Miller & Sienkiewicz’s ridiculous miniseries is essential reading for fans of The Defenders or Daredevil on Netflix.
Elektra is arguably comics most badass woman, and very likely comics first female antihero.
But how did she get to that point?
She showed up in fewer than 20 total issues across Marvel Comics in the 1980s.
Its becauseElektra: Assassinis bananas.
No, I take that back.
Thats not criticism, by the way.
Ascribing Frank Millers current political views to his past work has become something of comics internets national pastime lately.
I think this is a mistake.
As a political ideology expressed through his work, mid 80s Frank Miller wasnt a fascist or a reactionary.
He was a pyromaniac.
Millers Elektra had, prior toElektra: Assassin, been known more for her death than anything else.
In reality, she only showed up when used by Miller in Daredevil stories until about 1993).
So when she died, Elektra is a trope-bending ass-kicker.
And theyrecertainlynot guys like Walter White or Dexter those two are just likable villains.
He was joined by Sienkiewicz to create a limited series for Marvels Epic line.
Miller and Sienkiewicz were free to draw whatever they wanted, and holy shit they did.
Thats pretty straightforward, right?
Its the deliberateness that everyone misses when trying to reanalyze what the hell happened in the book.
