Daredevil’s New Mission Already Makes Her Better Than Matt Murdock
Warning: Preview for Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #3 ahead!
As Elektra has taken the mantle of Daredevil, she's quickly grown into the role, and in a preview for her next issue, the Woman Without Fear shows again why she's outpacing Matt Murdock as the superior Daredevil. Since taking over the Daredevil role while Matt served time in prison under the mask, Elektra has had to change and adopt from her cutthroat assassin style into the nonlethal, imposing threat that keeps the worst of Hell's Kitchen in line. While she's been tested plenty, Elektra has stepped up and shown her motivations might make her a better Daredevil than the original.
In the preview for Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #3, by Chip Zdarsky and Rafael De Latorre, Matt and Elektra reflect on their past, with Matt admitting that despite their tumultuous pas, he loves her and is happy with their relationship. Elektra, however, calls Matt her "beautiful, eternal fool," before lamenting, mid-battle with Kraven the Hunter, that now she's the fool. Here Elektra's admitting that she's happy with their relationship too, and she's shown during her short time as Daredevil that in trying to preserve what they have, she might be the better Daredevil.
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Life has changed quite a bit for Elektra, a former Hand assassin who operated in the shadows, is now fighting Kraven, in broad daylight as people watch, doing all she can to take him down without killing him. While this predicament may have Elektra feeling like she's lost control, it shows how her personal mission makes her a better Daredevil. While Matt took the mantle of Daredevil because of a sense of duty, Elektra has done it out of love: She sees
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