written by Chip Zdarsky
drawn by Marco Checchetto
colored by Matt Wilson
And so Chip Zdarsky's supernatural epic which has been in the making since 2018 finally comes to a conclusion with Matt Murdock aka Daredevil going down to hell to fight the Beast himself, clad in a white version of his costume and convinced that, with the ghost of his dad Jack Murdock by his side, he is doing the will of God. Things do not quite turn out as he had expected, though, and even though he finds the souls of Foggy, Stick and several others and sets about rescuing them all, he realizes with a sinking feeling that there may be no turning back for him.
After finally taking down the Hand a few issues back and then clobbering their financial backers, the Stromwyns, Matt Murdock's showdown with the Beast had the trappings of a classic showdown, reminiscent of his grand final battles with Wilson Fisk, but instead it featured a rather limp twist and ended with a bit of a thud. This was what Zdarsky spent years setting up? About the only thing it does is make like hard for the incoming creative team of Saladin Ahmed and Aaron Kuder.
After the Zdarsky/Checchetto team really solidified their credibility with Devil's Reign, it was genuinely sad to see how inconsistent in quality this "War on the Hand" storyline has been, and this showdown really is just the final insult. I'm at least glad that it's over, save for one more issue which will no doubt be an epilogue of sorts before the new creative team takes over.
6/10
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