So when Marvel's Head of Television Jeph Loeb approached writer, producer and director Drew Goddard about doing a Daredevil series for Netflix — the first of four separate superhero shows that would culminate in an all - star miniseries called The Defenders («Think a street - level version of The Avengers,» DeKnight says)-- the idea was always to do Miller's version of the character as a vigilante - like avenging angel. (rollingstone.com)
As played by Michael B. Jordan, Erik is a kind of avenging angel whose violence is relentless, yet fueled by a clear ideological agenda that is not entirely wrong. (qnetwork.com)
Honorable mention: Michelle Pfeiffer in «Batman Returns,» mousy secretary turned femininity's avenging angel against misogynists. (indiewire.com)