Daredevil #212

The cover by David Mazzucchelli says it all: Daredevil and the massive, white-suited Kingpin stand shoulder to shoulder, fists ready, towering over a sprawl of defeated armed men — an arresting image of uneasy alliance between the Man Without Fear and one of Marvel's most formidable crime lords. With a story titled "Lies," whatever brought these two together is almost certainly more complicated than it looks. Denny O'Neil's run on this title was quietly building some of the most grounded, street-level drama in 1984 Marvel, and this issue looks like a fine example of why.