Line #38 ComicBook/Shadowland


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4	''Shadowland'' is a 2010 comic book event from Creator/MarvelComics, a CrisisCrossover set in the shared Franchise/MarvelUniverse, and written by Andy Diggle with art by Billy Tan.
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6	Set after the events of ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}'', ''Shadowland'' follows ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and his life after his FaceHeelTurn.
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8	After Matt Murdock became the leader of the Hand, it was his turn to take over UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. Matt slowly begins to show that he's JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope, first by building a temple/prison in Hell's Kitchen (the eponymous "Shadowland") and then by ''killing'' Bullseye. Eventually, it's revealed that Daredevil has actually been possessed by a demon called "the Beast." When Iron Fist manages to exorcise it from Matt's body, Matt kills himself before it can take control again. In the aftermath, Elektra steals his body to resurrect him like she was once resurrected.
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10	[[folder:Comics involved in ''Shadowland'']]
11	* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' #508–512
12	* ''Shadowland'' #1–5
13	* ''Shadowland: Blood on the Streets'' #1–4
14	* ''Shadowland: [[ComicBook/LukeCage Power Man]]'' #1–4
15	* ''Shadowland: ComicBook/MoonKnight'' #1–3
16	* ''Shadowland: Daughters of the Shadow'' #1–3
17	* ''Shadowland: ComicBook/SpiderMan'' #1
18	* ''Shadowland: ComicBook/{{Elektra}}'' #1
19	* ''Shadowland: ComicBook/{{Bullseye\|MarvelComics}}'' #1
20	* ''Shadowland: ComicBook/GhostRider'' #1
21	* ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' #148–149
22	* ''Shadowland: After the Fall'' #1
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26	!!''Shadowland'' provides examples of:
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28	* ABeastInNameAndNature: The Beast is the name of a demon tied to the origins of the evil {{Ninja}} clan known as the Hand, which is revealed to have [[DemonicPossession possessed Matt.]]
29	* ActionGirl: Colleen Wing, Misty Knight, and The Daughter of The Shadows.
30	* AffablyEvil: Tarantula.
31	* AntiHero: Punisher, Ghost Rider and Wolverine.
32	* AssholeVictim: ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} completely loses his shit and murders Bullseye after dislocating his arms. This was supposed to show that Daredevil was descending into darkness, but [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic it backfired as most people wanted Daredevil to actually kill the man who blew up a block in Hell's Kitchen and gloated over it.]]
33	** Bullseye has both arms broken and gets impaled just like he did with Elektra. Becomes cathartic in light of ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' and the atrocities he committed, either by himself or in Osborn's name. Made effective with [[DirtyCoward the shitless scared look on his face]] before he's killed.
34	-->'''Bullseye''': [[VillainousBreakdown W-wait... Th-this ain't... ain't like you... Y-you wouldn't--]]
35	* AtLeastIAdmitIt: Crossbones is blatantly racist during ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' #149, while fighting the Hand.
36	-->'''Crossbones''': Fine with me. I'll burn out more of these Jap zombies.\
37	'''Moonstone''': That's right-- you don't talk much so I forget you're a crazy racist.\
38	'''Crossbones''': Everyone is. I'm just honest about it.
39	* BadassBiker: Ghost Rider.
40	* BadassNormal: ComicBook/MoonKnight and Punisher to name a few.
41	* BashBrothers: Luke Cage and Iron Fist. Spider-Man and Shang Chi.
42	* BatFamilyCrossover: ''Shadowland'' does this for Marvel's street-level heroes, such as ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, ComicBook/LukeCage, and ComicBook/ThePunisher.
43	* BigBad: The Beast of the Hand, the demon served by the [[{{Ninja}} Hand]], who is [[DemonicPossession slowly possessing]] [[Characters/MarvelComicsMattMurdock Daredevil]] as his attempt to lead the Hand and turn it into a force for good [[GoneHorriblyWrong goes terribly arwy]].
44	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Daredevil.
45	* BreakTheCutie: After all the years of trauma and abuse, Daredevil has finally snapped.
46	* CainAndAbel: Moon Knight & Shadow Knight
47	* CategoryTraitor: The new Power Man insinuated that ComicBook/LukeCage was a race traitor because he joined ComicBook/TheAvengers and married a [[MalignedMixedMarriage white]] [[ComicBook/{{Alias}} woman]].
48	* ConservationOfNinjutsu: It doesn't take much to kill the Hand Ninja.
49	* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the current ''ComicBook/{{Heroic Age\|2010}}''.
50	* DeadpanSnarker: Spider-Man
51	* DemonicPossession: Matt spends much of this era possessed by "the Beast."
52	* DrivenToSuicide: Matt kills himself rather than be taken over again.
