Written by Charles Soule
Penciled by Ron Garney
Cover by Ron Garney
Published Mar 15, 2017
Cover by Ron Garney
Published Mar 15, 2017
Matt Murdock meets with Father Jordan in the confessional. There's a lot on Daredevil's mind but it all starts with the Purple Children who showed up at the end of the previous issue. To tell that story begins with the Purple Man - Zebediah Kilgrave. He has the power to make anyone within the sound of his voice do exactly as he says. His skin releases a special pheromone, and given what he's managed to do with this power, he's pure evil.
Daredevil last saw him in prison. He escaped by conning a guard into bringing an unmasked woman into the cell's vicinity. The woman is able to overpower the guard by way of the Purple Man and kill him. Later using the keycard on the guard's uniform, she frees him and he presumably kills anyone who gets in the way of his escape. Matt Murdock is once again pulled into the Purple Man's life when 2 of his children show up at his door seeking help. It seems that hordes of people were sent to retrieve them, and completely hypnotized, break bones in their hands to pull Daredevil's door down.
He hurriedly brings his girlfriend Kirsten and the 2 purple children into the panic room and shuts the door behind them although Matt stays on the outside. Quickly changing into his costume, he fights the brainwashed people in ways to avoid hurting them. After incapacitating them all, he questions the 2 boys. They've recently been cut off from communicating with their brothers. And seeing as the more children the Purple Man has at his disposal, the more powerful he becomes. Daredevil agrees to accompany the children to save their siblings.
Once they get in range, Daredevil sees the machine Zebediah has built with empty pods for his remaining escaped children. He pulls the children to the level below but he's powerless to stop them. Completely under his control, Daredevil walks the children to the machine. The Purple Man asks "Shall we play a game?" and with that - the issue is left to be continued.
I've been reading a good bit of this series lately and this issue is just another amazing chapter in this man's life. While this book doesn't seem to get the accolades it's brethren series Are often rewarded, it's probably par for the course and what this title should always be remanded to: A good under-the-radar read and a classic in it's own time. I give it a 9/10.
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