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* TheInsomniac: The Winter Soldier has been awake for three weeks when his one-shot begins, beating his former unintentional record of one week.
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* PastExperienceNightmare: The Winter Soldier is haunted by these even when he can't sleep.
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* {{Sleepwalking}}: [[spoiler:Wilson Fisk does this now, due to the stress of being unable to know or learn who the original Daredevil really is. Being the considerate man he is, he makes sure to only station guards without families where he sleeps, as he knows he could literally kill them in his sleep. The Winter Soldier learns this the hard way.]]
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[[ComicBook/TheKingpin Mayor Wilson Fisk]] is angry. With the Matt Murdock Daredevil released from jail, his problems keep rising. Even more so, he's realized that he knew who Daredevil was, but can't remember him. In anger and with his reelection coming up, he's unleashed his latest scheme - an all-out ban on super heroes in New York. Can our heroes find a way to stop the Kingpin and this mad law? Or is this just the start for the former thug?
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[[ComicBook/TheKingpin Mayor Wilson Fisk]] is angry. With the Matt Murdock Daredevil released from jail, his problems keep rising. Even more so, he's realized that he knew who Daredevil was, but can't remember him. In anger and with his reelection coming up, he's unleashed his latest scheme - an all-out ban on super heroes superheroes in New York. Can our heroes find a way to stop the Kingpin and this mad law? Or is this just the start for the former thug?
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Dr. Octopus, with the aid of Homeland Security and the NYPD, is able to obtain the Baxter Building and arrest Reed and Susan Richards.
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Dr. Octopus, with the aid of Homeland Security and the NYPD, is able to can obtain the Baxter Building and arrest Reed and Susan Richards.
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* BattleTrophy: The tie-in issues of ''Spider-Woman'' reveals that [[spoiler: Norman Osborn claimed the Skrull Queen Veranke's body as one following his kill shot in ''Secret Invasion''. Fisk acquired it sometime following ''Dark Reign'' (presumably in the aftermath of ''Siege'' and the downfall of H.A.M.M.E.R. when its assets were being seized or went 'missing').]]
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* BattleTrophy: The tie-in issues of ''Spider-Woman'' reveals reveal that [[spoiler: Norman [[spoiler:Norman Osborn claimed the Skrull Queen Veranke's body as one following his kill shot in ''Secret Invasion''. Fisk acquired it sometime some time following ''Dark Reign'' (presumably in the aftermath of ''Siege'' and the downfall of H.A.M.M.E.R. when its assets were being seized or went 'missing').]]
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* TheBusCameBack: In issue #3, [[spoiler: the Purple Children return to the pages of ''Daredevil'' for the first time since the ''Purple'' storyline during Charles Soule's run in 2017.]]
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* TheBusCameBack: In issue #3, [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the Purple Children return to the pages of ''Daredevil'' for the first time since the ''Purple'' storyline during Charles Soule's run in 2017.]]
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** ''Devil's Reign: Spider-Man'', while also running parallel with ''Spider-Man Beyond'', also ties into the tail-end of ComicBook/NickSpencersSpiderMan. More specifically, it's following up on the resurrection of [[spoiler: Richard Fisk AKA the Rose]] at the end of ''King's Ransom''. [[spoiler: The Chameleon is also now on the loose following ''The Chameleon Conspiracy", allowing Otto to hire him to secretly impersonate Tony Stark.]]
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** ''Devil's Reign: Spider-Man'', while also running parallel with ''Spider-Man Beyond'', also ties into the tail-end of ComicBook/NickSpencersSpiderMan. More specifically, it's following up on the resurrection of [[spoiler: Richard [[spoiler:Richard Fisk AKA the Rose]] at the end of ''King's Ransom''. [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Chameleon is also now on the loose following ''The Chameleon Conspiracy", allowing Otto to hire him to secretly impersonate Tony Stark.]]
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** As per the recent events of the ''Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon'' mini-series, [[spoiler: Danny Rand is no longer the Iron Fist and is de-powered -- not that it stops him from bringing the pain in ''Devil's Reign'' #2.]]
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** As per the recent events of the ''Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon'' mini-series, [[spoiler: Danny [[spoiler:Danny Rand is no longer the Iron Fist and is de-powered -- not that it stops him from bringing the pain in ''Devil's Reign'' #2.]]
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* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler: In issue #2, Fisk correctly deduces from the evidence that Spider-Man is very likely a ''Daily Bugle'' employee. So he has Taskmaster and his goons set a trap at the publisher. His deduction is correct and the trap works...except Peter's out of commission due to ''Spider-Man Beyond'' and they've cornered the wrong Spider-Man (Ben Reilly) and don't know it.]]
* EnemyMine: Otto working for Fisk. Reed lampshades that Otto's allowing himself to become a follower rather than marching to his own tune as per the norm. Otto counters that he's willing to work for Fisk this time given the potential gains of this enterprise, [[spoiler: specifically access to Reed's inter-dimensional technology.]]
* EnemyMine: Otto working for Fisk. Reed lampshades that Otto's allowing himself to become a follower rather than marching to his own tune as per the norm. Otto counters that he's willing to work for Fisk this time given the potential gains of this enterprise, [[spoiler: specifically access to Reed's inter-dimensional technology.]]
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* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In issue #2, Fisk correctly deduces from the evidence that Spider-Man is very likely a ''Daily Bugle'' employee. So he has Taskmaster and his goons set a trap at the publisher. His deduction is correct and the trap works...except Peter's out of commission due to ''Spider-Man Beyond'' and they've cornered the wrong Spider-Man (Ben Reilly) and don't know it.]]
* EnemyMine: Otto working for Fisk. Reed lampshades that Otto's allowing himself to become a follower rather than marching to his own tune as per the norm. Otto counters that he's willing to work for Fisk this time given the potential gains of this enterprise,[[spoiler: specifically [[spoiler:specifically access to Reed's inter-dimensional technology.]]
