Daredevil #137
Title: The Murder Maze strikes twice!
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Artist: John Buscema
Villain: Jester
Regulars: Foggy Nelson, Heather Glenn
John Buscema continues as artist this month. A note on the letters page tells
us that he's filling in for Bob Brown because Bob is sick. There's no clue
what the sickness is, but anything that lasts more than two months must be
serious.
The crowd has become a lynch mob and is about to hang Daredevil. What's his
crime? Does it matter? He manages to escape and goes to the district
attorney's office to discuss his next steps. Not that the decision is
difficult: find the Jester! Before he does that he goes back to his apartment
to let Heather know he's still doing well.
There's another television broadcast from President Ford, telling the populace
that (unnamed) super-heroes and the police have teamed up to attack the banks
on Wall Street.
Daredevil follows some crooks to the Jester's lair. After a short fight,
Daredevil is knocked out by gas. The crooks are sensible; they say
that Daredevil should be shot. The Jester prefers to have fun; he throws the
unconscious Daredevil into his Murder Maze.
The title says that the Murder Maze strikes twice. That's because the crook
called Jefferson died in the maze in
the previous issue.
Daredevil wakes up and makes his way through the maze. It leads from one trap
to another, each deadlier than the previous one. Daredevil gets out by
cheating. Instead of going forwards, he heads back the way he came and breaks
through the entry door. The Jester flees, but Daredevil catches him in the
street.
Daredevil appears on television to tell everyone that the Jester was
responsible for manipulating the news. He says that people shouldn't blindly
accept everything they're told, they should compare different news sources and
decide for themselves. That's good advice. After the broadcast there's a news flash that the
Hollywood actress Karen Page, Matt's former girlfriend, has been kidnapped.
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