In Daredevil Annual 1, Daredevil battled a bunch of his old rogues, in Electro's Emissaries of Evil. After a fight, Daredevil ended it by lassoing the bad guys, but his explanation to how the lasso will hold them changes from the original to a reprint in Essential Daredevil Vol. 2. In the original, Daredevil tells them that he's using the lasso to reverse the current so that Electro's power would shock the others into submission, with Electo too weak to break the bonds alone.
Apparently, the reprint editor didn't think that was plausible, so he or she changed it to Daredevil telling them that if the wire is broken it will electrocute them all. Kind of cold of Daredevil. I mean, he's telling them they're going to die.
I don't either think either explanation really makes sense. I think it was kind of deus ex machina to end the fight. I was never entirely satisfied with how the fight ended.
When I read Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 3, reprinted in color, they didn't change anything from the Annual. Don't George Lucas this stuff.
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| Daredevil Annual 1. Script by Stan Lee. Script by Gene Colan. |
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| Daredevil Annual 1. Script by Stan Lee. Art by Gene Colan. |
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| Reprint appearing in Essential Daredevil Vol.2 |
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