* EnemyMine: Otto working for Fisk. Reed lampshades that Otto's allowing himself to become a follower rather than marching to his own tune as per the norm. Otto counters that he's willing to work for Fisk this time given the potential gains of this enterprise,
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** Ironically, the following issue reveals [[spoiler: Tony was ticked off not because of his bruised ego, but because Tony was actually the Chameleon in disguise. 'Mayor Stark' was part of a larger play by Otto Octavius for undermining Fisk. 'Tony' was pissed because Luke unwittingly just ruined that plan.]]
* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Averted. Zdarsky's [[https://www.cbr.com/marvel-devils-reign-fisk-chip-zdarsky confirmed]] that while ''Devil's Reign'' is the culmination of his ''Daredevil'' run up to this point, it's ''not'' the climax. He and Marco Checchetto will be relaunching Hornhead's monthly book several months after the event's conclusion.
* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Averted. Zdarsky's [[https://www.cbr.com/marvel-devils-reign-fisk-chip-zdarsky confirmed]] that while ''Devil's Reign'' is the culmination of his ''Daredevil'' run up to this point, it's ''not'' the climax. He and Marco Checchetto will be relaunching Hornhead's monthly book several months after the event's conclusion.
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** Ironically, the following issue reveals [[spoiler: Tony [[spoiler:Tony was ticked off not because of his bruised ego, but because Tony was actually the Chameleon in disguise. 'Mayor Stark' was part of a larger play by Otto Octavius for undermining Fisk. 'Tony' was pissed because Luke unwittingly just ruined that plan.]]
* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Averted. Zdarsky's [[https://www.cbr.com/marvel-devils-reign-fisk-chip-zdarsky confirmed]] that while ''Devil's Reign'' is the culmination of his ''Daredevil''run up run-up to this point, it's ''not'' the climax. He and Marco Checchetto will be relaunching Hornhead's monthly book several months after the event's conclusion.
* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Averted. Zdarsky's [[https://www.cbr.com/marvel-devils-reign-fisk-chip-zdarsky confirmed]] that while ''Devil's Reign'' is the culmination of his ''Daredevil''
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* PapaWolf: When Thunderbolts agents start shooting at Ben, Johnny, Franklin and Valeria, Ben takes the couch and chucks it at them, sticking them against a wall, yelling at how they're shooting at ''children''. He doesn't stick around to clobber them more as he joins the others in escaping so they can rescue Alicia and his kids.
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* PapaWolf: When Thunderbolts agents start shooting at Ben, Johnny, Franklin Franklin, and Valeria, Ben takes the couch and chucks it at them, sticking them against a wall, yelling at how they're shooting at ''children''. He doesn't stick around to clobber them more as he joins the others in escaping so they can rescue Alicia and his kids.
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The Tony Stark who had been planning to run for mayor is actually the Chameleon as part of a plan by Dr. Octopus to have his proxy be elected over Fisk]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: As it turns out, the Tony Stark the heroes have interacted with throughout the event's first half wasn't actually Tony, but the Chameleon in disguise. Dr. Octopus had actually planned on yanking the Mayor's seat out from under Fisk by using Tony, but Luke Cage telling Tony to back off and let him handle it ruined everything.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: As it turns out, the Tony Stark the heroes have interacted with throughout the event's first half wasn't actually Tony, but the Chameleon in disguise. Dr. Octopus had actually planned on yanking the Mayor's seat out from under Fisk by using Tony, but Luke Cage telling Tony to back off and let him handle it ruined everything.]]
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Tony Stark who had been planning to run for mayor is actually the Chameleon as part of a plan by Dr. Octopus to have his proxy be elected over Fisk]].
* SpannerInTheWorks:[[spoiler: As [[spoiler:As it turns out, the Tony Stark the heroes have interacted with throughout the event's first half wasn't actually Tony, but the Chameleon in disguise. Dr. Octopus had actually planned on yanking the Mayor's seat out from under Fisk by using Tony, but Luke Cage telling Tony to back off and let him handle it ruined everything.]]
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*** Issue #3 also addresses another logical, if inevitable repercussion of the mind-wipe: [[spoiler: Killgrave knows. He's forgotten Daredevil's identity too, but he ''knows'' his children are responsible because he recognized their powers in action.]]
** [[spoiler: A post-''Iron Fist Heart of the Dragon'' Danny Rand falling to Crossbones and his team off-screen. Danny may be one of the world's greatest martial artists, but at this point, he's also now powerless and his allies like Luke are scattered throughout the City. So the ex-Iron Fist can only hold his own for so long before being subdued and taken into custody.]]
** [[spoiler: Having been on the receiving end of Killgrave's abilities during ''Alias'', Jessica Jones, more than any of the other heroes, recognizes his abilities at work when Fisk begins trying to brainwash the NYC electorate.]]
** [[spoiler: A post-''Iron Fist Heart of the Dragon'' Danny Rand falling to Crossbones and his team off-screen. Danny may be one of the world's greatest martial artists, but at this point, he's also now powerless and his allies like Luke are scattered throughout the City. So the ex-Iron Fist can only hold his own for so long before being subdued and taken into custody.]]
** [[spoiler: Having been on the receiving end of Killgrave's abilities during ''Alias'', Jessica Jones, more than any of the other heroes, recognizes his abilities at work when Fisk begins trying to brainwash the NYC electorate.]]
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*** Issue #3 also addresses another logical, if inevitable inevitable, repercussion of the mind-wipe: [[spoiler: Killgrave [[spoiler:Killgrave knows. He's forgotten Daredevil's identity too, but he ''knows'' his children are responsible because he recognized their powers in action.]]
**[[spoiler: A [[spoiler:A post-''Iron Fist Heart of the Dragon'' Danny Rand falling to Crossbones and his team off-screen. Danny may be one of the world's greatest martial artists, but at this point, he's also now powerless and his allies like Luke are scattered throughout the City. So the ex-Iron Fist can only hold his own for so long before being subdued and taken into custody.]]
