When Daredevil debuted on Netflix a decade ago, it was one of a kind. A white-knuckle thriller bathed in Catholic angst, Netflix’s Daredevil emerged at the height of the superhero genre’s grim-dark era and became one of its most prolific representatives. But its era of hallway fights and tortured rooftop monologues has long passed, with Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock receiving a lighter makeover (figuratively and literally) to smoothly bring him into the MCU proper. But with MCU fatigue, and nostalgia for the grim-dark superhero days of old, stronger than ever, Daredevil’s status in the MCU started to become a big question mark. What would a contemporary Daredevil look like in this era of the MCU? The answer, much like its eternally turmoiled hero, is of two minds.
