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Quote1 Myrtle! We gotta run! That stranger, he -- had him dead to rights and he -- he ain't human -- ain't human… Quote2
—Morris Costello

Appearing in "Badlands"

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  • Humans (Main story and flashback)

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Synopsis for "Badlands"

Beaver Stillwell is trying to rob Poppa's Olympian Palace but its employees treat him with disinterest despite his agitation. Matt Murdock walks in and treats him with similar disinterest before ultimately disarming him and throwing him through a window. Lieutenant Costello observes the scene and takes an interest in Murdock's presence, signaling that he should move on through but allowing him to leave. The waitress from the cafe sees Matt walking and gives him a lift explaining that Beaver robs the place about twice a week but his mom always makes him return the money. She mentions that Matt reminds her of someone and tells him to watch himself.

At he Stillwell house, Myrtle Stillwell beats Beaver senseless after his robbery attempt while his brother eggs her on. Costello is there and expresses worry over the stranger to Myrtle and fears what he'll find if he pokes around. Matt walks into Cosie's Motel where he finds a drunken Cosie who says she is crying over someone who is gone and one of the few who never took advantage of her. As she passes out, Matt goes upstairs to pick a room where he has restless sleep. He decides to get up and go to the Last Exit Saloon where he runs into Beaver again who threatens him with a broken bottle. A man called Biker intervenes but a brawl breaks out until Morris Costello shows up to break it up and arrests Biker and Matt.

Costello returns to the Stillwell house and again complains to Myrtle about the stranger and says that he locked him up with the Biker. She says that they both need to be taken care of, the Biker apparently having some connection to their shady past, and Cosie should be as well. In the jail cell, the Biker is telling Matt about a man named Fagan who Matt reminds him of and says he was a good cop but was beaten to death by bike chains and says the Myrtle Stillwell and Morris Costello were involved. Meanwhile, Beaver shows up to deal with Cosie and Costello shows up to the jailhouse where he relieves the guard on duty. He takes Biker out of the cell and shoots him but before he can do the same to Matt, Matt lunges towards him and disarms him. The Biker is still alive but severely injured and bleeding profusely while Costello flees in his police cruiser.

Matt goes to the hotel and finds Cosie dead and Stillwells catch the hotel on fire while he is inside. Costello shows up at the Stillwells and demands they leave because the stranger is an inhuman threat to them. As they drive, the Biker takes his bike and drives it headlong into the cruiser, causing a fiery crash and killing himself, the Stillwells, and Morris Costello. Matt walks out of town as the others look on in admiration.

Solicit Synopsis

A tale of a crime-ridden town in New Jersey, and the blind man who is its only hope for law and order. Why is Matt Murdock fighting Daredevil's battles?

Notes

  • This issue features a letters page, Devil's Advocate. Lets are published from Jeffrey Lowndes, Anthony Padilla, and Sean Thornley. The letters page also contains a Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation.

Trivia

  • Matt Murdock doesn't appear as Daredevil at all in this issue. He does not use his trademark Billy Club, and he does not speak.

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