The Unholy Three have
arrived to capture Matt Murdock! Foggy Nelson has already been knocked out,
watched over by his girlfriend Debbie Harris. Black Widow does her best to stop
the unholy Three from capturing Matt, while agonizing to herself that
misfortune always seems to come to those closest to her. As they escape through
the window, Matt and Foggy’s assistant, Becky Blake, beans the Bird Man with a
desk sign, allowing Black Widow to take him out! The Ape Man and Cat Man leave
their partner and make off for their destination with Matt. Heather Glenn,
Matt’s girlfriend, implores Natasha to stay and help Foggy in any way she can,
while subtly hinting that she knows Matt can take care of himself!
Ape-Man and Cat-Man make
their way through the city with Matt until they come upon a cemetery. They tie
Matt to a tombstone until their boss, Death-Stalker, arrives! He pays his two
lackeys and indicates the fresh grave he’s dug for Matt, making his intentions
quite clear. He reveals to Matt that he used to be the Exterminator, who Matt
fought as Daredevil way back in Daredevil #68. Matt destroyed his machine,
trapping him out of sync with regular time. After many other run-ins, he’s now
planned his ultimate revenge! Death-Stalker kills his two henchmen with the
cybernetic death grip attached to his gloves, purposely giving Matt enough time
to escape his bonds! Matt changes to Daredevil and the two begin their final,
intense battle!
Daredevil keeps out of
the way of Death-stalker’s grip, realizing that he needs to solidify to attack,
only striking when he’s solid. Daredevil continues to dodge until he ricochets
his billy-club, smashing the nearby lamppost and throwing the cemetery into
darkness. Daredevil uses the darkness to his advantage, striking at an
off-balance Death-Stalker, until he tricks Death-Stalker into grabbing a statue
in the darkness. Daredevil smashes his hands and bats him away, before making one
last effort to try and reason with Death-Stalker. Death-Stalker ignores his
offer and lunges forward in a blind rage, unaware of where he is, and
solidifies partway through a tombstone! With his foe dead, Matt wearily makes
his way back to his storefront law office to find everyone else leaving,
including a healed Foggy. Matt starts to drift off, and thinks he hears
Natasha, while it’s actually Becky, who thinks to herself that she’ll always be
here for him.