The Daredevil moniker has been picked up by Elektra while Matt Murdock is in prison, and she is making good on Matt’s worst plan ever. Daredevil’s prime objective is to defend Hell’s Kitchen from crime by nearly any means necessary. Murdock is currently paying the price of that mission after he accidentally killed a criminal in an effort to keep his portion of New York City safe.
However, in the past, Matt decided to not just fight crime, but somewhat embrace and redirect it, declaring himself Hell's Kitchen's new crime lord. Daredevil’s original plan failed because Matt could not justify being anything less than a hero in the city he loves, but Elektra does not share his moral quandaries, making her more suitable to pick up where Matt left off all those years ago. In Daredevil #29 by Chip Zdarsky with art by Marco Checchetto and Marcio Menyz, Elektra’s Daredevil, shadowed by a new apprentice she picked up after the invasion of the King in Black, is battling crime on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen. After incapacitating two low-level thugs, Elektra tells them to relay a message to their boss, Ms. Libris, the new Kingpin of New York. As per the message, Elektra will now be collecting a “security fee” of thirty-thousand dollars a month if the Kingpin wants to operate in Daredevil’s city. Having criminals pay Daredevil to operate as an incentive to nit have to move or cease their operations entirely is a bold idea for a hero to make, but it is one the original Daredevil had in the past.
In Daredevil Vol. 2 #50 by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev, Daredevil is finished dealing with Wilson Fisk and his goons. In a gritty hand-to-hand fight between the brute and the ninja, Daredevil beats the Kingpin nearly to death, then throws his body in front of the criminal’s employees. Shocked and horrified at the state of their boss lying on the floor, the underlings look up to see an unmasked Daredevil verbally assert his dominance over Fisk after they just witnessed the hero do so physically. Daredevil proclaims himself as the new “Kingpin” of New York, highlighting the fact that he has beaten every one of their fellow criminals, including Fisk, and is thereby the toughest muscle in the yard.
Eventually, Daredevil abandoned his role as the “Kingpin,” mostly due to his moral compass as well as his inability to back up his threatening words with the near villainous acts of brutality it would take to keep the underworld in check as their boss. Elektra, however, does not share Matt’s moral dilemma. Elektra has time and again proven her willingness to do what is necessary, killing or otherwise, to complete whatever mission she is tasked with. Murdock couldn’t pull off being the cold-hearted Kingpin for very long, but Elektra may very well succeed where Matt failed.
The reason Elektra has a better chance of successfully running New York’s underworld is that Matt is a hero in the truest sense of the word, whereas Elektra is not. In her heart, Elektra is a good person, that’s why Daredevil works with her on many occasions, but she is by all counts an antihero. Elektra kills without hesitation when it is necessary, only choosing not to recently because she had taken over as Daredevil, while Matt is in prison. Matt is too good of a person to run the underworld, even if it is for the right reason, whereas the New Daredevil is more than capable of carrying out that original plan.
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