Since he was outed as Daredevil (during UNDERBOSS), Matt Murdock has found himself falling further and further into the New York underworld, even becoming the Kingpin of Hell's Kitchen. Aware that the ninja clan known as Hand wanted to offer him the role as their new leader, Matt cooked up a plan with Master Izo to accept their offer and take down the assassins from within. But will the power at his disposal change that plan or will the darkness at the heart of the Hand change Matt first?
Meanwhile, Daredevil's nemesis Bullseye has been given the Hawkeye identity by Norman Osborn to become one of his Dark Avengers. But an incident in Hell's Kitchen will prompt Osborn to send Bullseye on a special mission that takes him back to his roots...
- FALL FROM GRACE - First appearance of the Snakeroot
- THE RETURN OF THE KING - Daredevil becomes leader of the Hand
- Dark Reign - The List: Daredevil #1 (also see DARK REIGN & DARK REIGN - THE LIST)
- Daredevil #501-507
When crooked Judge Walden and two cops on his payroll are murdered by a ninja in a Hell's Kitchen ally, Norman Osborn assumes Daredevil has sent his Hand assassins to dispense justice. Osborn asks 'Hawkeye' to shelve his costume and track down Daredevil in his more familiar Bullseye identity. The Hand's test to see if Matt Murdock is worthy of leading them is interrupted by Bullseye and a slew of HAMMER agents. Bullseye leads Daredevil away in a rooftop chase to a populated building that's been condemned by Osborn Industries. Bullseye blows up the building, killing all of 107 residents. Daredevil escapes the explosion but blames himself and rallies the Hand to take the fight to Osborn. Elsewhere, the ninja who killed the judge unmasks, revealing Lady Bullseye who now works for the Kingpin...
Daredevil #501
Daredevil struggles to deal with the deaths of those 107 innocents. Despite Master Izo's warnings, Daredevil decides to use the Hand to do good. Though to prove his loyalty, he needs to kill Izo. Dakota North and Foggy Nelson decide to track Matt Murdock down, believing he was behind Judge Walden's murder. Kingpin fires Turk Barrett but allows him to live to fool the underworld into thinking he's lost his edge. Having taken Izo prisoner, Daredevil kills him with a single punch and secures his place as ruler of the Hand...
Daredevil #502
The lieutenants of the paralysed Owl abandon him. When they approach the Kingpin and accuse of weakness, Lady Bullseye decapitates one of them. Daredevil, now plagued by nightmares, shows Black Tarantula and White Tiger that Master Izo is still alive. Foggy is held in contempt of court when another Judge overrules a jury in favour of Norman Osborn's paid cops. In his first move against Osborn, Daredevil leads the Hand against a team of his crooked cops...Daredevil #503
Daredevil interferes with a million dollar shipment of heroin Norman Osborn's NYPD death squads were due to allow into the city, tough he refuses to allow his ninja to kill any of them, though one does lose a hand! White Tiger expresses her concern to Black Tarantula that the Hand shouldn't attack cops, even crooked ones. Foggy Nelson is disbarred at the same time Dakota North loses her private investigator's license. Daredevil tells Izo to leave town. The Kingpin starts rebuilding his criminal workforce, but lets them believe they're working for the Hood so it doesn't raise Norman Osborn's attention as the Hood is clearly Osborn's ally. Te Hand ninja who cut off the cop's hand takes his own life as an apology, shocking Daredevil...
Daredevil #504
Osborn sells the site where 107 innocents died. It's purchased by the Hand and Daredevil demands that something called Shadowland is built over the course of the next three months. He then decides to take action against Osborn, believing him to be responsible for Foggy and Dakota's current predicaments. A Hand ninja orders the Police to leave Precinct House 18 as Hell's Kitchen is now Hand territory. Osborn orders 'Hawkeye' to stand down when he sends HAMMER Shock Troops into Hell's Kitchen. But Lady Bullseye kills one of their snipers, prompting the HAMMER agents to attack Daredevil and the Hand in full force. The victorious Hand take the majority of HAMMER agents prisoner. Foggy and Dakota blackmail the crooked judge who reveals the Kingpin paid him.
Daredevil #505
Leaving Black Tarantula in charge in New York, Matt Murdock and White Tiger fly over to Japan to meet the Hand leaders, Makoto, Takashi and Yutaka as well as the upstart Bakuto who recently murdered his way to the top. Bakuto makes it clear he thinks he should lead and Matt is defended by White Tiger. Mat promises to offer the Hand purpose by dispensing justice. Bakuto is drugged by the other leaders over dinner and taken back to his room. When Matt confronts him as Daredevil to look for a way to resolve their difference, a horde of ninja enter...
Daredevil #506
Bakuto continues to hallucinate as he fights for his life beside Daredevil. DD pursues one escaping ninja who alludes to an allegiance with the Snakeroot, an offshoot of the Hand. The paranoid Bakuto believes Daredevil responsible for the attack. Matt has a dream in which Elektra stabs his stomach and he wakes to find a real cut there. The other leaders are dismayed at Matt Murdock's refusal to kill and his willingness to forgive. Little does Matt realise, White Tiger's true loyalty is to the Hand and she's working against him...Daredevil #507
With the Hand conditioning having reasserted itself over White Tiger, she was the one who planted the seed of Shadowland in Daredevil's mind. Bakuto sends some of his own ninja to in a failed attempt to kill Daredevil. White Tiger follows her true masters' commands and murders Bakuto for them, making it look like ritual suicide. The ninja masters feign loyalty to Daredevil, but still have concerns over his morality. Matt Murdock decides to return to America, leaving Makoto, Takashi and Yutaka who plan to use Shadowland to assert the Snakeroot's power...
Siege #4 (2010)
Norman Osborn's reign comes to an end, HAMMER are shut down and his connections to criminals like the Hood are severed during SIEGE.
Shadowland #1 (2010)
The Hand' take full control over Daredevil; Daredevil kills Bullseye during SHADOWLAND.
Shadowland: Ghost Rider #1 (2010)
The fate of the Snakeroot leaders is decided during SHADOWLAND.
Shadowland: Power Man #3 (2010)
The new Power Man - the only survivor of the tenement explosion - is revealed to have gained his powers from that very explosion having absorbed fragments of Shades' goggles during SHADOWLAND.
Shadowland #5 (2011)
Daredevil breaks free of the Hand's control with the help of Master Izo and other members of the superhuman community; the Kingpin takes over Shadowland, becoming the leader of the Hand during SHADOWLAND.
Daredevil #512 (2011)
Black Tarantula leaves the Hand, but regrets that his attempt to break the Hand's control over the White Tiger failed and she continues to remain loyal to the Hand; Dakota North continues to search for Matt Murdock after the fall of Shadowland during SHADOWLAND.
Superior Spider-Man #10 (2013)
The Owl is revealed to have somehow overcome his paralysis during MARVEL NOW!
Daredevil #27 (2013)
It's revealed that Lady Bullseye used Hand techniques to resurrect her idol Bullseye.
Superior Spider-Man #14 (2013)
Spider-Man (Otto Octavius) takes it upon himself to destroy Shadowland during MARVEL NOW! / SUPERIOR SPIDER-MONTH.
The Owl is revealed to have relocated to San Francisco, clashing with Daredevil once again during ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW!
Daredevil #600 (2018)
Daredevil becomes embroiled in a clash between the Hand and the Kingpin once again during MARVEL LEGACY.
Daredevil: Shadowland Omnibus
Both include...
Daredevil #501-507
Dark Reign - The List: Daredevil #1
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