Showing posts with label Kingpin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kingpin. Show all posts

Thursday, May 27, 2004

Daredevil – Born Again | Comics

Karen Page has sold out the secret identity of her former lover Matt Murdock and now Kingpin is hell-bent on destroying the life of Daredevil.

To pursue an acting career, Karen Page had left her job of secretary at Nelson & Murdock law offices. She did find success in Hollywood for a brief time but then reduced to be a porn star and a heroin junkie. Suffering from existential crisis and desperation, she hits the lowest point where she sells the secret identity of Daredevil for a shot of heroin.

This information eventually reaches to Wilson Fisk AKA Kingpin, who orders his assistant James Wesley to track down anyone who handled the information or even knows about it while he verifies its authenticity. The drug dealer whom Karen sold the secrets to is killed but she narrowly escaped with her life and heads back to New York City.

Matt Murdock wakes up in his own apartment completely unaware of these developments and then finds out that IRS has been auditing his tax files and froze his bank accounts. The next thing he knows is that he has been accused to bribe a witness for lying in a previous case and is testified by an honest to God cop, Lieutenant Nicholas Manolis.

Later at that night, he confronts Manolis as Daredevil in his house but instead of talking, the former attacked him and he leaves. Manolis then called Fisk and Matt learns of it from a little eavesdropping from the roof. Apparently, the guy has his son in hospital who needs immediate treatment and that is how he gets owned by the Kingpin.

Murdock's current girlfriend Glorianna O'Breen moved in to the apartment of his best friend and law partner Foggy Nelson after her house was vandalized. He is later called by Matt to work his case before the court hearing and he is prohibited to practice law.

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Daredevil – Born Again | Comics

All of these incidents made Matt Murdock more depressed and then his apartment blows up right in front of him. His destroyed costume is the only thing from the wreckage that helped him piece together all the recent mishaps that took place in his life and it could only be an perfectly elaborated plan executed by his biggest rival; the Kingpin.

Investigative journalist Ben Urich of The Daily Bugle learns of the criminal charges brought against Matt and since his buddy refused to share his problem, he talks to his boss J. Jonah Jameson about Murdock's innocence and wants a piece to write on him.

Meanwhile, on the brink of his sanity, Mathew took a train to face the lord of crime once and for all to settle scores and get his life back. When Matt reached in his office, he engaged the Kingpin in a brutal beat down but got knocked over in the end only to later find himself strapped in a stolen taxi cab, drowning in the East River.

He struggles his way back to Hell's Kitchen and finds his way to his father's gym, where he finally collapses from exhaustion and is found by Sister Maggie, who also happens to be his mother. She took her to the local church and nursed him back to health.

In Mexico, Karen desperately tries to get back to New York to warn Matt about her betrayal and hitched a ride with a pervert named Paulo Scorcese, who saved her from the assassins Kingpin sent to kill her and took sexual favors in exchange.

Manolis opens up to Ben Urich about his involvement in framing Matt Murdock when his son died after surgery, which caused him to end up in a hospital bed and Ben to break his hand by one of Fisk's employee. When Manolis tries to reach Urich again, he was strangled to death as Ben was on line, goading him into continue his investigation.

After getting back to his feet, Matt starts preparing him again for getting back to vigilantism to reclaim his life. Kingpin got worried and hired a deranged psychopath to pose as Daredevil and kill Nelson. Then he released an unstable super soldier Nuke on Hell's Kitchen which caused Captain America and The Avengers to interfere.

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The Devil You Know

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During his long run on the first volume of Daredevil monthly ongoing series, writer Frank Miller (The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Strikes Again) came up with the idea of "Born Again" storyline, which he worked with artist David Mazzucchelli (Batman – Year One, Superman and Batman – World's Funnest) from issues #226-233.

When the story was later reprinted into a graphic novel, it became a phenomenon in comic-book history as well as one of the best stories written on the blind superhero so far. Moving aside from typical fighting with super villains, the plotline uses a variety of Christian symbolism and portrays the rise and fall of Matt Murdock in rough situations.

