10 Things Marvel Wants You To Forget About Elektra

4. Everything Involving Shadowland

Shadowland Elektra
Marvel Comics

As far as comic book events go, Shadowland has to be one of the worst in recent memory. With its story about a demon-possessed Daredevil terrorising Hell's Kitchen with the help of the Hand, it's little wonder that it had a negative influence on some of Marvel's other characters, particularly Elektra.

While Natchios had never been one for Matt's brand of vigilantism, she reacts in an uncharacteristically callous fashion when faced with a request to return to New York and rescue him. She has a change of heart eventually, and even brings Matt back to life at the end of the story, but that - along with the fact that no hero emerged from Shadowland for the better - makes it a particularly forgettable moment in the character's history.

Things haven't really gotten that much better for her after Shadowland, however. Particularly in recent years...

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