Daredevil (1964 series) #216

After having mutilated his own face in the prison laundry room, the Gael is transported to a hospital that can better treat him. The Gael is checked out, then he quickly kills the doctor and the guards attending him, finishing with killing an investigating nurse. At Nelson and Murdock, Foggy reads the news of the Gael’s escape and admits to Becky that he feels he’s been making mistake after mistake lately. Meanwhile, Matt and Glorianna are finishing up lunch together, having had a wonderful time. They try and set up another date amidst their conflicting schedules and eventually agree on that Saturday. Glorianna boldly kisses Matt right in the middle of the street and they seem to make things official. Matt drops Glori off at her subway entrance just before hearing of the Gael’s escape from two passing men. Knowing Glori’s in danger, Matt rushes into the subway but her train has already left. He then races out to try and locate the Gael before he can find Glori.

Meanwhile, the Kingpin is alerted to the theft of some files as his, which he correctly attributes to Daredevil. Daredevil uses them to track down where Crossbow is hiding, at an English themed flower shop. Daredevil avoids a surprise attack from Crossbow and easily incapacitates him. Daredevil interrogates Crossbow about his plan to leave the country after his work in the U.S. was finished. Crossbow tells him of a mysterious woman called the Old Woman of Beare who is able to smuggle people back to the U.K. Figuring that the Gael might contact the same woman, given he and Crossbow are both from the British Isles, Daredevil drops Crossbow off at the police and goes to stake out Glori’s apartment. Daredevil finds it empty and anxiously waits for awhile before concluding that Glori’s likely gone into hiding after the Gael’s escape.

Elsewhere, members of the Irish Republican Army plan what to do when they find the Gael, their former cohort. The Gael then arrives, revealing he put something in their food, leaving each of the men paralyzed. He overheard them talking about the Old Woman of Beare and thanks them for their useful information before he takes great pleasure in killing each of the men! The next night, Daredevil stakes out Delahanty’s, the pub where the Woman of Beare is supposed to be, and senses her enter. He sneaks in to confront the Woman, looking for Glori. Daredevil realizes the men at the bar are dead and is attacked by the Woman, who turns out to be the Gael in disguise! Daredevil hears the real Woman trapped in the closet and unlatches it. The Woman runs out as Daredevil and Gael have a brutal fight, ending when Daredevil smashes a chair over the Gael’s head! Daredevil chases after the scared, fleeing Woman of Beare, quickly dealing with her guard outside. He catches up to her as she runs out of steam and only then does he realize that the Woman of Beare was actually Glori! She collapses into Daredevil’s arms, sobbing in relief and exhaustion.