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God and Country

This best-seller book from Marvel Comics has later served as source material for Season 3 of Marvel's Daredevil web television series on Netflix in 2018, where Wilson Fisk uses the information of Daredevil's secret identity against him to destroy his career, reputation, social life and threatened his friends.

Supporting characters like Felix Manning, James Wesley, Melvin Potter and Sister Maggie showed up throughout the arc and a super-villain named Nuke made his debut within the plot. Reference of events regarding Karen Page from this story will be brought up later in "Guardian Devil" storyline and will add more depth to that.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2004

Elektra | Comics

An Olympic level athlete and a master assassin trained by ninja cult The Hand, Elektra Natchios was the daughter of a Greek Ambassador. During her time in college, she started a relationship with the blind lawyer Matt Murdock, who would later become Daredevil. After she lost her father in an accident during a hostage situation, she gave up on law and traveled to Japan.

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Elektra | Comics

Her master Stick; who also trained Matt, trained her up well enough but she later joined the ranks of The Hand. Elektra become their top assassin but eventually left them after sometime to be a bounty hunter. Soon, in New York, she earned the place of Kingpin’s top assassin and encountered her former lover Daredevil again.

One of Kingpin’s former hitman Bullseye impaled her with her own sais in retaliation to get his old position back. She was resurrected and revived by Stone, yet she did not appear to Matt for years. She even tangled with the feral mutant Wolverine several times; especially when he lost his Adamantium and also when he went rogue as “The Enemy of the State” after being re-programmed by Hydra.

She was then captured and replaced by the Skrulls before their “Secret Invasion” on Earth which is revealed after the imposter died in a battle with New Avengers. Norman Osborn's Dark Reign brought her imprisonment to a H.A.M.M.E.R. facility, which she escaped soon. She is offered a place in the ranks of the newly reformed Thunderbolts strike team alongside Agent Venom, Deadpool, Red Hulk, Punisher and The Leader.

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Agent of The Hand

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During his run on the monthly ongoing Daredevil series in 1981, legendary comic book creator Frank Miller (All Star Batman & Robin, Batman – Year One) created the character Elektra. Over time, she appeared on many limited series as well as a couple of her own monthly ongoing and that’s not all; this popular heroine was involved in many of the important crossover events and stories of Marvel Comics.

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Resurrection and Beyond

Actress Jennifer Garner portrayed the character adaptation in both motion picture of Daredevil (2003) and its spin-off, Elektra (2005). Later, when Marvel's Daredevil premiered on Netflix, the character appeared in Season 2 of the show, played by Élodie Yung.
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Thursday, August 14, 2003

The Punisher | Comics

Frank Castle was born in New York and was married to his wife Maria, with whom he had two children. Frank was a member of former member of the US Marine Corps and was later trained as a Navy SEAL. As a veteran of Vietnam War, Frank has served a few tour of duty and had quite a history there.

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The Punisher | Comics

It was during his time in Vietnam when he engaged with a Viet Cong sniper called “The Monkey”, he started wearing the white skull as his sign to the enemies and even painted one on his chest. When on a vacation, Frank and his wife Maria, along with his two children went to New York’s central park for a picnic, they accidentally witnessed a mafia execution by the Costa Crime Family.

The mob shot Frank and his entire family to eliminate witnesses of their crime. However, Frank was able to survive the massacre but his wife and kids died. Having no cooperation from the law enforcement, he decides to punish those who are guilty and starts hunting down the criminals by calling himself “The Punisher”.

In his vigilantism career, he crossed paths with Daredevil, Spider-Man, Elektra, Captain America and many other heroes who do not share his vision for justice at all. Although, he prefers to work alone, he also worked with many teams like Thunderbolts, Heroes For Hire, Secret Avengers, Legion of Monsters, Code Red and Secret Defenders for a time.

