Written by Charles Soule
Penciled by Phil Noto
Covers by Phil Noto
Published Aug 8 and Aug 22, 2018
Covers by Phil Noto
Published Aug 8 and Aug 22, 2018
Daredevil enlists the help of former NYPD detective Frank McGee to help take down Mayor Fisk. The Inhuman agrees, and later they meet at a closed library to discuss their plan. Joining them in their task will be the mutant Cypher as well as Frank's fellow Inhuman, Reader.
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| Who? |
With the power to make anything he reads a reality, Reader's skills will be helpful. They discuss things with a plan to meet up later. Meanwhile, Daredevil takes to the sky and overhears a police report about a nearby riot.
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| Weeeee! |
At the Bar With No Name, which is essentially a criminal bar, a familiar and brazen gentleman orders a drink and pretty much starts hitting on one of the betrothed patrons. Mike Murdock, Matt's twin brother gets himself into a bit of a pickle. But as the fight breaks out and Daredevil draws near, he's informed there's some guy inside basically starting a bunch of bullshit. He walks in and is introduced to his twin.
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| A CENTER FOR ANTS?! |
So who is this guy? It's explained that Matt created an alter-ego like a million years ago when the heat started getting close on revealing his secret identity. But to now be looking right at him? Well something's obviously not right. Daredevil lays the guy out and brings him back to the abandoned library. There Reader informs them all that he accidentally created the fake Mike Murdock when reading one of Matt's casefiles.
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| I do weird stuff when I'm drunk too - turning things into reality would be bad news. |
Mike wakes up and after playing possum during the explanation, he dognaps Forey, Reader's dog. He uses the hostage to walk away from the secret hideout and thanks to a nearby crowd, escapes. The issue wraps with the fake Mike Murdock heading to Foggy Nelson's office. waiting in his office, the fake Matt/Mike clone surprises Foggy with a pistol. What's gonna happen next? We'll have to wait to find out as this issue is left to be continued.
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| Foggy should just say "Wait - you're Matt's twin brother? I'm Foggy's twin brother 'Loggy'..." |
I was a big reader of some Inhuman books awhile back so I'm somewhat familiar with a handful of these characters. But one I'm not familiar with is Mike Murdock. Once again, Charles Soule relies on some obscure pieces of Daredevil's history. So obscure, that it's basically the exact opposite of the recent X-Men books vomiting up "Fastball Specials" and essentially regurgitating some of the most known storylines of all time. Soule works harder and it shows. So much so - I'm not even mad. Mike Murdock? Purple Man? Karen Page? Keep bringing em on, Charles. I can't get enough. I give these two books a 9/10.
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