Daredevil prevents
Punisher from sniping Hogman, and Punisher gets away after a short scuffle.
Elsewhere, Heather signs documents at her company and runs across an account
she hasn’t heard of. Her board director assures her it’s nothing to concern
herself with. Later, Matt defends Hogman in court and claims he’ll soon have
evidence of the real killer’s identity! Billy notices that Coach Donahue seems
concerned about this news. That night, Foggy and Becky are heading out from the
office and Matt explains that he was bluffing in court earlier, claiming he has
evidence when all he has is a tip. He’s hoping it’ll scare the real killer,
likewise scaring Foggy and Becky when he reaches for the phone just as it
starts to ring! Turns out it’s Heather on the other line, wanting to talk about
Matt’s proposal last issue. Matt puts her on hold when he gets a call from
Coach Donahue and arranges to meet him at the school gymnasium.
An hour later, Matt
arrives at the school gym and calls out to Coach Donahue. Matt reveals that he
knows the Coach is Hogman’s dealer at the school and theorizes that he killed
Flapper and framed Hogman in order to take control of the operation himself.
Coach Donahue then lunges out of the darkness at Matt, and Matt quickly
realizes that he’s hopped up on Angel Dust! Matt reasons that Coach Donahue
wouldn’t have taken the drugs himself when he needs his wits right now, meaning
someone else did it to him. Matt subdues the Coach and determines to find out
who drugged the Coach and why. Meanwhile, Hogman meets with Markie, a witness
who claimed he saw Hogman shoot Flapper. Hogman gives Markie the drugs he’s
been looking for on the condition that he rescind his witness statement. It’s
all moot, as Markie overdoses and dies, ridding Hogman of the only proof
against him.
Due to his only witness
now being dead, Hogman is acquitted of Flapper’s murder. Afterwards, he checks
with Matt that there’s no chance of being charged again for this crime before
admitting that he’s guilty as sin! This stuns Matt and causes Billy to run out.
Later, Matt finds Hogman again as Daredevil and discovers that he has a
pacemaker, which regulated his breathing and prevented Matt from being able to
tell he was lying. Some time later, Hogman gets a call from Billy to meet him
at the school, claiming he saw Hogman kill Markie. At the same time, Daredevil
stops by Billy’s apartment to find that Billy has stolen his father’s gun again
and realizes what he’s planning to do!
At the school, Billy
threatens to kill Hogman, before the Punisher arrives and kills Hogman’s
bodyguard. He shoots Hogman in the hand and knee when he tries taking Billy as
a hostage, before Daredevil arrives on the scene. Daredevil dodges Punisher’s
shots, revealing that he knows Punisher is missing him on purpose. He knows
Punisher won’t harm someone he deems as innocent and Punisher aims to depart
under a truce. That’s not good enough for Daredevil, who points the bodyguard’s
gun at Punisher to prevent him leaving, and even shoots Punisher in the
shoulder when Punisher pulls his own gun! Billy grabs Punisher’s gun and
Daredevil talks him out of killing Hogman, promising he’ll go down for killing
Markie and poisoning the Coach. Days later, Hogman is found guilty and Billy
questions if it was the right thing to do. Matt says that the system isn’t
perfect but the laws are all they have to keep things in check, though Billy
seems unconvinced. Meanwhile, at Glenn industries, Heather discovers that her
company is manufacturing plastique for unknown purposes!