Recaps

Joker pushed Daredevil to abandon his code as Shocker’s attacks escalated and Steve Rogers tried to reach Bucky. Meanwhile, Yasuo and Hector joined forces against the Magia and Count Nefaria, and the stretch ended with them surrounded inside the Eden club.

• Daredevil failed to protect Hell’s Kitchen from Joker’s chaos and told Joker he had won, then later found encouragement to return to work from a woman who revealed herself as an insect-eyed observer.
• Bucky Barnes and Rider No. 1 overwhelmed Steve Rogers and S.H.I.E.L.D. forces at an oil platform, while Peggy Carter urged Steve to treat Bucky as an enemy.
• Doctor Shinigami and Professor Pyg began turning Elektra into Shocker Rider No. 2, while the Hand planned to move into Hell’s Kitchen.
• Yasuo killed a gang at the Red Rattlesnake, met Hector Ayala, and learned how the Jade Tiger Amulet had given Hector power after the Magia murdered his family.
• Tali stopped intruders from stealing Vought’s superhero data, traced their operation to Arnim Zola, and infected his systems while extracting Hydra intelligence.
• Tony Stark tested his Mark 3 armor in Afghanistan, then attacked Bucky at a Jacksonville bank, where Steve tried to stop him from killing Bucky and endangering hostages.
• Rider No. 1 defeated Tony and Steve until Kamen Rider rescued them, then revealed the Anti-Shocker Alliance and his own past as Badr, who had become Hunter’s Moon.
• Yasuo and Hector fought through mercenaries on the road to Los Angeles and entered Count Nefaria’s Eden club, where armed soldiers surrounded them.

Yasuo uncovered Avarish and Fahima’s betrayal and destroyed them, while Vought created Supergirl and Hannibal concealed Senator Stern’s murder. Elsewhere, Steve began organizing to rescue Bucky, and Joker’s escalating attacks devastated New York and left Luke Cage poisoned and imprisoned.

• Yasuo and Hector fought through Count Nefaria’s Blood Feast aboard the Black Pearl, where Avarish emerged and Fahima revealed she had used them to claim the demon’s authority over greed.
• Yasuo killed Fahima and Avarish, escaped the sinking ship, recovered the White Tiger Amulet, and learned that Angela del Toro had claimed the Ayala family properties.
• Adrien’s experiment transformed a woman into Kara Zor-El, whom Lynn named Supergirl, and Tifa helped Kara stabilize and begin adapting to life outside the laboratory.
• Hannibal killed Senator Stern and served parts of him to Misty Knight, who took his illegal evidence against Rattlesnake without pressing him about Stern’s disappearance.
• Fury sent Steve to assess the Kamen Rider, while Steve reunited with Dugan and began recruiting the Howling Commandos to help bring Bucky back.
• Joker lured the Hand to a construction site, fought Daredevil, and was arrested, but his gang escaped the precinct after releasing green gas that killed Sergeant Brett and others.
• Daredevil traced Joker’s planned broadcast to a chemical plant, where Joker’s operation spread green liquid and laughter through the city.
• Joker poisoned Luke Cage with neurotoxin, had him chained inside a chemical-waste garbage truck, and headed for the Happy Factory.

Daredevil and the Punisher pursued Joker and the drug-altered Luke Cage, while Captain America joined the fight against the Hand. As Vought seized control of superhuman operations and expanded its power, Matthew Murdock emerged from the Hand’s coffin transformed.

• The Joker lured gangs and the Punisher to the docks, where Daredevil rescued Frank from the warehouse explosion and learned that Luke Cage had been taken west.
• Daredevil and the Punisher found Luke at the Happy Factory, but Luke killed Daredevil and the Punisher barely escaped with his body before Captain America intervened against the Hand.
• The Hand captured Daredevil after a truck ambush, and Captain America stayed behind to fight Luke while Dum Dum Dugan and the Punisher tried to escape.
• Steve Rogers secured Vought’s funding, weapons, and intelligence for an operation against Shocker in exchange for Clock Tower support.
• Madame Gao subjected Daredevil to sensory torture and sealed him in a coffin with black sludge to summon the Beast, ordering the Hand to wait three days for Black Sky to emerge.
• Homelander, Iron Man, and Vi fought Hulk and Abomination in Brooklyn as Vought contained the battle and leaked evidence of General Ross’s experiments.
• Ada Wong and Nina Williams seized Ross’s research and Samuel Sterns’s gamma materials, while Vought eliminated liaison stations and won Congress’s support for its control of superhuman defense.
• Matthew Murdock emerged from the shattered coffin with his injuries healed and his blind eyes blood red.