**[[spoiler: Having [[spoiler:Having been on the receiving end of Killgrave's abilities during ''Alias'', Jessica Jones, more than any of the other heroes, recognizes his abilities at work when Fisk begins trying to brainwash the NYC electorate.]]
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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: The tie-in issues of ''Spider-Woman'' finally answer a long unresolved loose end from ''Secret Invasion'': [[spoiler: What became of the Skrull Queen Veranke's body after Norman Osborn shot her and following the final battle?]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: Tony Stark doesn't have access to his Iron Man armors as Fisk's crackdown and his own security protocols locked down access to his NYC armory. [[spoiler: However, issue #3 reveals the Chameleon has been posing as Tony throughout the event's first half -- suggesting this was a cover story by Dmitri Smerdyakov to explain why 'Tony' couldn't bring his technology to bear against Fisk.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: Tony Stark doesn't have access to his Iron Man armors as Fisk's crackdown and his own security protocols locked down access to his NYC armory. [[spoiler: However, issue #3 reveals the Chameleon has been posing as Tony throughout the event's first half -- suggesting this was a cover story by Dmitri Smerdyakov to explain why 'Tony' couldn't bring his technology to bear against Fisk.]]
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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: The tie-in issues of ''Spider-Woman'' finally answer a long unresolved loose end from ''Secret Invasion'': [[spoiler: What [[spoiler:What became of the Skrull Queen Veranke's body after Norman Osborn shot her and following the final battle?]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: Tony Stark doesn't have access to his Iron Man armors as Fisk's crackdown and his own security protocols locked down access to his NYC armory.[[spoiler: However, [[spoiler:However, issue #3 reveals the Chameleon has been posing as Tony throughout the event's first half -- suggesting this was a cover story by Dmitri Smerdyakov to explain why 'Tony' couldn't bring his technology to bear against Fisk.]]]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: Tony Stark doesn't have access to his Iron Man armors as Fisk's crackdown and his own security protocols locked down access to his NYC armory.
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** [[spoiler: Having been on the receiving end of Killgrave's abilities during ''Alias'', Jessica Jones, more than any of the other heroes, recognizes his abilities at work when Fisk begins trying to brainwash the NYC electorate.]]]
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** [[spoiler: Having been on the receiving end of Killgrave's abilities during ''Alias'', Jessica Jones, more than any of the other heroes, recognizes his abilities at work when Fisk begins trying to brainwash the NYC electorate.]]]]]
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* WorfHadTheFlu: Tony Stark doesn't have access to his Iron Man armors as Fisk's crackdown and his own security protocols locked down access to his NYC armory. [[spoiler: However, issue #3 reveals the Chameleon has been posing as Tony throughout the event's first half -- suggesting this was a cover story by Dmitri Smerdyakov to explain why 'Tony' couldn't bring his technology to bear against Fisk.]]
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* TheBusCameBack: In issue #3, [[spoiler: the Purple Children return to the pages of ''Daredevil'' for the first time since the ''Purple'' storyline during Charles Soule's run in 2017.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:As it turns out, the Tony Stark the heroes were talking to wasn't actually Tony, but the Chameleon in disguise - Dr. Octopus had actually planned on yanking the mayor's seat out from under Fisk by using Tony, but Luke Cage telling Tony to back off and let him handle it ruined everything.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:As [[spoiler: As it turns out, the Tony Stark the heroes were talking to have interacted with throughout the event's first half wasn't actually Tony, but the Chameleon in disguise - disguise. Dr. Octopus had actually planned on yanking the mayor's Mayor's seat out from under Fisk by using Tony, but Luke Cage telling Tony to back off and let him handle it ruined everything.]]
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** Ironically, the following issue reveals [[spoiler: Tony was ticked off not because of his bruised ego, but because Tony was actually the Chameleon in disguise. 'Mayor Stark' was part of a larger play by Otto Octavius for undermining Fisk. 'Tony' was pissed because Luke unwittingly just ruined that plan.]]
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* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Averted. Zdarsky's [[https://www.cbr.com/marvel-devils-reign-fisk-chip-zdarsky confirmed]] that while ''Devil's Reign'' is the culmination of his ''Daredevil'' run up to this point, it's ''not'' the climax. He and Marco Checchetto still have plans for Hornhead after the event.
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* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Averted. Zdarsky's [[https://www.cbr.com/marvel-devils-reign-fisk-chip-zdarsky confirmed]] that while ''Devil's Reign'' is the culmination of his ''Daredevil'' run up to this point, it's ''not'' the climax. He and Marco Checchetto still have plans for Hornhead will be relaunching Hornhead's monthly book several months after the event.event's conclusion.
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** ''Devil's Reign: Spider-Man'', while also running parallel with ''Spider-Man Beyond'', also ties into the tail-end of ComicBook/NickSpencersSpiderMan. More specifically, it's following up on the resurrection of [[spoiler: Richard Fisk AKA the Rose]] at the end of ''King's Ransom''.
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** ''Devil's Reign: Spider-Man'', while also running parallel with ''Spider-Man Beyond'', also ties into the tail-end of ComicBook/NickSpencersSpiderMan. More specifically, it's following up on the resurrection of [[spoiler: Richard Fisk AKA the Rose]] at the end of ''King's Ransom''. [[spoiler: The Chameleon is also now on the loose following ''The Chameleon Conspiracy", allowing Otto to hire him to secretly impersonate Tony Stark.]]
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** [[spoiler: Having been on the receiving end of Killgrave's abilities during ''Alias'', Jessica Jones, more than any of the other heroes, recognizes his abilities at work when Fisk begins trying to brainwash the NYC electorate.]]]
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*** Issue #3 also addresses another logical, if inevitable repercussion of the mind-wipe: [[spoiler: Killgrave knows. He's forgotten Daredevil's identity too, but he ''knows'' his children are responsible because he recognized their powers in action.]]