53	* EnemyMine: Kingpin summons ComicBook/GhostRider to help him, as well as ComicBook/LukeCage and the ComicBook/IronFist, to take down Daredevil.
54	* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: Pretty much everyone. But the cake goes to the killers in the "Blood on the Streets" miniseries. How exactly a quartet of detectives just happens to have enough training to use ninja weapons to take out armed thugs and bodyguards is completely unexplained.
55	* EvilCostumeSwitch: Daredevil's new costume is [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver all black with wrist blades, longer horns, and red lining]]. Lampshaded by ComicBook/SpiderMan, who points out he's an expert when he says that black costume switches always end badly.
56	* FaceHeelTurn: Daredevil.
57	* FallenHero: At the beginning of Creator/KevinSmith's run on ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', Karen Page was stuffed into a fridge in ''Guardian Devil''. Then, Creator/BrianMichaelBendis took over and his identity was exposed to the public, eventually, he was incarcerated for obstruction of justice. After beating the rap, his new wife, Milla, suffered a psychotic breakdown, and the marriage dissolved (Matt cheating on her with Dakota North happened in between). By the time Lady Bullseye started to kill his closest allies to resurrect them as zombie ninja slaves, Matt finally said "screw this" and abandoned his life as Matt Murdock to become the leader of the Hand. Though still a TechnicalPacifist, the crossover ''Shadowland'' changed this with Marvel promoting Daredevil as the new "greatest super-villain of the Marvel Universe".
58	* GoneHorriblyWrong: Daredevil's attempt to reform the Hand as its new leader fails horribly after the Hand's ''true'' leader, the demon known as The Beast, possessed him.
59	* HighlyVisibleNinja: The Hand.
60	* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Subverted in ''Shadowland: Bullseye''. At [[PsychoForHire Bullseye's]] funeral, there's a crowd of people and a priest saying how Bullseye was a [[BlatantLies hero and saint]]. However, we quickly find out the priest is just being forced to say this by a biker gang (the only people who were genuinely in mourning).
61	* KnightTemplar: Daredevil as the leader of The Hand
62	* LegacyCharacter: The new Power Man.
63	* ManchurianAgent: Typhoid Mary was revealed to be Kingpin's Manchurian Agent.
64	* OhCrap: Bullseye when he realizes that Daredevil's no longer adhering to ThouShaltNotKill.
65	* OneWordTitle: The event is just named ''Shadowland'', named after Daredevil's fortress.
66	* NeverTrustATrailer: Teasers for the series carried the tagline "Witness the birth of the Marvel Universe's greatest villain". Matt is ultimately redeemed by the end of the story.
67	* PowerCreepPowerSeep: As the BigBad, Daredevil's gotten a pretty big boost in power to contend with the other street-level heroes who are usually a bit above him in terms of strength. This boost is the first hint that Daredevil isn't really Matt, but rather him under DemonicPossession.
68	* PrepareToDie: This line is delivered to Master Izo, leading to the awesome answer "I was preparing before you were born".
69	* SuspiciousSpending: In the ''Shadowland: Power-Man'' tie-in, Victor Alvarez, the new Power-Man, is confronted by his mother about where he's getting all of the extra money he's been providing to help pay the bills since she found out he actually quit his old job working at a pizza parlor (and the money he's been bringing in is too much to be explained by a job like that anyway). She accuses him of drug dealing, not knowing he's been earning money as a superhero for hire.
70	* TheManBehindTheMan: Rather, the ''organization'' behind the man: it was the Snakeroot that summoned the demon that possessed Daredevil and turned him evil so that he could serve their purpose.
71	* TechnicolorNinjas: The Hand, again.
72	* UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: Spider Sense versus Radar Sense.
73	* VerbThis: During a huge fight with ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, ComicBook/ShangChi, ComicBook/IronFist, Misty Knight and Colleen Wing, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ninjas, and all sorts of assorted hand-to-hand and melee fighting, the whole thing is put to a stop by ComicBook/ThePunisher, who blows his way into the scene, whips out a machinegun, and declares, "Kung Fu ''This''," before opening fire and putting an end to the fight.
74	* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Luke Cage gets accused of selling out, partly over his marriage to Jessica, by the new Power Man, Victor Alvarez. Considering Luke's understandably volcanic temper, it is probably quite fortunate for Victor that a) he didn't get to finish his sentence, b) walked it back and apologized immediately.
75	* TheWorfEffect: Despite being one of the best martial artists in the world, Iron Fist gets his ass handed to him pretty often in this series.
76	* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: Brought up by Punisher and Wolverine, but their attempts to do so fail pretty badly.
77	* WolverinePublicity: You'll never guess who randomly shows up in the fourth issue without any build-up, though it ''is'' fairly lampshaded.
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