Warning: Daredevil (2023) is a direct sequel to events in Daredevil (2019), Devil's Reign, and Daredevil (2022), so Late Arrival Spoilers for those comics may be unmarked on this page.
Daredevil #1 cover art by John Romita Jr.
"I'm teaching them all the wrong lessons and God is watching. God ... and the Devil."
Daredevil is 2023 comic book series from Marvel Comics, written by Saladin Ahmed with art by Aaron Kuder. A relaunch and the eighth overall Daredevil series, the series picks up Matt Murdock's and Elektra Natchios' storylines following the conclusion of Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto's Marvel: A Fresh Start-era tenure on Daredevil (2022).
In the aftermath of Zdarsky's run, the war between the Hand and the Fist has come to a bloody end. Both organizations suffered heavy losses, with the Punisher disappearing and Matt Murdock dying to save the soul of Foggy Nelson from the Hand's demonic patron the Beast.
However, as with so many deaths in the Marvel Universe (to say nothing of keeping with Catholic tradition), it didn't stick.
In the war's aftermath, Matt Murdock has been mysteriously brought back to the land of the living — but with a catch: Matt has no memory of his devilish identity.
Instead of returning to his legal career, Matt has instead forged and embraced a new life as a man of the faith. He is now Father Matthew, a priest who watches over a local church that cares for orphans and runaways.
However, not everything is as simple seems. There was a price to pay for Matt Murdock's resurrection — and the bill's coming due. To protect his new charges, the Devil of Hell's Kitchen must rise again...
The first issue was released September 13, 2023. The book ended with issue #25 in September of 2025.
A new series, Daredevil (2026), written by Stephanie Phillips with art by Lee Garbett, started publishing in April, 2026.
Daredevil (2023) provides examples of the following tropes:
- An Arm and a Leg: Matt is horrified when he finds Bullseye's arm on a rooftop, the arm having been literally ripped off the assassin with no sign of Bullseye himself or any indication what state he is in.
- Badass Preacher: Matt Murdock as a Priest goes exactly as you'd expect it would.
- Big Eater: On her platonic lunch date with Matt in issue #5, She-Hulk devours a ten-course meal without even batting an eye, with Matt's behavior suggesting that it's not that unusual for her. Then she declares she wants more. She washes it down with at least five or six bowls of ramen at a Japanese restaurant, then goes in search of dessert. When it turns out the gelato place she wants to visit is currently being held up by criminals, she flies into a berserker rage at being denied her food. Unsurprisingly, she turns out to be possessed by Matt's Gluttony.
- Bittersweet Ending: The Sins are ultimately all sent back to Hell, but Wrath only retreats to Hell after he has forced Matt to let Bullseye die to save Foggy, violating his resolve not to kill, as well as ending Matt's time as head of the mission.
- Break Out the Museum Piece: Issue #20 has Matt break out the old black armor from his "Jack Battlin" days due to his usual costume being battle-damaged and too much of a reminder for the first major storyline.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome: Even with his memory of being Daredevil repressed, Matt's heroism is still in play as a Priest and with his orphanage project.
- Continuity Overlap: Ahmed's first six months on the book run parallel with the events of Gang War (2023). So, the repercussions of the conflict are acknowledged and have some minor impact on Matt's fight against the Heat (and Butch Pharris' involvement).
- The early run also overlaps with Fall of X, as Wolverine's on the run and pops up in issue #6.
- Costume Evolution: Preview artwork
for Daredevil #1 reveals that while Aaron Kuder has preserved the broad strokes of Marco Checchetto's Elektra-as-Daredevil, elements of her costume have been tweaked (the horns and gloves especially). It's also worth noting that these preview pages were uncolored at the time of the final press release, so it's unclear as of this writing if the costume's coloring template has also been changed or not. - Demonic Possession: The first major plotline centers on The Reveal that when Matt rose from the dead, he inadvertently gave rise to seven demons based on the Seven Deadly Sins, each of whom possesses a major person in Matt's life and seeks to ruin him in its own distinct way.
- Elektra is possessed by the Sin of Sloth.
- Ben Urich is possessed by the Sin of Envy.
- She-Hulk is possessed by the Sin of Gluttony.
- Wolverine is possessed by the Sin of Lust.
- Wilson Fisk is possessed by the Sin of Greed.
- Foggy Nelson is possessed by the Sin of Pride.
- Jason is possessed by the Sin of Wrath.
- Eyeless Face: The Demon of Sloth has no eyes on his face.
- Face–Heel Turn: Seems to apply when Matt learns that the source of the articles claiming that he's taking in teen criminals and training them to commit more crimes is Ben Urich, although he soon learns that Ben has actually been possessed by a demon.
- I Hate Past Me: The semi-amnesiac Matt is frightened by his ingrained predilection towards violence and how accustomed he was to it in hindsight.
- In Spite of a Nail: While Matt's new life has him as a priest rather than a lawyer, Jen Walters notes that legal paperwork exists confirming that "Father Matthew" qualified as a legal representative and has kept his license valid even though he isn't a practising lawyer.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Most of Matt's memories have been repressed, but having to embrace his need to defend people as a devil breaks some of it.