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The Tony Stark who had been planning to run for mayor is actually the Chameleon as part of a plan by Dr. Octopus to have his proxy be elected over Fisk]].
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* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler:When Jessica Jones realizes that Kilgrave is influencing minds, Daredevil decides the best thing to do is to pull a coup on Fisk.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:As it turns out, the Tony Stark the heroes were talking to wasn't actually Tony, but the Chameleon in disguise - Dr. Octopus had actually planned on yanking the mayor's seat out from under Fisk by using Tony, but Luke Cage telling Tony to back off and let him handle it ruined everything.]]
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Clearly the Thunderbolts don't like working together, and they would fight each other to the death if not for Fisk's cohesion.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Clearly the The Thunderbolts don't like working together, and they would fight spend as much -- if not ''more'' -- time squabbling with each other to than they do fighting crime in ''Villains for Hire'' #1. While the death team is awaiting orders from Fisk, Whiplash attempts to go AWOL, prompting Agony to try to eat him. Rhino tries to break it up only to get into a fight with Electro, and Taskmaster gets dragged into the brawl trying to break it up too. It takes Fisk putting his foot down and threatening to have them [[CementShoes sleeping with the fishes]] if not for Fisk's cohesion.they piss him off again to break the fight up.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Clearly the Thunderbolts don't like working together, and they would fight each other to the death if not for Fisk's cohesion.
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* BattleTrophy: The tie-in issues of ''Spider-Woman'' reveals that [[spoiler: Norman Osborn claimed the Skrull Queen Veranke's body as one following his kill shot in ''Secret Invasion'' and during ''Dark Reign''.]]
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* BattleTrophy: The tie-in issues of ''Spider-Woman'' reveals that [[spoiler: Norman Osborn claimed the Skrull Queen Veranke's body as one following his kill shot in ''Secret Invasion'' and during Invasion''. Fisk acquired it sometime following ''Dark Reign''.Reign'' (presumably in the aftermath of ''Siege'' and the downfall of H.A.M.M.E.R. when its assets were being seized or went 'missing').]]
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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: The tie-in issues of ''Spider-Woman'' finally answer a long unresolved loose end from ''Secret Invasion'': [[spoiler: What became of the Skrull Queen Veranke's body after Norman shot her and following the final battle?]]
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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: The tie-in issues of ''Spider-Woman'' finally answer a long unresolved loose end from ''Secret Invasion'': [[spoiler: What became of the Skrull Queen Veranke's body after Norman Osborn shot her and following the final battle?]]
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* BattleTrophy: The tie-in issues of ''Spider-Woman'' reveals that [[spoiler: Norman Osborn claimed the Skrull Queen Veranke's body as one following his kill shot in ''Secret Invasion'' and during ''Dark Reign''.]]
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** [[spoiler: A post-''Iron Fist Heart of the Dragon'' Danny Rand falling to Crossbones and his team off-screen. Danny may be one of the world's greatest martial artists, but at this point, he's also now powerless and his allies like Luke are scattered throughout the City. So the ex-Iron Fist can only hold his own for so long before being subuded and taken into custody.]]
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** [[spoiler: A post-''Iron Fist Heart of the Dragon'' Danny Rand falling to Crossbones and his team off-screen. Danny may be one of the world's greatest martial artists, but at this point, he's also now powerless and his allies like Luke are scattered throughout the City. So the ex-Iron Fist can only hold his own for so long before being subuded subdued and taken into custody.]]
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Veranke, the Skrull Queen during ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', is revealed to be alive and well in ''Spider-Woman''.]]
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''Devil's Reign'' is a ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' CrisisCrossover created by Creator/MarvelComics in 2021. It is the continuation of ''ComicBook/ChipZdarskysDaredevil'' ''ComicBook/DaredevilChipZdarsky'' run.
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** Agony is shown as a member of Wilson Fisk's Thunderbolts, tying into ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'' and overlapping with ''ComicBook/Venom2021''.
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** Agony is shown as a member of Wilson Fisk's Thunderbolts, tying into ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'' and overlapping with ''ComicBook/Venom2021''.''ComicBook/VenomEwingAndRamV''.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Just like in the ComicBook/DarkReign era, Wilson Fisk abuses his position as Mayor of New York to deputize dozens upon dozens of supervillains to crack down on the city's superhero community on behalf of the law. This includes the likes of Agony, who -- as elucidated in ''ComicBook/Venom2021'' -- was sent by Senator Arthur Krane as part of the Friends of Humanity's partnership with Wilson Fisk despite being a symbiote host post-''ComicBook/KingInBlack'' and being caught on camera melting and eating people in ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'' as part of Carnage's assassination of Senator Peter Krane.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Just like in the ComicBook/DarkReign era, Wilson Fisk abuses his position as Mayor of New York to deputize dozens upon dozens of supervillains to crack down on the city's superhero community on behalf of the law. This includes the likes of Agony, who -- as elucidated in ''ComicBook/Venom2021'' ''ComicBook/VenomEwingAndRamV'' -- was sent by Senator Arthur Krane as part of the Friends of Humanity's partnership with Wilson Fisk despite being a symbiote host post-''ComicBook/KingInBlack'' and being caught on camera melting and eating people in ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'' as part of Carnage's assassination of Senator Peter Krane.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Disk’s plan to win the election: [[spoiler:use Killgrave to hypnotize the citizens to vote for him.]]
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Disk’s Fisk’s plan to win the election: [[spoiler:use Killgrave to hypnotize the citizens to vote for him.]]
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Disk’s plan to win the election: [[spoiler:use Killgrave to hypnotize the citizens to vote for him.]]
** Dr. Octopus notes Fisk’s plan to win the election is similar to a rumor of Dr. Doom the same thing to rule the world, referencing the popular graphic novel ''Avengers: Emperor Doom''.
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* FightFireWithFire: Tony Stark's plan to battle Fisk? Run for Mayor himself.
