Hellcat
and Valkyrie, the latter bearing the unconscious form of Bruce Banner, arrive
at Kyle Richmond’s penthouse apartment to find his lawyer Milton Rosenblum
arguing with IRS Agents planning to seize Kyle’s property. Kyle takes a phone
call from Clea and must inform Patsy that her mother has died. The group goes
over to the home of Doctor Strange, where Clea makes them welcome. Kyle and
Bruce go out to buy suits for the funeral (though Bruce still doesn’t have one
in the next issue); Patsy asks Val to wear her original costume which had been
transformed by Clea some time earlier. With a simple spell, Clea changes it
back….
Lawyer
Matt Murdock goes to Kyle Richmond’s penthouse but there is no answer to his
knock. He discovers that the apartment has been sealed by order of the IRS.
Matt hears the Fem-Force arriving to kidnap Hellcat and Valkyrie on orders from
Mandrill. Matt switches to Daredevil but the Fems toss a grenade in the room,
which explodes, interfering with DD’s senses of hearing and smell. DD tries his
best against the Fem-Force but he is overwhelmed and shot with a tranquilizer
gun. They report back to their boss who tells them to bring the stunned hero
back to their base….
At
Mrs. Walker’s graveside, Patsy pours out her mixed emotions for a mother who
always wanted the perfect daughter, which put a strain on the relationship. Afterwards,
they meet Mrs. Walker’s housekeeper and friend, Dolly Donahue, and Patsy, who
has inherited the house, invites the Defenders to stay with her for a time. So
they return to the spacious home in Montclair, New Jersey, and settle in. Patsy
takes Kyle to the attic to show him her mother’s magazines: Mom wanted Patsy to
be a child model but Patsy didn’t want
to so Mom turned her daughter into the star of a series of comic books, based
on her Mom’s idealized version of her. Patsy rebelled by marrying her childhood
sweetheart Buzz Baxter but the marriage failed. After the divorce Patsy cut
herself off from her old life, becoming a superhero….
Dolly
sends Valkyrie to the store to pick up some groceries and moments later
realizes that Val probably doesn’t carry money. She dispatches Bruce with the funds
to the store. On the way, Bruce is roughed up by some local punks and he
becomes the Hulk, scaring them off. Hulk proceeds to the supermarket where an
armed robbery is in progress. Val and Hulk take care of the crooks though Val
loses the shopping list in the confusion. So Hulk fills the shopping cart with
cans of beans, pays for them, coming up a bit short but the manager decides to
forgo it as a reward for stopping the robbery.
That
evening, only Hulk enjoys the supper of beans. Later, at Dolly’s request, Kyle
uses his Nighthawk wings to fly up to the roof and adjust the TV antenna. That
night, Kyle is unable to sleep because of flashing lights and passing trains,
ensuring he is still tired when he must rise and appear in court….
Daredevil
awakens and his senses tell him he is in a bank vault….