- Logical Weakness: When Matt faces Foggy possessed by Pride, while he can no longer exorcise the demon in a standard manner, when he meets with "Foggy" alone and penitently accepts the need to step away from the home to protect the children living there, this humble display from Matt forces the demon out of Foggy.
- Misplaced Retribution: When Jason, one of the kids at Father Matthew's mission, discovers that Matt is Daredevil, he blames Matt for the death of his father. Elektra later clarifies that Jason's father was a criminal working for the Kingpin, and he was killed when Kingpin blew up a tower while trying to kill Daredevil and just killed his henchmen who were in the building.
- Mugging the Monster: A bunch of thugs try to harass Father Matthew when he defends a teenage girl from her abuser. He makes short work of them.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!: When Matt renounces his faith in a moment of anger at God, he only learns when he tries to exorcise Pride from Foggy that this rejection of his faith means that he can't perform such an exorcism again, requiring him to find another way to stop the remaining demons.
- OOC Is Serious Business:
- Matt and Joe Robertson both note that Ben Urich is acting out of character, more concerned with staying "relevant" and grabbing public attention than researching the facts behind new stories, but they initially have no idea what is specifically wrong with him until Matt confronts him directly and confirms that Ben is possessed by a demon representing envy.
- While confronting Kingpin possessed by Greed, Daredevil tries to draw Fisk's attention to how he's not acting like himself, as Fisk is making blatant power grabs rather than his more traditional subtle manipulations.
- Out-Gambitted: When Matt tries to hire She-Hulk to defend him against Foggy's current suit, Jenn soon determines that Foggy has already filed an injunction declaring that he will basically have the shelter closed down if anyone other than Matt appears to defend the home.
- Rage Quit: Matt is going to lose the lawsuit brought against him by Pride, who he is unable to exorcise from Foggy. It all seems lost until Matt concedes defeat, which causes Pride to throw a tantrum, as Matt simply giving up has rendered all of its machinations pointless since it can no longer savor the victory it would have gotten by using the courts to publicly humiliate and ruin Matt. The Sin leaves Foggy's body and just storms off, presumably back to Hell, without bothering to attack Matt.Pride: You know, out of the seven of us, I really got the rawest deal. I'm Pride! What the Hell am I supposed to do... against a guy who hates himself so damn much?!
- Retired Badass: Matt starts the run having abandoned the role of Daredevil in favor of a priest. His reawakening memories start to drag him back into being a hero again.
- The Reveal: #3 ends with Daredevil discovering that the person behind the new attacks on his orphanage is Bullseye.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: Matt identifies Wolverine as one of the victims of the demonic possessions he's tracking, but he initially assumes Wolverine has been possessed by Wrath before realising the sin controlling the mutant is Lust, drawing on Matt's bloodlust rather than the traditional view.
- Sadistic Choice: Wrath does this towards Matt, making him choose between Foggy or Bullseye dying. Matt saves Foggy, but makes a token attempt to save Bullseye, letting him die again.
- Sin Demons: The central background antagonists of the series are a collection of demons embodying the Seven Deadly Sins. As of issue #16, all seven have been encountered; in order, Sloth, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Greed, Pride and Wrath.
- Starter Villain: The demonic entity in issue #1. He's defeated, but makes it clear he's just the first wave.
- Status Quo Is God:
- After having gone international during the 2022 relaunch, Daredevil returns to Hell's Kitchen. Likewise, Matt's retirement from Daredevil-ing barely lasts the first issue.
- Subverted with Elektra, who's still initially sharing the Daredevil mantle with Matt instead of returning to her pre-Zdarsky assassin identity. It's too early to know, of course, whether this will change or not.
- Issue #1 ends with Matt Murdock back in his more iconic spandex-based costume rather than the Fist's armor or the Civvie Spandex costume that was predominant in Zdarsky's run.
- Survivor Guilt: Both Matt and Foggy are suffering from this due to what Wrath put them through, forcing Matt to choose between Foggy and Bullseye.
- Trailers Always Spoil: The final press release was published several weeks before Zdarsky and Checchetto ended their tenure. So, elements of their finale were spoiled in advance.
- Unexplained Recovery: The big mystery with this run is Matt's revival following him rescuing "Foggy" and what this has to do with the demons coming after him and his loved ones.
- Variant Cover: The press release reveals Variant Covers will be drawn by Kuder, Daredevil luminary Frank Miller, Ejikure, Pepe Larraz, Alex Lozano, and Whilce Poracio.
- What the Hell, Hero?: When Matt goes back to Foggy and Cole North to reveal his return, Foggy in particular is outraged that Matt had been back for months and let Foggy think his best friend died saving his life.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: When Matt is brooding about how he unleashed these demons on Earth, Elektra and Father Javi each assure him that he isn't at fault for these events, Javi affirming that God wouldn't punish a fundamentally good man like Matt on such a scale and Elektra musing that the demons can't represent Matt's own failings as she knows from experience he doesn't have most of these sins anyway (citing as an example that he always insisted that she have seconds when they ate out before he did himself and he has always made love to the women he has been with, reflecting how he doesn't experience gluttony and lust on the scale necessary to represent the demons unleashed).