Summary

Warning : despoiler for Daredevil # 4 !

Daredevilis formally t​​​he ​best exorcist in the Marvel Universe . Ever sinceDaredevil assist his prison term as the Hand of Godin his trip to Hell , Matt Murdock has experienced a reincarnation in which he ’s literally living a whole new life as a non-Christian priest . Living his newfangled life has give him some new benefits and drawbacks .

Daredevil#4 – by Saladin Ahmed , German Peralta , Jesus Aburtov , and VC ’s Clayton Cowles – weighs the welfare and drawback of Matt ’s newfound ability to see demons , and to cast them out of possessed individual . One of the shocks of the serial publication has been Daredevil ’s commute relationshipformer ally , Ben Urich , who as it turns out , is demon - own .

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Thankfully , as he did previously , Matt managed to successfully exorcize the demon from Ben Urich ’s torso , saving his friend . Now that he is two for two in attempted dispossession , Daredevil officially becomes the best exorciser that the Marvel Universe has to offer .

Daredevil Saves Ben Urich With His New Exorcism Powers

Earlier in the series , Matt Murdock ’s newfound priesthood comes with abrand - fresh upgrade to his super sentiency , endow him to now be able to discover demons through their human hosts . He first uses this power onhis former Queen of the Fist Elektrawhen she is own by a devilish visitor . In his first attempt at giving an dispossession , he manages to exorcize the daemon from Elektra ’s body . This would quick testify to not be his last . temerarious # 4 begin with Father Murdock"meeting"Ben Urich and at first sight , he sees a demon hover over the newsperson , control him .

The issue concludes with Daredevil confront his holy cross to the unnatural master of ceremonies of the demon . He gives prayer , trying to get through to his former friend , all while the demon struggles , balk expulsion . This at long last prove to be futile for Ben Urich ’s demon , as Daredevil expels the demon from Ben ’s body , and the unwitting vessel collapses to the ground unconscious . Dating back to the first way out of this serial publication , the first devil in his defeat promise that there will be"others"coming for Matt , and this sudden emergence of Ben ’s demon seems to capitalise on that hope . Still , this exploit has made it clear Matt is now Marvel ’s go - to exorcist .

More Demons Are Coming, But Daredevil Is Prepared

It may be dependable to say that this will not be the last monster that Daredevil will have to exorcise this serial , but take that he has successfully committed two exorcisms , it ’s also good to say Daredevil is ready for whatever ’s coming to him . It ’s also secure to say that his fourth dimension as a Catholic priest has redeem himself in the eyes of Daredevil himself . Historically , Daredevil has always let Catholic guilt overwhelm him and what he does as a superhero , but as a Catholic priest and a master exorcist of demons , Daredevilis now lawfully doing the Lord ’s work .

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Featured Image: Daredevil performing an exorcism

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