The issue opens with a gun to DD's head, while his caption box notes the day got off to such a good start. At this point, Matt and Foggy are working for famous lawyer (and Foggy's stepmom) Rosalind "Razor" Sharpe's firm. The client is Mr. Hyde, charged with murder and kidnapping of a woman named Angela Parish.
Hyde objects to the kidnapping charge, shattering the table in the prison visiting room. When Murdock points out that won't do much for a jury's opinion of him, Hyde says he just wanted to see one of them panic, and Foggy obliged. Hyde says there's a sealed letter in a PO Box from Angela, thanking him for keeping her locked up until she kicked her drug habit. So he couldn't have kidnapped her.
OK, first off, does Hyde change back to Dr. Zabo after a set amount of time, or does he require a potion to trigger that change? I've definitely seen Zabo change to Hyde by drinking something, but I'm not sure if it works the same both ways. Two, if the letter's never been opened, but he knows what's in it, how do you establish it wasn't written under duress? I guess you have to prove it was written under duress, innocent until proven guilty and all.
Matt and Foggy return to the office, where Karen Page is having a hard time dropping off a gift, because the receptionist is some scowly guy who was probably a Maggia enforcer. Matt and Karen retire to his office, with a lovely view of a brick wall, and Matt finds Karen got him a nice radio. A sign she got a job she really likes? Well, Karen won't commit to that yet. Give her a few days.. Not ominous at all.
Rosalind shows up, generally behaving like a dick. Calling Karen Matt's new secretary, bringing up Karen's rough past when she tried to be an actress. (Matt's putting up with this because Foggy really wants to work here, and Rosalind only hired them because of Matt. If he walks, Foggy's out on his butt.) Next up, a meeting with Liz Allen, currently running Osborn Chemicals (since Norman and Harry are both still dead at this point.) Angela was found in an Osborn warehouse, so Matt wonders if she was killed by someone connected to the Goblins. The warehouse was padlocked, but Liz points out Norman hid entrances into all his buildings.
As Foggy excuses himself for a call from his mother, a member of the moving crew tries to kill Rosalind. She got a senator's nephew off on a drunk driving charge, and six months later, Drunky killed the guy's sister. Matt knocks Rosalind clear, and the shooter is dropped with a fruit basket from the law firm's new neighbor, Misty Knight, hoping to make friends with the neighbors and get some work.
Which brings us back to page 1, as the person holding the gun is Misty, hired to find this secret entrance to help acquit Mr. Hyde. Misty wouldn't normally take the job, but Murdock being sure Hyde's innocent convinced her, and she doesn't think a person should be convicted for something they shouldn't do. Unfortunately, the warehouse is a mess after someone hired a Legacy Virus-infected Pyro to torch it, and he and Daredevil brought the place down.
Still, DD finds the hatch, I guess by his radar sense pinging off the odd shape, or it changed the acoustics in some noticeable way? He can't get it open, but Misty of the bionic arm can. Misty was hired to find the entrance, so her work's done, but the masked vigilante's is just beginning. Into the sewers he goes, where the tunnel is mostly collapsed, but there's silicon gel on the bricks. Could be Hyde's old partner, Cobra, but six hours of crawling through tunnels brings him to a room with several voices, including - Karen's?!
No, Karen Page's new job is not with the Enforcers, but they do have some new members. A contortionist named Snake Marston, who I've never heard of and DD thought was dead. The other, a guy named Hammer Harrision, a big mook with what looks like bricks strapped to his fists. Daredevil uses a nerve pinch to get loose of Snake and throw him into Hammer, in time for Ox and Montana to step in. Daredevil swipes Montana's lasso, but when he tries tying up Ox's wrists, he gets swung into a girder, then kicked by Fancy Dan.
The follow up karate chop hits the girder instead and gives Daredevil enough time to ask about Cobra. And get a bunch of confused and outraged responses in return. They aren't working for Cobra, but they do have one more new member. A guy that can also be slippery, and has electricity powers. Yep, it's the Eel. Please, no shocked gasps.
{3rd longbox, 96th comic. Daredevil #356, by Karl Kesel (writer), Sal Buscema (layouts, pgs. 1-13, 22-31), Cary Nord (penciler, pgs. 1-13, 22-31), Rick leonardi (penciler, pgs. 14-21), Matt Ryan (inker), Christie Scheele (colorist), Michael Higgins (letterer)}
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I was going to say that the art didn't look much like Sal Buscema at all, but then those two panels of DD getting tied up and thrown into a girder are classic Sal.
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