10 Things Everyone Always Forgets About Daredevil

10. A Devil Behind Bars

In Daredevil #609, Matt had a near-death experience when he was hit by a truck after saving a pedestrian. After overcoming his extensive injuries and the long ignored trauma, he overcompensated on his next outing and killed a small-time thug named Leo. That murder caught up with him and Daredevil was jailed but allowed to keep his mask, thanks to a Supreme Court case Matt Murdock had recently won.

After ensuring that Elektra would take care of Hell’s Kitchen in his absence, the Guardian Devil pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and received two years in prison. However, the warden was the son of former minor Daredevil villain Crime Wave and offered preferential treatment to any inmate who killed Matt. Despite being poisoned, stabbed, and locked in solitary confinement, Murdock began investigating prison deaths as part of his deal with the FBI.

Matt discovered these deaths were linked to the creation of an experimental drug in a prison laboratory. The drug doused the prison, including Daredevil, and he was able to use the ensuing mayhem to get the information to the FBI and keep Bullseye from escaping. Despite his heroic efforts, Matt returned to prison and served his full sentence. Once free, he, Elektra, and several of the heroes of New York removed the Kingpin from the Mayor’s office once and for all.