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MCU fans may be shock at the brutality ofDaredevilon TV , but reader of the original comics know that the Man Without Fear has been bear on to the brink on more than one occasion . There is one picky act of savagery that still lingers in many fans ’ minds : a memorable coming upon with the villain Bullseye where Daredevil took things a bit too far .
Published in 2003,Daredevil#49 by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev was part four of the “ Hardcore ” plot line . During the course of study of the account , the presumed - dead Kingpin return to New York and proceed to make life sentence a living hell for Matt Murdock - especially by induce plenteous utilisation of Bullseye , one of Daredevil ’s cardinal villains .
One of the assassins Kingpin rent is Bullseye , who wastes no time in going after lunatic . Bullseye point Murdock ’s fresh girl , Milla Donovan , and Daredevil pulls no punches after giving the assassin a slaughter , ending their face-off bycarving Bullseye ’s target symbol tattoo directly into his forehead .
Daredevil’s Most Shocking Act of Brutality Occurred in the Comics, Not on TV
Daredevil#49 by Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev, Matt Hollingsworth, and Cory Petit
While it ’s a bestial scene , Daredevil ’s actions are n’t entirely unwarranted . Daredevil and Bullseye have a long account , and it ’s filled with blood and calamity . Bullseye was a key player in one of the most scandalous moments in comics history , when he killed Elektra with one of her own sais inDaredevil#181 by Frank Miller . At a prison term when the end of major character were rare in mainstream comics , Bullseye ’s murder of Elektrawas one of the things that helped impel Miller ’s run on Daredevil into the poppycock of comic - book caption .
While Daredevil : Born Again sequence 3 ups the ante with a shocking twist despite Benjamin Poindexter ’s absence seizure , Bullseye ’s return may be inevitable .
Bullseye would upend Matt ’s lifespan again some days later , when he in cold blood murder Karen Page duringKevin Smith and Joe Quesada ’s “ Guardian Devil”storyline . hand his propensity for going after the the great unwashed Murdock wish about most , the stakes are considerably higher than usual when Bullseye attempts to go after Milla . This prison term , however , Daredevil is having none of it , unleash years of indite - up ragein his first showdown with Bullseye since Karen Page ’s slaying . hothead then claims that each ring of the scoundrel ’s “ bullseye ” logo that he carves should work as a admonisher of Bullseye ’s victims .
Daredevil’s Act of Violence Isn’t Unwarranted in This Particular Story
Daredevil and Bullseye Have Serious History
“ I went looking for you , Lester , ” Daredevil says . “I decided I was going to find you and toss off you in your slumber . ” He goes on to explicate that he see into Bullseye ’s past and found it completely quotidian . Daredevil ultimately come to realise that Bullseye does n’t require to live , and the baddie continue coming after madcap so that the hero will end thing for him . In what might be the ultimate act of cruelty , Daredevil deny to cross that line , telling Bullseye that “ No one worry if you know or die!”Daredevil’smutilation of Bullseye is far more brutal than anything see on the TV show .
Daredevil#49is available now from Marvel Comics .
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