

At the time and at first glance, I assumed she was a female version of the super villain Electro, based strictly on the name. 1981), which I first saw on the spinner rack in the Village Smoke Shop in South Orange, New Jersey, in the early spring of 1981. In order to avoid becoming another 20,000-word opus, I’m going to try and tackle this one in fairly chronological order without too much digression.įun Fact: My first encounter with Elektra was on the cover of Daredevil #174 (Sept. It’s also a long and meandering odyssey, one that takes place over the course of more than a dozen years. The story of Frank Miller’s Elektra is a tragedy in more than just one sense of the word.

So here I am, taking a look back at one of my favorite storylines ever, the original Elektra arc as done by Frank Miller in the pages of Daredevil across 19. Now, however, since I’m currently stuck at home in quarantine lockdown, I figure there might never be a better time to try and tackle this monster.

This one’s been on the to-do list for years, but I’ve been putting it off because I was anticipating it becoming another epic piece akin to my Gwen Stacy Murder Case post.
