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Stray Thoughts: Daredevil and the Perils of Shared Continuity

🥷 She's the devil in disguise... [SPOILERS FOR DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN ] The first season of Daredevil: Born Again  ends on an interesting cliffhanger. Kingpin has become the mayor of New York City and has turned a bunch of corrupt cops into his own private army at the Red Hook dock in Hell's Kitchen. He's declared martial law and his "task force" are executing masked vigilantes--or anyone they can put a mask on while no one is looking--with impunity while donning Punisher regalia. They've holed up in the port in a fortified position and taken Frank Castle, the actual Punisher, hostage along with a host of New York's wealthy elite. Daredevil is set to go in and start busting heads, but realizes that he cannot win, since he's hopelessly outnumbered and sporting a fresh gunshot wound. So instead he goes to ground. And starts talking about drumming up an army. The tease here is that Daredevil, a.k.a. Matt Murdock the lawyer without fear, intends to reform ...