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* EvilKnockoff: Dr. Octopus’ Superior Four, multi-armed versions of the All-New Fantastic Four with Doc Ock as Spider-Man.
* FightFireWithFire: Tony Stark's plan to battle Fisk? Run for Mayor himself. Luke Cage hijacks the plan, noting that people would trust him more than another white rich man, something that cheeses Tony off.
* FightFireWithFire: Tony Stark's plan to battle Fisk? Run for Mayor himself. Luke Cage hijacks the plan, noting that people would trust him more than another white rich man, something that cheeses Tony off.
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** [[spoiler: A post-''Iron Fist' Heart of the Dragon'' Danny Rand being taken into custody by Crossbones and his team. Danny may be one of the world's greatest martial artists, but at this point, he's also now powerless and his allies like Luke are scattered throughout the City. So he can only hold his own for so long.]]
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* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler: In issue #2, Fisk correctly deduces from the evidence that Spider-Man is very likely a ''Daily Bugle'' employee. So he has Taskmaster and his goons set a trap at the publisher. His deduction is correct and the trap works...except Peter's out of commission due to ''Spider-Man Beyond'' and they've cornered the wrong Spider-Man (Ben Reilly) and don't know it.]]
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Fisk discovering that he once upon a time knew Daredevil's secret identity. This has always been inevitable ever since the Purple Children's mind-wipe during the interim between the Mark Waid and Charles Soule eras. Their mind-wipe only erased the knowledge of Matt's identity and left a mental block preventing anyone from seeing the evidence (and that block could only be unlocked if Matt himself chose to reveal the truth). Their mind-wipe ''didn't'' destroy any of the physical or digital evidence of Matt's secret. With how much Daredevil has remained a thorn in his side (and having previously known his real identity since ''Born Again''), it is completely plausible that Fisk would've had such documentation stashed away before the mind-wipe. It is thus realistic and inevitable that Fisk would eventually consult his files and finally discover his memories had been altered.
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** Fisk discovering that he once upon a time knew Daredevil's secret identity. This has always been inevitable ever since the Purple Children's mind-wipe during the interim between the Mark Waid and Charles Soule eras. Their mind-wipe only erased the knowledge of Matt's identity and left a mental block preventing anyone from seeing the evidence (and that block could only be unlocked if Matt himself chose to reveal the truth). Their mind-wipe ''didn't'' destroy any of the physical or digital evidence of Matt's secret. With how much Daredevil has remained a thorn in his side (and having previously known his real identity since ''Born Again''), it is completely plausible that Fisk would've had such documentation stashed away before the mind-wipe. It is thus realistic and inevitable that Fisk would eventually consult his files and finally discover his memories had been
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''Devil's Reign'' can refer to the following comics:
* ''[[ComicBook/DevilsReignTopCowMarvel Devil's Reign]]'': A {{Crossover}} between Creator/TopCowProductions and Creator/{{Marvel}} in which ComicBook/{{Mephisto}} attempts to gather all the souls of the Top Cow Universe.
* ''[[ComicBook/DevilsReignMarvel Devil's Reign]]'': A ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} {{Crossover}} event with [[ComicBook/TheKingpin Mayor Fisk]] outlawing superheroes in New York.
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* ''[[ComicBook/DevilsReignTopCowMarvel Devil's Reign]]'': A {{Crossover}} between Creator/TopCowProductions and Creator/{{Marvel}} in which ComicBook/{{Mephisto}} attempts to gather all the souls of the Top Cow Universe.
* ''[[ComicBook/DevilsReignMarvel Devil's Reign]]'': A ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} {{Crossover}} event with [[ComicBook/TheKingpin Mayor Fisk]] outlawing superheroes in New York.
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''Devil's Reign''can refer to is a ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' CrisisCrossover created by Creator/MarvelComics in 2021. It is the following comics:
* ''[[ComicBook/DevilsReignTopCowMarvel Devil's Reign]]'': A {{Crossover}} between Creator/TopCowProductions and Creator/{{Marvel}} in which ComicBook/{{Mephisto}} attempts to gather all the soulscontinuation of the Top Cow Universe.
* ''[[ComicBook/DevilsReignMarvel Devil's Reign]]'': A ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} {{Crossover}} event with''ComicBook/ChipZdarskysDaredevil'' run.
[[ComicBook/TheKingpin Mayor Wilson Fisk]]outlawing is angry. With the Matt Murdock Daredevil released from jail, his problems keep rising. Even more so, he's realized that he knew who Daredevil was, but can't remember him. In anger and with his reelection coming up, he's unleashed his latest scheme - an all-out ban on super heroes in New York. Can our heroes find a way to stop the Kingpin and this mad law? Or is this just the start for the former thug?
Unlike most events, the story is self-contained, left within a number of tie-in mini-series and one-shots with very minimal actual titles involved.
[[folder: Titles Involved]]
* ''Devil's Reign'' #1-6
* ''Devil's Reign: Superior Four'' #1-3
* ''Devil's Reign: Villains for Hire'' #1-3
* ''Devil's Reign: ComicBook/WinterSoldier'' #1
* ''Devil's Reign: ComicBook/XMen'' #1-3
* ''Devil's Reign: ComicBook/MoonKnight'' #1
* ''Daredevil: Woman Without Fear'' #1-3
* ''ComicBook/SpiderWoman'' #18-19
* ''Moon Knight'' #8
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!!''Devil's Reign'' provides examples of:
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Dr. Octopus, with the aid of Homeland Security and the NYPD, is able to obtain the Baxter Building and arrest Reed and Susan Richards.
* BigBad: Mayor Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. the Kingpin, has decided that he's fed up with New York's superheroesin and decided to use his power as the mayor of New York.
IfYork ''and'' as a direct wick crime lord to rectify that.
* BullyingADragon: Matt taunting Fisk after the latter confronts him over his lost memories of Hornhead's secret identity.
