Elektra's Origin in Linear Order via Frank Miller and Klaus Janson's Elektra Assassin. 

When I was young, Elektra was published B&W in that time communistic Poland. It was a story with the Daredevil, I do not remember even which volume it was (probably random one)...No matter, 25 y later, I still remember the iconic character, her "sensei" which she had to kill without knowing, being uprised in hidden secret base she was kept for many years... I did not know it was published actually in color, thanks for "reminding" me about this amazing comic series...warm greetings from Norway. Cheers

This was how I first read the Elektra Saga as well. While I definitely preferred the structure of the original comics when I got the trades years later, this is still a great piece of work in its own right. It works better than it should given all the cut and pasting to rearrange the story into chronological order. I also appreciate the way that you guys point out how much better old comics look on newsprint vs the glossy reprints. I genuinely thought I was the only person who felt that way until I discovered this channel.

Back in the 70's Denny O'Neil brought in a lot of the same elements (including the bad girl love interest) when he created the League of Assassins in Batman. He was also Miller's editor on Daredevil.

Back sometime I think in the early 80's, they showed "The Godfather Saga" on network television over a couple nights. They took The Godfather and The Godfather Part II and chopped them up, added a few deleted scenes, and re-edited everything into chronological order. This reminds me of that. Looks like they took all of the Elektra related material and chopped it up and put it into chronological order. I wonder - did Frank Miller have a say in it? (I took a look at my re-print of Daredevil 168 to compare - basically, those first few pages on "The Electra Saga" were all off by 1/3 of a page. So, that panel at the bottom of the page that you said looked like it was out of a Charlton comic (at 6:12) was originally the FIRST panel at the top of the page.)

This was also my first read of the story even though I was already familiar with it from other friends that had read the original. I loved these mid-80s 64-page reprints of classic stories, usually called Special Editions, which were often the only way to read some of the classic tales before you had Omnis and Epic Collections. I still see the Special Editions in the LCS dollar bins and grab them whenever I see them.

Based on the Red Room pitch, I assume this must have been sitting in the can for a while 😅 Regardless, any new CK content is always bringing a smile.

I have these comics! Man, these guys really make me proud of my collection. I didn't actually know that it was a recutting of Daredevil issues to just have the Elektra story in it, but they clearly did a lot of work to make it all fit and read as beautifully as they did.

Thanks! I have the four part series and always refer back to it for just the Elektra/Sand Sarif story.

Great timing! I recently picked up the whole Saga today

I have the TPB of this (on glossy paper). I think these single issues on rougher paper look much better. Not really a fan of the whole cut and paste and shuffle job to make it a graphic novel though...

I think this is the Neal Adams/Frank Miller conversation Ed’s referring to: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SZ7FAIyJffY.html