Warning: This article contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again.

The finale of Daredevil: Born Again season 2. The follow-up season is expected to explore one of the most notable Daredevil story arcs from Marvel Comics, but Marvel may unfortunately make some irredeemable changes.

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Born Again’s Finale Just Set Up My Favorite Daredevil Storyline From Marvel Comics

Daredevil: Born Again Started The MCU's Devil's Reign Storyline

It was clear from quite early on that Marvel Studios was using Daredevil: Born Again season 1 to establish the foundations of a Devil's Reign adaptation. This was teased in the post-credits scene of 2024's Echo, which saw Wilson Fisk express interest in becoming New York City's new Mayor. This is crucial to Marvel Comics' Devil's Reign event from 2021. During this arc, Mayor Fisk outlawed vigilantism in New York City, and used the Purple Man's power and his villainous Thunderbolts units to enforce his laws, but the heroes of the city fought back.

Written by Chip Zdarsky and drawn by Marco Checchetto, Devil's Reign ran between December 2021 and May 2022, and quickly became one of the most important chapters in the stories of Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk, and even impacted New York as a whole. This story saw Mayor Fisk obtain almost unstoppable influence, and this is now being explored in the MCU, with Kingpin giving himself full control. I can't wait to see how Daredevil: Born Again season 2 expands on the Devil's Reign story, but Marvel might have already set this story up to fail.

I’m Worried Marvel Will Make The MCU’s Devil’s Reign Much Smaller Than The Marvel Comics Story

The MCU's Devil's Reign Might Not Include The Same Marvel Comics Roster

While it's exciting to see Devil's Reign start to be explored in the MCU, this Marvel Comics storyline is huge, expanding into several spinoffs and subplots, so it might be too large to be crammed into just one season of Daredevil: Born Again. Devil's Reign isn't just a Daredevil story arc in Marvel Comics, but the Man Without Fear is ed by almost every other superhero operating in New York City, as Kingpin's new law impacts all of them. Unfortunately, it seems Daredevil: Born Again season 2 will make huge alterations to the Marvel Comics story.

In Marvel Comics, Mayor Wilson Fisk's outlawing of vigilantes in New York City means that notable heroes such as Captain America, Iron Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Spider-Man, Moon Knight and more all become involved in the fight against Kingpin. While it seems that Daredevil: Born Again season 2 might be trying hard to bring a somewhat-comic-accurate Devil's Reign into the MCU, this massive storyline will surely be made significantly smaller for its live-action interpretation. This means Born Again might copy Phase 5's most divisive series, which would be a strange choice.

Marvel Already Made This Change With Secret Invasion & It Didn’t Work

Marvel's Secret Invasion Story Was Changed Significantly & For The Worse In The MCU

Marvel Studios making the huge Devil's Reign storyline smaller to better fit the MCU wouldn't be the first time this has happened, as the same thing was done with the Secret Invasion event. 2008's Secret Invasion story in Marvel Comics was enormous, as it saw almost every Earth-based character in the Marvel Universe fighting alongside each other to stop a massive and destructive Skrull invasion, with many of the Avengers being revealed to have been replaced by Skrulls for quite some time. This did not translate to the screen, however.

2023's Secret Invasion series, Samuel L. Jackson's first solo MCU project as Nick Fury, unfortunately became one of the MCU's most criticized and berated projects, due in part to the changes it made to Marvel Comics' Secret Invasion event. While the comic storyline included a plethora of superheroes, including the Avengers, the live-action Secret Invasion repeatedly saw Nick Fury refuse to call his super-friends. This stripped the Secret Invasion story of everything that made it so enjoyable in Marvel Comics, and I'm worried Marvel will do the same to Devil's Reign in Daredevil: Born Again​​​​​​​ season 2.

How Can The MCU’s Devil’s Reign Be As Comic-Accurate As Possible?

Marvel Needs To Be Careful Not To Ruin The Devil's Reign Storyline

There's little doubt that Marvel Studios will be forced to make the Devil's Reign storyline smaller to better fit the limitations of Daredevil: Born Again season 2. While this means major notable heroes in New York City likely won't be included in the story, there are steps that Marvel Studios can take to make Devil's Reign as comic-accurate as possible in the MCU and avoid the mistakes of Secret Invasion. Most notably, this could include bringing some street-level heroes into Daredevil's new army, perhaps including former Defenders Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Danny Rand.

Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter and Finn Jones haven't yet been confirmed to be reprising their Defenders Saga roles, though there has been speculation of the Defenders team's return. Other street-level heroes in the MCU could them, including Moon Knight, Spider-Man, Echo, Kate Bishop and more.

Marvel Studios could also make the Devil's Reign arc more expansive by having several projects explore its themes, rather than just 2026's Daredevil: Born Again season 2. New York-set stories, including Thunderbolts*, Vision Quest, Spider-Man: Brand New Day and the Punisher's Special Presentation could all focus on the impact of Mayor Wilson Fisk's actions. This would allow Devil's Reign to be as large and as game-changing as its Marvel Comics counterpart, making Daredevil: Born Again just the start of this incredible new chapter of the MCU.

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