You won't learn much about comic-book G.A. by watching "Arrow," but you may enjoy it.

The one good thing about the helmet is the nose piece, and that only because it's practical. Cox has a bit of a distinct, prominent schnozz, and the helmet disguises that. If only they'd found a way to disguise Affleck's butt-chin (which did, admittedly, look like Gene Colan drew it).

I played with brightness and color shifted it toward the red, and got this. Still not great, but better, IMO.

Dang, you're good. My memory is s hot from all the (prescription) drugs.

Thanks. I was so divorced from Marvel at that time, that I never read about it.

Mentioned once, ignored after. It was an Earth-Haney moment.

He saw through Jean's disguise, if I recall correctly.

And he's been in love with Jean from the moment he met her. (Actual reference, feel free to Google.)

That's true, but when you enhance the screen shots, you can see that the front panel is still red, just a bit darker. In any case, it's a debatable matter, and it made me wonder. Thanks!

The helmet looks especially goofy. The horns are nearly square and it doesn't taper at all. It just sits there on his head, over the black material. I'll give them the variation in covering up the nose. Cox's nose is a bit prominent and distinctive, and not being able to see it makes ID'ing Matt as DD more difficult.…

You can sing the lyrics to "The Fall Guy" theme to the melody of "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead." I have just learned this, because my mind is very weird.

Yeah, that's what I read online, and I didn't want to see Matt as the Kingpin, or a demon-possessed cult leader. I started reading again when Waid took over, as he's among my favorite comics writers. I'm enjoying his stuff, though fearing what might happen after Secret Wars.

I have to admit that I stopped reading "DD" comics for a long while. They were just too overwhelmingly dark and I grew tired of Bendis generally.

Fair enough.

Just WHAT did happen in Denver?

Yes, let's put the weaker bits on his head and chest! Melvin blew it.

What kills me is that Melvin tells Matt the red areas are not as sturdy as the black, and might or might not deflect a blade at an angle. The red areas include Matt's head and chest. <sigh>

What did she do when she lived in Denver? We have to wonder.

But he's not portrayed as stupid, merely unbalanced.

In his first appearance in "Daredevil" v. 1 #18, he's a tailor with a huge ego who has decided that getting what he deserves means turning into a super villain with spinning saw blades on his wrist. They did later establish that he has some sort of mental illness. However, he's not intellectually deficient. He's a…