With Wilson Fisk out of the hospital, Matt has to fight on two fronts to keep New York safe!
Back with the final issue of Mayor Murdock, Charles Soule and his co-conspirators, Mike Henderson and Matt Milla, have created one devil of an ending to this remarkable storyline.
While Wilson Fisk confronts Deputy Assistant Mayor Foggy Nelson over taking his job back, Daredevil and the Order of the Dragon are trapped in NYPD headquarters. Taking advantage of the chaos, the Hand’s Beast comes to City Hall to claim the life of Blindspot…and a final confrontation ensues.
This issue is nothing short of fantastic, with Soule and company perfectly capturing the intimidation of Wilson Fisk, despite him spending most of the issue in a hospital gown dragging an IV with him into his office. The narration provided over combat sequences by Daredevil himself are also great, amping up the tension without lending itself too much to cliche. There’s even a wonderful scene of the remaining cops of New York and Blindspot deciding whether or not to have a last stand against the entire forces of the Hand in front of City Hall. All of these could have been stories on their own, and it could have made for a chaotic mess under another writer. Many recent stories by Soule outside of Daredevil have had problems with pacing, characterization and their respective ending. Luckily, this is one that was worth reading through from start to finish.