* CallBack:
** In justifying his superhero ban, Fisk lists how Spider-Man had a symbiote long before the events of ''ComicBook/KingInBlack'' and how Thor was connected to ''ComicBook/TheWarOfTheRealms''. He also mentions, but not by name, [[ComicBook/{{Outlawed}} Kamala's Law]].
** Tony Stark's response to the Powers Act is to argue that Fisk's just retreading old legal ground that the United States hasled you here, please correct [[ComicBook/CivilWar been down before]] and settled (and in Fisk's case, that it's just an election year stunt).
* ContinuityOverlap:
** ''Devil's Reign'' runs parallel to ComicBook/SpiderManBeyond. As a result, thelink Spider-Man appearing within the event and tie-ins is Ben Reilly (as Peter Parker is still hospitalized). Miles Morales is also now wearing his redesigned costume which debuted on the cusp of ''Spider-Man Beyond''. Otto Octavius has also just returned to New York (continuing on from the climax of Nick Spencer's preceding ''Spider-Man'' run).
** ''Devil's Reign: Spider-Man'', while also running parallel with ''Spider-Man Beyond'', also ties into the tail-end of ComicBook/NickSpencersSpiderMan. More specifically, it's following up on the resurrection of [[spoiler: Richard Fisk AKA the Rose]] at the end of ''King's Ransom''.
** Agony is shown as a member of Wilson Fisk's Thunderbolts, tying into ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'' and overlapping with ''ComicBook/Venom2021''.
* CrisisCrossover: Marvel's late 2021/early 2022 event.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Played with. This is not the first Daredevil-centric event Marvel's done (as that honor goes to 2010's ''Shadowland''). That said, the scale and scope of ''Devil's Reign'' dwarfs its predecessor. ''Shadowland'' was more of a street-level event affecting the grounded heroes like Luke Cage, Moon Knight, etc. ''Devil's Reign'', by contrast, affects ''all'' New York-based heroes, including the ''big'' guns like Reed Richards, Tony Stark, and Steve Rogers.
** Upgrading ''Devil's Reign'' from a storyline with the pages of ''Daredevil'' to a Crisis Crossover's also completely justified. While the 'Mayor Fisk' storyline affected multiple titles from ''Marvel Legacy'' onward (Nick Spencer's ''Spider-Man'' especially), the core narrative still ultimately began in the pages of Charles Soule's preceding ''Daredevil'' run and played out in Hornhead's title. Plus, Matt ''is'' Fisk's arch-enemy, so any attempt to take Kingpin down means Daredevil of all people will most certainly be leading the charge.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Fisk declares all-out war on NYC's superheroes because Daredevil (or rather the Purple Children) took his memories of Matt's secret identity and taunted Wilson about it. However, it's also subverted in that it was clear this was coming sooner or later (and is, if anything, a much larger, more legally airtight extension of the similar anti-superhero operation he'd already tried back in Charles Soule's ''Daredevil'' run). Matt was just the ''casus belli''.
* EnemyMine: Otto working for Fisk. Reed lampshades that Otto's allowing himself to become a follower rather than marching to his own tune as per the norm. Otto counters that he's willing to work for Fisk this time given the potential gains of this enterprise, [[spoiler: specifically access to Reed's inter-dimensional technology.]]
* FightFireWithFire: Tony Stark's plan to battle Fisk? Run for Mayor himself.
* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Averted. Zdarsky's [[https://www.cbr.com/marvel-devils-reign-fisk-chip-zdarsky confirmed]] that while ''Devil's Reign'' is the culmination of his ''Daredevil'' run up to this point, it's ''not'' the climax. He and Marco Checchetto still have plans for Hornhead after the event.
* HistoryRepeats: This story recycles ''A LOT'' of plot points from previous Marvel CrisisCrossover events, to thecorresponding article.point where characters InUniverse lampshade the fact that Mayor Fisk's plot to enact and enforce a piece of dubious legislation that outlaws superheroes is nothing more than a retread of similar ploys they've already dealt with in the past.
* {{Irony}}: Given the similarities between the Powers Act and the [[ComicBook/CivilWar Superhuman Registration Act]], the heroes that were pro-Registration (like Reed Richards and Tony Stark) now find themselves on the receiving end of the exact same kind of crackdown they once put their colleagues through.
* ItsAllMyFault: Daredevil tells some of the heroes that he believes the ban is his fault, that had Killgrave's children not erased the memory of his identity from the world, Fisk wouldn't have activated the ban. Captain America tells him he would have no matter what.
* ItAmusedMe: The Stromwyns are revealed to have secretly helped Fisk get elected mayor because they were bored and thought it might be fun to turn the Kingpin of Crime into the Mayor of New York City.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While Fisk's actions haven't met with total approval, clips of civilians reacting to the news have featured some observing that he has a point about how the existence of the heroes has drawn in some of their villains.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The event's catalyst, as Fisk has finally discovered that his memory of Daredevil's secret identity was stolen from him during Charles Soule's run.
* ManBehindTheMan: Issue #1 reveals that [[spoiler:Uma and Quinn Stromwyn are behind Fisk's ascension to Mayor of New York and they're preparing to elevate him to President]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Played with when Matt taunts Fisk after the latter demands to know what he did to Fisk's memory and knowledge of Daredevil's identity. While this puts Fisk on the warpath and starts the Powers Act crackdown, Steve Rogers correctly points out later that Fisk still would've done something like this sooner or later (taunting or no).
* NoSell: When Fisk releases Killgrave from prison, Killgrave attempts to take over Fisk's mind. Fisk resists all-too-easy and [[spoiler:apparently stabs him to death]].
* PapaWolf: When Thunderbolts agents start shooting at Ben, Johnny, Franklin and Valeria, Ben takes the couch and chucks it at them, sticking them against a wall, yelling at how they're shooting at ''children''. He doesn't stick around to clobber them more as he joins the others in escaping so they can rescue Alicia and his kids.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Butch Pharris, Mayor Fisk's son and the current crime lord of Hell's Kitchen, calls out his father for kicking the figurative hornet's nest that is the ''entire'' Superhero community just because ''one'' vigilante pissed him off. Knowing it's only a matter of time before their inevitable retaliation results in Fisk losing everything.