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Punisher Invades The ‘Nam

Punisher – Born (Softcover)

Punisher – Born (Hardcover)

Punisher – Year One

Amazing Spider-Man – The Punisher Strikes Back

Daredevil/Punisher – Child’s Play

Essential Punisher Vol 01

Punisher – Circle of Blood (Softcover)

Punisher – Circle of Blood (Hardcover)

Punisher – Assassin’s Guild

Punisher – Return to Big Nothing (Softcover)

Punisher – Return to Big Nothing (Hardcover)

Punisher – Eye for An Eye

Essential Punisher Vol 02

Punisher/Wolverine – African Saga

Punisher War Journal Classic Vol 01

Acts of Vengeance Omnibus

Punisher – Kingdom Gone

Essential Punisher Vol 03

Ghost Rider/Wolverine/Punisher – Hearts of Darkness

Punisher – War Zone

Black Widow/Punisher – Spinning Doomsday’s Web

Punisher – Die Hard In the Big Easy

Spider-Man/Punisher/Sabretooth – Designer Genes

Batman/Punisher – Lake of Fire

Punisher – Barbarian with a Gun

Punisher/Batman – Deadly Knights

Ghost Rider/Wolverine/Punisher – The Dark Design

Punisher – River of Blood

Punisher Kills The Marvel Universe

Punisher Vol 01 – Welcome Back, Frank (Softcover)

Punisher Vol 01 – Welcome Back, Frank (Hardcover)

Punisher Vol 02 – Army of One

Nuff Said

Punisher Vol 03 – Business as Usual

Punisher Vol 04 – Full Auto

Punisher Vol 05 – Streets of Laredo

Punisher by Garth Ennis Omnibus

Punisher Vol 06 – Confederacy of Dunces

Punisher MAX Vol 01 – In The Beginning

Punisher MAX Vol 02 – Kitchen Irish

Bullseye – Greatest Hits

Punisher MAX Vol 03 – Mother Russia

Punisher MAX Vol 04 – Up Is Down and Black Is White

Punisher – From First to Last (Softcover)

Punisher – From First to Last (Hardcover)

Punisher MAX Vol 05 – The Slavers

Punisher Vs. Bullseye

Punisher MAX Vol 06 – Barracuda

Punisher MAX Vol 07 – Man of Stone

Civil War – Punisher War Journal Vol 01 (Softcover)

Civil War – Punisher War Journal Vol 01 (Hardcover)

Punisher Presents – Barracuda MAX

Punisher MAX Vol 08 – Widowmaker

Punisher War Journal Vol 02 – Goin' Out West (Softcover)

Punisher War Journal Vol 02 – Goin' Out West (Hardcover)

Punisher MAX Vol 09 – Long Cold Dark

Punisher War Journal Vol 03 – Hunter/Hunted

Punisher MAX Vol 10 – Valley Forge, Valley Forge

Punisher War Journal Vol 04 – Jigsaw

Spider-Man – Crime and Punisher (Softcover)

Spider-Man – Crime and Punisher (Hardcover)

Punisher MAX Vol 11 – Girls In White Dresses

Punisher War Journal Vol 05 – Secret Invasion (Softcover)

Punisher War Journal Vol 05 – Secret Invasion (Hardcover)

Punisher War Zone – The Resurrection of Ma Gnucci (Softcover)

Punisher War Zone – The Resurrection of Ma Gnucci (Hardcover)

Punisher MAX Vol 12 – Six Hours To Kill

Punisher Vol 01 – Dark Reign (Softcover)

Punisher Vol 01 – Dark Reign (Hardcover)

Punisher MAX – Welcome To The Bayou

Punisher Vol 02 – Dead End (Softcover)

Punisher Vol 02 – Dead End (Hardcover)

Punisher Noir

Dark Reign – The List (Softcover)

Dark Reign – The List (Hardcover)

Punisher MAX – Naked Kills

Punisher Max – Kingpin

Punisher Vol 03 – Franken-Castle (Softcover)

Punisher Vol 03 – Franken-Castle (Hardcover)

Marvel Universe Vs. The Punisher (Softcover)

Marvel Universe Vs. The Punisher (Hardcover)

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Punisher Max – Bullseye

Punisher – In The Blood

Being considered as one of the most popular fictional character of Marvel Comics, The Punisher was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita, Sr., and Ross Andru. He made his first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man issue #129 as a villain.

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Along With Marvel Knights

He later gained the protagonist role and appeared in many of his own comic series as well as many other titles. Over the years, many superstar writers and artists had pitched their creative ideas for the character and developed it as a phenomenon.
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