Issue - 13
Title - Hell 4 Night
Writer - Mark Waid
Art - Khoi Pham
Summary:
The five mega-crime families hunt Daredevil because he holds in his possession the Omega-Drive. This a data drive with secrets from all five of their criminal empires. The hunt ends with a public battle in Times Square. One of the families, the Black Spectre defeat all and escape with the drive. Unknown to the other families, it was all a ruse. The Black Spectre were defeated by SHIELD weeks ago. The group which appeared to defeat them and Daredevil were the Avengers in disguise. After regrouping with the Avengers at the mansion, Daredevil is suddenly kidnapped via teleport to Latveria.
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Not an appearance
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Collected in Daredevil Volume 3
Issue - 14
Title - Accounts Due
Writer - Mark Waid
Art - Chris Samnee
Summary:
Using his heightened senses, Daredevil deduces that he is being held captive in Latveria. To his surprise, he is not met by Doom. Instead he is confronted by Beltane, the Minister of the Bank of Latveria. As it turns out, the mega-crime families were planning on laundering money through Latveria. Latveria would have benefitted from the fees and interest. Since Daredevil has sabotaged this plan, Beltrane holds him responsible for 'fiscal terrorism' against Latveria. Daredevil is then exposed to a gas and released. However when he wrangles Beltrane for answers, the guards surround him and he fights them off. By attacking, he has made himself an enemy of the state is chased out of the castle. On the run, Daredevil quickly realizes that the gas is slowly eliminating all of his senses. Unknown to him, the gas acted as a carrier for small nano-bots which are operating inside his brain. Daredevil makes a desperate attempt to jump over the border. The jump however is too short and he is recaptured.
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Not an appearance
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Collected in Daredevil Volume 3
Issue - 14
Title - Senseless
Writer - Mark Waid
Art - Chris Samnee
Summary:
The Latverians hold Daredevil captive. Beltrane orders doctors to study his brain so that they can replicate his radar sense. Still suffering from the effects of the gas which robbed him of his senses, Daredevil's brain begins to compensate in new ways. Recovering rudimentary vision, Daredevil manages to escape from the hospital where he is being held. Latverian soldiers chase him across rooftops. Eventually Daredevil climbs a flagpole, breaks through Doom's signal blanket and sends a distress signal to the Avengers. The Avengers quickly arrive on scene and rescue him from Beltrane and the Latverian forces.
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The order to study Daredevil's radar sense supposedly comes from Doom. Doom would know about Daredevil's radar sense because he experienced it first-hand when they swapped bodies back in Daredevil #37.
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Not an appearance
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Collected in Daredevil Volume 3
Comments:
Mark Waid is a damn good writer. You know I really loved his run on Captain America, both of them. I loved Kingdom Come. I don't even read Daredevil and I thoroughly enjoyed these three issues. That's how good he is. Its a shame me and him have differing views on Doctor Doom. Fortunately however, Doom isn't in these three issues. So the odd remark aside, this was a good read. Still, in the absence of any Doom (for which I am very grateful), there's nothing here for Doom fans except a good Daredevil story. Note how Doom is put on the cover of not only the cover to #14, but also the cover of the TPB. What does that tell you? Doom sells. Nuff said. Bottom Line: N/A