Thursday 23 March 2023

Marvel 1975.04 - Daredevil #120


Daredevil #120

Title: And a Hydra New Year!

Writer: Tony Isabella
Artist: Bob Brown

Villain: Hydra, El Jaguar

Regulars: Black Widow, Ivan, Foggy Nelson

Guests: Nick Fury, Countess Valentina


The Black Widow arrives at La Guardia Airport, in full costume. Daredevil goes to pick her up, also in full costume. Wouldn't it have been more discreet to wear their civilian clothing? As it turns out, they made the right choice this time. A terrorist gang wants to hijack the flight, so they're already dressed for combat.

While jumping across rooftops towards Matt's apartment, the Black Widow tells him she doesn't want to be his sidekick. He distracts her by inviting her to a New Year's Eve party. What he doesn't tell Natasha is that the party is being thrown by Foggy Nelson. She still bares a grudge against him because he was the prosecutor when she was on trial for murder in Daredevil #83.

The party is interrupted by an attack by Hydra. They want to kidnap Foggy Nelson. They're being assisted by a costumed super villain called El Jaguar. Natasha is knocked out before she can change into her costume. Matt changes into his Daredevil and defeats the Hydra agents by himself. El Jaguar flees, and Daredevil wants to chase hi, but Nick Fury arries with SHIELD agents and tells Daredevil to let him go.

Nick says that he wants Foggy to join SHIELD.



In this issue, Tony Isabella writes a brief history of Hydra. This is the first part of a two-part essay that will continue in next month's issue. The first part is mostly new, invented by Tony Isabella. The second part is mostly a summary of Hydra's appearances in Marvel comics.

Here's his summary. I apologise in advance for the poor quality scan. You can click on the image to enlarge it.


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