--> '''Butch:''' You're a fool. Superheroes? Really? What, am I pointing lasers at the planet? Trying to mind-control the population? [[NotSoDifferentRemark You're as garish and outdated as they are]]. I'm not you, "Wilson." I'm not here to be goaded into trading punches with ''Spider-Men.'' You're a joke. [[BullyingADragon You can't help but poke the bears]]. And they'll eat you. They will. [[BadassBoast And I'll still run this town.]]
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Fisk discovering that he once upon a time knew Daredevil's secret identity. This has always been inevitable ever since the Purple Children's mind-wipe during the interim between the Mark Waid and Charles Soule eras. Their mind-wipe only erased the knowledge of Matt's identity and left a mental block preventing anyone from seeing the evidence (and that block could only be unlocked if Matt himself chose to reveal the truth). Their mind-wipe ''didn't'' destroy any of the physical or digital evidence of Matt's secret. With how much Daredevil has remained a thorn in his side (and having previously known his real identity since ''Born Again''), it is completely plausible that Fisk would've had such documentation stashed away before the mind-wipe. It is thus realistic and inevitable that Fisk would eventually consult his files and finally discover his memories had been altered.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Just like in the ComicBook/DarkReign era, Wilson Fisk abuses his position as Mayor of New York to deputize dozens upon dozens of supervillains to crack down on the city's superhero community on behalf of the law. This includes the likes of Agony, who -- as elucidated in ''ComicBook/Venom2021'' -- was sent by Senator Arthur Krane as part of the Friends of Humanity's partnership with Wilson Fisk despite being a symbiote host post-''ComicBook/KingInBlack'' and being caught on camera melting and eating people in ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'' as part of Carnage's assassination of Senator Peter Krane.
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''Devil's Reign''
* ''[[ComicBook/DevilsReignTopCowMarvel Devil's Reign]]'': A {{Crossover}} between Creator/TopCowProductions and Creator/{{Marvel}} in which ComicBook/{{Mephisto}} attempts to gather all the souls
* ''[[ComicBook/DevilsReignMarvel Devil's Reign]]'': A ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} {{Crossover}} event with
[[ComicBook/TheKingpin Mayor Wilson Fisk]]
Unlike most events, the story is self-contained, left within a number of tie-in mini-series and one-shots with very minimal actual titles involved.
[[folder: Titles Involved]]
* ''Devil's Reign'' #1-6
* ''Devil's Reign: Superior Four'' #1-3
* ''Devil's Reign: Villains for Hire'' #1-3
* ''Devil's Reign: ComicBook/WinterSoldier'' #1
* ''Devil's Reign: ComicBook/XMen'' #1-3
* ''Devil's Reign: ComicBook/MoonKnight'' #1
* ''Daredevil: Woman Without Fear'' #1-3
* ''ComicBook/SpiderWoman'' #18-19
* ''Moon Knight'' #8
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!!''Devil's Reign'' provides examples of:
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Dr. Octopus, with the aid of Homeland Security and the NYPD, is able to obtain the Baxter Building and arrest Reed and Susan Richards.
* BigBad: Mayor Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. the Kingpin, has decided that he's fed up with New York's superheroes
If
* BullyingADragon: Matt taunting Fisk after the latter confronts him over his lost memories of Hornhead's secret identity.
* CallBack:
** In justifying his superhero ban, Fisk lists how Spider-Man had a symbiote long before the events of ''ComicBook/KingInBlack'' and how Thor was connected to ''ComicBook/TheWarOfTheRealms''. He also mentions, but not by name, [[ComicBook/{{Outlawed}} Kamala's Law]].
** Tony Stark's response to the Powers Act is to argue that Fisk's just retreading old legal ground that the United States has
* ContinuityOverlap:
** ''Devil's Reign'' runs parallel to ComicBook/SpiderManBeyond. As a result, the
** ''Devil's Reign: Spider-Man'', while also running parallel with ''Spider-Man Beyond'', also ties into the tail-end of ComicBook/NickSpencersSpiderMan. More specifically, it's following up on the resurrection of [[spoiler: Richard Fisk AKA the Rose]] at the end of ''King's Ransom''.
** Agony is shown as a member of Wilson Fisk's Thunderbolts, tying into ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'' and overlapping with ''ComicBook/Venom2021''.
* CrisisCrossover: Marvel's late 2021/early 2022 event.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Played with. This is not the first Daredevil-centric event Marvel's done (as that honor goes to 2010's ''Shadowland''). That said, the scale and scope of ''Devil's Reign'' dwarfs its predecessor. ''Shadowland'' was more of a street-level event affecting the grounded heroes like Luke Cage, Moon Knight, etc. ''Devil's Reign'', by contrast, affects ''all'' New York-based heroes, including the ''big'' guns like Reed Richards, Tony Stark, and Steve Rogers.
** Upgrading ''Devil's Reign'' from a storyline with the pages of ''Daredevil'' to a Crisis Crossover's also completely justified. While the 'Mayor Fisk' storyline affected multiple titles from ''Marvel Legacy'' onward (Nick Spencer's ''Spider-Man'' especially), the core narrative still ultimately began in the pages of Charles Soule's preceding ''Daredevil'' run and played out in Hornhead's title. Plus, Matt ''is'' Fisk's arch-enemy, so any attempt to take Kingpin down means Daredevil of all people will most certainly be leading the charge.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Fisk declares all-out war on NYC's superheroes because Daredevil (or rather the Purple Children) took his memories of Matt's secret identity and taunted Wilson about it. However, it's also subverted in that it was clear this was coming sooner or later (and is, if anything, a much larger, more legally airtight extension of the similar anti-superhero operation he'd already tried back in Charles Soule's ''Daredevil'' run). Matt was just the ''casus belli''.
