Marvel's The Defenders: 10 Ways It Sets Up Daredevil Season 3

5. More Religious Symbolism

Daredevil Season 2 Funeral
Netflix

As most of DD's hardcore will tell you, Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli's Born Again storyline is positively littered with religious imagery. Matt Murdock is, after all, a devout Catholic, and the story itself borrows heavily from Jesus' own resurrection during Easter.

And, although it might've been difficult to spot, there was a lot of religious imagery in The Defenders. Matt kicks things off with another confession, and the series' final moments take place in two places of worship, with Karen and Foggy sitting in Matt's local church that, in no small way, bears many of the same colours featured on the cover of Born Again.

Daredevil Born Again Cover
Marvel Comics

The religious elements behind Daredevil have only been given brief moments of exploration in the Netflix series, but that looks set to change with season three. With a veritable rebirth on the cards, these scenes serve as yet another indicator of the direction that the showrunners will be taking next year. If so, expect both 'Born Again' and 'Guardian Devil' to inspire the thematic basis in which it proceeds.

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