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[TheManWithoutFear]

Definitely got my issue early today in the mail.

In Washington the F.B.I. Director is packing his things. He's on the phone complaining about he's the "new fall guy" even though everyone adored him a few months ago. He's lost his position with the bureau and is moving. The "movers" come and he asks them where to start and as he turns his back to them, they pull out a wire (to strangle with) and reply "That's your call."

Ben Urich gets a mysterious call and immediately contacts Dakota North about her fed connections..

Switzerland

Daredevil takes no prisoners as he storms this nice little vacation home that's being heavily guarded. He winds up in the study face to face with Vanessa Fisk whose in really bad shape. Basically she's sick... dying and she thinks that the reason she's dying is because of Karma and what she did to Richard. But then again, she figures she's not really the one to blame, Matt Murdock and her husband are for there constant years of playing the greater games with each other. So she took advantage of them being in prison and began elaborating this plan to destroy Matt's pysche. But she wants to make a deal with him. She wants to use her connections to clear Murdock's name so that he can go home and be Daredevil again and get his life back on the condition that when he's finally established himself again, he takes on Fisk's case and gets him out of jail. She says that if he doesn't, she's going to release pictures of DD in Europe that will further prove that there could be two DD's and with Matt missing, possibly be the 2nd out of the U.S. He doesn't care and refuses and istead of further humoring her, leaves her. Vanessa burns the pictures as a henchmen needs clarifying that this is how she wanted it and expect Matt to have to comply with her wishes after he finds out what's going on. He also asks why she didn't tell him Nelson was alive and she says that's his punishment for walking out and not cooperating. He's gonna have to learn the hard way.

Matt's listening to the television and learns that the F.B.I. Director has "killed himself" and in his suicide note reveals that he set Murdock up and is indeed innocent. He calls Dakota and tells her to call Danny because he needs to get home asap...

5/5

I'm not mad it was Vanessa. I'm happy he didn't try to throw more at us with some mastermind out of nowhere. I thought this whole thing was brilliant even though it's **** that they've put the genie back in the bottle. I wonder how Civil War's gonna affect him.
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[The Overlord]

Any word on who gave Vanessa those pheromones?

[TheManWithoutFear]

No. All she said was "An old friend."

Hmmm, Brubaker mentioned in an interview that this arc would set up villains for the future. Purple Man is supposed to be in Canada, so I doubt its him. Could be Mr. Fear, Alan Fagan was able to distill a pheromone from the fear gas that would make him (almost) irresistible to women. Want to bet either Alan or his Uncle Larry Cranston couldn't create pheromones that would affect DD's sense of smell? Alan would do it for the money and Larry would do it on principal.

[Ed Brubaker]

[TheManWithoutFear]

[Darediva]

Whooooot!
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[TheManWithoutFear]

Anyone have any idea where this falls in the Civil War timeline? Is Matt going to walk back into Hell's Kitchen at the worst time possible?
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[Stephan]

Wizard dubbed Brubaker's DD "Book of the Year," and with good reason. Meanwhile, Wizard concluded that Civil War was the "Event of the Year." Thus far, the "Event of the Year" has been all but excluded from the "Book of the Year." Perhaps it is best if this remains the case. The histrionic and oversensational Civil War would undoubtedly taint and blemish Brubaker's run. The too are mutually exclusive.

[Darediva]

[Stephan]

Indeed they are. Civil war, thus far, has been among the most melodramatic and overdone works in Marvel history. Its inclusion would only sully Brubaker's efforts.

[fox_limbo]

[Stephan]

On the other hand, fox, the secret identity exposed saga has been a prolonged one. Readers have endured long years of Matt fretting about the potential repurcussions of this revelation. Perhaps it is time to move in another direction. What is the alternative? An interminably longsaga? There are other aspects of Matt's persona, indeed of his very existence, that remain to be explored. I suspect that Brubaker recognizes this.

[FatalRose]

I kinda liked him in France, hope they bring the Matador back he is an awesome character.

[Stephan]

Yes, Matt's overseas journey was riveting. I cannot recall any prior overseas travel by Matt (with the possible exception of the nonsensical period wherein an amnesiac DD became a SHIELD agent and golbe-trotted). The Matador - ? I don't know - he was somewhat uninteresting. Tombstone, on the other hand, is a fearsome, petrifying character, and I would welcome his return at a later date.

[train]