With Charlie Cox’s The Defenders, there were high hopes for their spinoff. Upon Marvel canceling the five established Netflix shows in 2019 to launch Disney+, fans and critics were left wondering if any of these shows and characters would survive Marvel’s own snap.
The Defenders, that the characters linked up, and the second seasons of their respective series showed a hint at their eventual partnership. Their partnership stemmed from longstanding comic book history, with the duo first appearing in Chris Claremont’s 1977 issue of Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #32 as the Daughters of the Dragon.
As a new horizon unfolds in the MCU with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, anyone can find themselves on Earth 616.
Changes to their stories can also be made to adhere more closely to their comic book origins. In the comics, Knight’s bionic arm is a gift from Tony Stark, while the Netflix show pivots this to Danny Rand. As Stark tech winds up all over the MCU, it’s not a far stretch of the imagination for his technology to end up on her arm. Additionally, Knight and Wing first team up by launching the crimefighting business Knightwing Restorations, Ltd., eventually adopting the moniker Daughters of the Dragon after their enemy, the Serpent, tries to insult them. Throughout comic history, Wing often associates with other established MCU characters such as Shang-Chi, Spider-Man, and the main character of the Disney+ series, She-Hulk.
Daredevil's Matt Murdock cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home and Kingpin’s role in Hawkeye are more than moments for the audience to revel over. These moments are glimmers of hope for pulling beloved characters established in the Netflix series into the MCU. Coming off as strong fan favorites with their depictions in Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and The Defenders, Simone Missick and Jessica Henwick can easily reprise their roles as Misty Knight and Colleen Wing in Daughters of the Dragon if they so choose.
