited due to its explicit content—regardless of how tasteful the gore and nudity in Lives Again is, it makes the book persona non grata on the platform as a standard MAX comic—and it has been out of print for decades. The original Epic Comics imprint from Marvel shut down in 1996, with none of its titles getting a reprint unless it was acquired by another company. While the comic found its way into the Elektra by Frank Miller & Bill Sienkiewicz omnibus in 2008, the volume was very overpriced ($75 for 384 pages) and has also not been reprinted in about a decade.
Comic legends tend to have a wide array of hits under their belt and the icon Frank Miller is no exception in that regard. Starting his prolific career as an artist under the company Western Publishing, Miller would eventually score more high-profile gigs at Marvel until he became the writer and artist of the then-failing Daredevil title. Editors thought they had nothing to lose with the book, as it was on the verge of cancellation, so they were more inclined to take risks with the talent. This paid off quickly, as sales and acclaim for Daredevil would skyrocket almost immediately after Miller took the reins of the book. Miller was a creative wonder and, despite only writing/illustrating for less than thirty issues, his run on Daredevil would go down in history. He was granted fame within the comic industry, as well as many more creative opportunities that would further cement his skills. However, for almost the whole of the eighties and a bit of the nineties, Miller would frequently come back to the world of Daredevil to tell more compelling stories.
Miller usually returned with a collaborator in tow, such as David Mazzuchelli, John Romita Jr, or Bill Sienkiewicz. These co-creators would leave a distinct stamp on the comics they were involved with, like Daredevil: Born Again, The Man Without Fear, and Elektra: Assassin. All of these titles are loved by fans, either in a wider sense or as cult classics, and can usually be found pretty easily online for purchase. However, one of Miller’s returns to Daredevil often flies under the radar. Published as a one-shot under the failed Epic Comics imprint, Elektra Lives Again looks like an oddity in Miller’s work. It is a contained, melancholy, surreal story that spans ten days at the start of an unusually cold and miserable April. Matt Murdock is tormented by memories of Elektra, even dreaming of her trying to escape her demons and the forces of the Hand on a snowy mountaintop. These dreams intensify before they leak into the waking world when The Hand comes to New York. The mysterious cult is on the hunt for a new champion, and they decide to kill and resurrect the wicked Bullseye to fulfill this goal, leading to a final confrontation in a church where all but Murdock seemed to perish. The now-forgotten comic is a masterwork, arguably one of Frank Miller’s best comics at Marvel—if not ever.
It is not on platforms like Marvel Unlimited due to its explicit content—regardless of how tasteful the gore and nudity in Lives Again is, it makes the book persona non grata on the platform as a standard MAX comic—and it has been out of print for decades. The original Epic Comics imprint from Marvel shut down in 1996, with none of its titles getting a reprint unless it was acquired by another company. While the comic found its way into the Elektra by Frank Miller & Bill Sienkiewicz omnibus in 2008, the volume was very overpriced ($75 for 384 pages) and has also not been reprinted in about a decade.
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