Daredevil’s been born again as a Marvel nice guy — but can he still be serious?
Marvel fans are hungry for just about any new movie or show, but Disney Plus’ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law became a major event for longtime MCU devotees when mega-franchise mastermind Kevin Feige revealed that the series would bring Charlie Cox’s Daredevil back into the fold. And since the premiere, each episode of She-Hulk has been met with one burning question: When does Daredevil show up?!?
Good news for those giddy viewers: Daredevil finally showed up this week, just one episode shy of the She-Hulk season finale.
And now for some potentially bad news: He’s not exactly the Matt Murdock people fell in love with during the character’s Netflix years.
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Like many dreary New Yorkers who blossom in the warm sun of Los Angeles, MCU Phase 4 Daredevil is full of smiles. Even in combative lawyer mode, defending tailor-to-the-heroes Luke Jacobson from the whiny Leap-Frog, he lays on the charm. When suited up in his new yellow-and-red suit, Matt bounces around parking garages on a proper Marvel Studios budget. We thought we knew Charlie Cox’s Daredevil, but it turns out that after three seasons of Daredevil and a stint on the Defenders, he was only getting started.
Cox’s Matt Murdock has been through hell — if the hell that happened during his stand-alone series and The Defendersremains MCU canon (which, based on The Kingpin’s appearance in Hawkeye, seems to be a yes). Across three seasons, Daredevil grappled with the towering Wilson Fisk, crossed paths with The Punisher, outmaneuvered a version of Bullseye posing as his double, and teamed up with Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist to take on the ancient syndicate known as The Hand. The Netflix Marvel shows were technically part of the MCU, but kept at an arm’s
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