Daredevil jogs along the
Canal Street Bridge, showing off a little, while an old jogger reflects on how
he makes the city feel a little safer. Daredevil then heads to Josie’s to get
information out of Turk. Turk jumps through the window and steals a cab, but
Daredevil quickly catches up to him anyway. Daredevil grills Turk on the heavy
criminal action that’s been floating around, and Turk admits that all of the
current mob bosses have put a contract out on the Kingpin! This surprises
Daredevil, as the Kingpin is retired and not even in the city. Turk reveals
that he’s not even in the country, he’s stashed himself away in Japan, and the
current crime lords want to draw him back to New York!
Just then, in Japan,
Wilson Fisk himself goes through his regular workout, effortlessly defeating
eight of his finest men in only seventeen seconds! One of them dares to call
Fisk the Kingpin and Fisk threatens him, claiming to have left that life behind.
Fisk’s wife Vanessa then arrives with a man from the Attorney General’s office.
Fisk has certain files that would incriminate all of the current crime bosses,
Fisk’s former lieutenants, and he’s offered a clean slate and a hefty sum of
cash for the information. Vanessa plans to head back to New York to enlist
Nelson and Murdock for legal representation on the matter, which concerns Fisk.
All the while, Fisk’s right hand man, Lynch, thinks about how his boss has gone
soft…
Back in New York, Matt
arrives at his law office early to find Foggy already there, having obviously
spent the night there. Matt can tell something is wrong with Foggy but before
he can pry, Vanessa arrives with her men to enlist Matt and Foggy’s services.
After hearing the whole situation, Matt thinks it may be a good idea, before he
suddenly hears a gun about to be fired from across the street and pushes
Vanessa out of the way of the gunfire. Matt slips away and finds an old hitman
named Bruno on a roof across the street. Daredevil easily takes care of Bruno,
who is outfitted with a flamethrower, catching him after he’s knocked off the
roof. However, Bruno panics and accidentally burns through his lifeline,
falling to his death! Daredevil notes that the crime lords are likely to enlist
any hit man they can and realizes that Bullseye is due to be released from jail
today! Matt heads back to his law office where he finds Lieutenant Nick Manolis
has arrived, revealing that Vanessa Fisk was kidnapped during the scuffle!
Manolis drags them to the
police station, which delays Matt just enough for him to miss Bullseye getting
released. He follows the car Bullseye gets into back to a skyscraper office of
one of the city’s current crime lords. They hire Bullseye to kill the Kingpin
when he comes back to New York to save his wife, when Daredevil arrives
reminding Bullseye about how he saved his life and therefore feels responsible
for what Bullseye does with it. The two engage in a short but intense fight,
until Bullseye kicks Daredevil out of the window. Bullseye shoots through
Daredevil’s grappling line, causing him to freefall thirty stories! Daredevil
slows his fall just enough by catching a flag on a gargoyle, landing hard in a
garbage truck, battered and unconscious, but alive. Meanwhile, Fisk’s former
men are interrogated about his imminent arrival, and a squad of guys are set to
wait at the spot he’s to land. However, when they inspect the plane, they find
it empty, before it promptly explodes! Fisk’s real plane lands just after, and
he promises that, to save his wife, he’ll dismantle the current criminal empire
and kill his enemies, each and every one! To be continued!