Kingpin's subordinates follow his every move and constantly report back to their boss, chronicling Matt's mental and physical state. However, Karen escapes Kingpin's assassins and returns to New York to find Matt, who's homeless, paranoid, and becoming increasingly aggressive. He has Matt's apartment firebombed and gives the order to kill anyone else who knows Daredevil's true identity - including Karen Page. Kingpin doesn't respond well to hearing his plan to have Matt/Daredevil imprisoned has gone awry, and he reacts brutally. Matt's saved from a prison sentence thanks to Foggy's legal skills, but he's barred from practicing law, which strips him of the only way he has to help the residents of Hell's Kitchen outside of his Daredevil vigilantism. Matt refuses to turn him in and can't figure out who's behind the blackmail. Through his own investigative work, Daredevil learns that the police officer in question is helping to frame him in exchange for necessary medical treatments for his son. Concurrently, Matt's then-current girlfriend breaks up with him and starts dating his best friend and law partner, Foggy. After Kingpin learns Daredevil's civilian identity just a few pages later, he begins wielding his significant influence to freeze Matt's bank accounts, foreclose on his apartment, and sully his name by paying off a police officer to testify that he saw Matt pay a witness to perjure himself. Then Kingpin gets ahold of the information and (of course) uses it against him, effectively ruining Matt's life.īorn Again really kicks off with Karen's deal in Daredevil #227, released in February 1986.

The crux of Daredevil: Born Again is that Karen Page, former Nelson & Murdock secretary and Matt's ex-girlfriend, sells his civilian identity in exchange for a shot of heroin when she develops a drug addiction after her brief acting career fizzles out.

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