"Marvel Noir" thematic stories | |||
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Teaser image for X-Men Noir #1.
Art by Dennis Calero. |
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Publication information | |||
Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||
Schedule | Monthly | ||
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Genre | |||
Publication date | February 2009 – 2010 | ||
Number of issues | 36 issues over 9 limited series and a one-shot | ||
Main character(s) |
X-Men Spider-Man Daredevil Deadpool Wolverine Luke Cage Punisher Iron Man |
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Creative team | |||
Writer(s) |
Fred Van Lente David Hine Fabrice Sapolsky Alexander Irvine |
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Artist(s) |
Dennis Calero Carmine Di Giandomenico Tomm Coker |
Marvel Noir is a 2009-2010 Marvel Comics alternative continuity combining elements of film noir and pulp fiction with the Marvel Universe. The central premise of the mini-series replaces super powers with driven, noir-flavored characterization.
Marvel Noir first appeared as six limited series, X-Men Noir by writer Fred Van Lente and artist Dennis Calero,Spider-Man Noir by writers David Hine and Fabrice Sapolsky and artist Carmine Di Giandomenico and Daredevil Noir by writer Alexander Irvine and artist Tomm Coker,Luke Cage Noir by writers Mike Benson and Adam Glass and artist Shawn Martinbrough,Punisher Noir by writer Frank Tieri art by Paul Azaceta, and Wolverine Noir written by Stuart Moore and art by C. P. Smith.
Several more mini-series were added in 2010.
One night, Daredevil infiltrates a building where the Kingpin is expecting him. The two confront each other and discuss what has happened in the past week involving Orville Halloran. In his childhood, Matt Murdock was blinded by his father's assassin who brutally slammed his head into a brick wall, leaving him blind. Though he did wish to become a lawyer, his impoverished lifestyle denied it, leaving him to be a performer instead, under the name Daredevil. Later he took to the streets as a vigilante, killing criminals to avenge those they killed. Matt now works with Foggy Nelson and was in his office until one afternoon a woman named Eliza entered the room and offered a way to bring down Halloran. When she left the office, Foggy has doubts and turns to Matt, but Matt convinced him that she's telling the truth and left the office to investigate. Meanwhile, Fisk is with Halloran in a restaurant discussing about the identity of Daredevil being Jack Murdock's son.