Andy Diggle speaks.
[Writer Andy] Diggle ties-up the loose ends of “Shadowland” in November with issue #5 and “Daredevil” #512, which has been solicited as the final issue of the series. “A few weeks ago Marvel put out these ‘Who is the new Man Without Fear?’ teasers that featured various characters, and the fans kind of shrugged them off,” said Diggle. “Then the solicitation for ‘Daredevil” #512 hit saying it was the final issue of the series, and suddenly everyone lost their minds. It was like, ‘What’s happening? They’re killing off Matt Murdock! They’re raping my childhood! And I’m like, ‘Everybody take a deep breath and relax. We know what we’re doing. We’re respecting the character that you love.”
“Shadowland” #5 and “Daredevil” #512 aren’t the end of Diggle’s work with the Man Without Fear, they’re just the end of the first act of a larger story the writer has planned to conclude with the recently announced “Daredevil Reborn” miniseries in January 2011. “I’m not done with Daredevil. I get to finish this story the way I originally pitched it, regardless of what the title on the front cover says,” Diggle said. “And I get to work with artist Davide Gianfelice, who is absolutely fantastic. When I saw his work in the first book of ‘Northlanders’ it just completely blew me away. I’m really excited to be working with him.”
Source: CBR