* EnemyMine: Otto working for Fisk. Reed lampshades that Otto's allowing himself to become a follower rather than marching to his own tune as per the norm. Otto counters that he's willing to work for Fisk this time given the potential gains of this enterprise, [[spoiler: specifically access to Reed's inter-dimensional technology.]]
* FightFireWithFire: Tony Stark's plan to battle Fisk? Run for Mayor himself.
* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Averted. Zdarsky's [[https://www.cbr.com/marvel-devils-reign-fisk-chip-zdarsky confirmed]] that while ''Devil's Reign'' is the culmination of his ''Daredevil'' run up to this point, it's ''not'' the climax. He and Marco Checchetto still have plans for Hornhead after the event.
* HistoryRepeats: This story recycles ''A LOT'' of plot points from previous Marvel CrisisCrossover events, to the
* {{Irony}}: Given the similarities between the Powers Act and the [[ComicBook/CivilWar Superhuman Registration Act]], the heroes that were pro-Registration (like Reed Richards and Tony Stark) now find themselves on the receiving end of the exact same kind of crackdown they once put their colleagues through.
* ItsAllMyFault: Daredevil tells some of the heroes that he believes the ban is his fault, that had Killgrave's children not erased the memory of his identity from the world, Fisk wouldn't have activated the ban. Captain America tells him he would have no matter what.
* ItAmusedMe: The Stromwyns are revealed to have secretly helped Fisk get elected mayor because they were bored and thought it might be fun to turn the Kingpin of Crime into the Mayor of New York City.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While Fisk's actions haven't met with total approval, clips of civilians reacting to the news have featured some observing that he has a point about how the existence of the heroes has drawn in some of their villains.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The event's catalyst, as Fisk has finally discovered that his memory of Daredevil's secret identity was stolen from him during Charles Soule's run.
* ManBehindTheMan: Issue #1 reveals that [[spoiler:Uma and Quinn Stromwyn are behind Fisk's ascension to Mayor of New York and they're preparing to elevate him to President]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Played with when Matt taunts Fisk after the latter demands to know what he did to Fisk's memory and knowledge of Daredevil's identity. While this puts Fisk on the warpath and starts the Powers Act crackdown, Steve Rogers correctly points out later that Fisk still would've done something like this sooner or later (taunting or no).
* NoSell: When Fisk releases Killgrave from prison, Killgrave attempts to take over Fisk's mind. Fisk resists all-too-easy and [[spoiler:apparently stabs him to death]].
* PapaWolf: When Thunderbolts agents start shooting at Ben, Johnny, Franklin and Valeria, Ben takes the couch and chucks it at them, sticking them against a wall, yelling at how they're shooting at ''children''. He doesn't stick around to clobber them more as he joins the others in escaping so they can rescue Alicia and his kids.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Butch Pharris, Mayor Fisk's son and the current crime lord of Hell's Kitchen, calls out his father for kicking the figurative hornet's nest that is the ''entire'' Superhero community just because ''one'' vigilante pissed him off. Knowing it's only a matter of time before their inevitable retaliation results in Fisk losing everything.
--> '''Butch:''' You're a fool. Superheroes? Really? What, am I pointing lasers at the planet? Trying to mind-control the population? [[NotSoDifferentRemark You're as garish and outdated as they are]]. I'm not you, "Wilson." I'm not here to be goaded into trading punches with ''Spider-Men.'' You're a joke. [[BullyingADragon You can't help but poke the bears]]. And they'll eat you. They will. [[BadassBoast And I'll still run this town.]]
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Fisk discovering that he once upon a time knew Daredevil's secret identity. This has always been inevitable ever since the Purple Children's mind-wipe during the interim between the Mark Waid and Charles Soule eras. Their mind-wipe only erased the knowledge of Matt's identity and left a mental block preventing anyone from seeing the evidence (and that block could only be unlocked if Matt himself chose to reveal the truth). Their mind-wipe ''didn't'' destroy any of the physical or digital evidence of Matt's secret. With how much Daredevil has remained a thorn in his side (and having previously known his real identity since ''Born Again''), it is completely plausible that Fisk would've had such documentation stashed away before the mind-wipe. It is thus realistic and inevitable that Fisk would eventually consult his files and finally discover his memories had been altered.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Just like in the ComicBook/DarkReign era, Wilson Fisk abuses his position as Mayor of New York to deputize dozens upon dozens of supervillains to crack down on the city's superhero community on behalf of the law. This includes the likes of Agony, who -- as elucidated in ''ComicBook/Venom2021'' -- was sent by Senator Arthur Krane as part of the Friends of Humanity's partnership with Wilson Fisk despite being a symbiote host post-''ComicBook/KingInBlack'' and being caught on camera melting and eating people in ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'' as part of Carnage's assassination of Senator Peter Krane.
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''Devil's Reign'' can refer to the following comics:
* ''[[ComicBook/DevilsReignTopCowMarvel Devil's Reign]]'': A {{Crossover}} between Creator/TopCowProductions and Creator/{{Marvel}} in which ComicBook/{{Mephisto}} attempts to gather all the souls of the Top Cow Universe.
* ''[[ComicBook/DevilsReignMarvel Devil's Reign]]'': A ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} {{Crossover}} event with [[ComicBook/TheKingpin Mayor Fisk]] outlawing superheroes in New York.
If a direct wick has led you here, please correct the link so that it points to the corresponding article.
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* ''[[ComicBook/DevilsReignTopCowMarvel Devil's Reign]]'': A {{Crossover}} between Creator/TopCowProductions and Creator/{{Marvel}} in which ComicBook/{{Mephisto}} attempts to gather all the souls of the Top Cow Universe.
* ''[[ComicBook/DevilsReignMarvel Devil's Reign]]'': A ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} {{Crossover}} event with [[ComicBook/TheKingpin Mayor Fisk]] outlawing superheroes in New York.
If a direct wick has led you here, please correct the link so that it points to the corresponding article.
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