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Warning ! Spoilers for Daredevil # 8 and potential spoilers for Daredevil # 9 forward !
AsDaredevilcelebrates his sixtieth anniversary this year , Wilson Fiskhas returned to claim his mantle as theKingpinof Crime . Some fan are upset by the development , trust Fisk ’s proceeds to the top of New York ’s vicious Hades negates month of storytelling . However , there may be more to the Kingpin ’s replication than it seems .
Last month’sDaredevil#8 was a exceptional over - sized issue that marked six decades since Daredevil was stick in . The upshot ’s lead story , “ Introductory Rites ” by Saladin Ahmed , Aaron Kuder and Jesus Aburtov , features Daredevil and Elektra crashing a coming together of the Heat , a work party of x - police officers that ’s been terrorizing Hell ’s Kitchen . Bullseye deliver a rousing actor’s line wherein he introduce Fisk , who reclaim his title of Kingpin as he plans to wield the Heat as his own personal army .
Afterthe late - concludedGang Wareventsaw criminals vying to step up as the new Kingpin , Fisk re-start the role feels like a heavy step backwards to some readers . This fact is not lost on Matt Murdock himself in a preview forDaredevil#9 , hint that there ’s more at play here than a simple relapsing to the condition quo .
Marvel Comics finally put an last to the blistering rivalry between Wolverine and Daredevil , two of the publisher ’s most skilled and vicious fighters .
Why Fans Are Upset About Wilson Fisk’s Return As Kingpin
The trailer forDaredevil#9 by Saladin Ahmed , Juann Cabal , Jesus Aburtov and VC ’s Clayton Cowles picks up immediately after Fisk let out himself as Kingpin . As Daredevil and Elektra fight their way to the stage where Bullseye has delivered his address , Matt reflects on how Fisk coming back to Hell ’s Kitchen “ does n’t make any sense . ”Fisk has been the Mayor of New York Cityand the Black King of the Hellfire Club . He even count a running at the presidency . For him to be running a street - level operation with goon like Bullseye , “ it ’s like he ’s step back in time . ” There are some fans who can link to the feeling .
Gang Warwas a months - long event that necessitate several criminal operations in New York fighting to take over the underworld . Madame Masque , Hammerhead , Beetle , Shang - Chi , Diamondback and more all combat over territory , while a coalition of Hero head by Spider - Man try out to restore order . Fisk appeared to throw his own chapeau into the band at one point , only for it to be a secret plan to remove his Logos from the fracas . It all ended with Tombstone triumphant as the undisputed leader of New York City crime . If Fisk was just going to rectify his throne two months later , does that think all the events ofGang Wardidn’t matter ? Not on the button …
Fans Shouldn’t Be Too Mad About Kingpin’s “Return”
thing have not been as they seem throughout the current run ofDaredevilby writer Saladin Ahmed and artists Aaron Kuder , Farid Karami , German Peralta , and Juann Cabal . After his late expiry , Matt Murdock is resurrect as a priest running a juvenility home in Hell ’s Kitchen . While he ’s try out to stop the Heat from spreading violence , he ’s also lot with a number of his friends being have bydemonic entities represent the Seven Deadly Sins . lunatic has had to exorcize Sloth from Elektra , Envy from Ben Urich , Gluttony from She - Hulk , and Lust from Wolverine . Each of these demonic possessions has caused their victim to act as out of graphic symbol , just like Wilson Fisk is doing now .
There are still three Deadly Sins allow – Greed , Pride and Wrath . So far , these entities have only possessed Matt Murdock ’s allies . But if one has taken control of Fisk , it could explain why he ’s seemingly reverted to his old ways . Wilson Fisk ’s return as theKingpinof Hell ’s Kitchen is likely not a case of Marvel reversing its recent story , but or else a scenario whereDaredevilwill have to save his sometime foe from an even greater threat .
Daredevil#9will be uncommitted May 8 from Marvel Comics .
Daredevil#9 ( 2024 )
