{"id":431408,"date":"2026-05-08T08:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/431408\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T08:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:17:12","slug":"marvel-officially-unveils-iconic-villains-redesign-for-daredevils-new-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/431408\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Officially Unveils Iconic Villain\u2019s Redesign For Daredevil\u2019s New Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daredevil<\/a>\u2019s new comic book run and relaunch began last month with issue #1\u2014legacy issue #688\u2014and recently released issue #2. It is simultaneously a hot and cold start, capable of keeping its storytelling threads intimate and full of high stakes, with most of its tension unironically coming from the Empire State University classroom where Matthew Murdock teaches as a law professor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As any #1 should, the first issue of Stephanie Phillips and Lee Garbett\u2019s Daredevil run<\/a> is reintroducing avid readers to characters who are embroiled in the Man Without Fear\u2019s grimy corner of New York City and the overall Earth-616 Marvel Comics universe, while also introducing new readers to them. In issue #2, a character appears who has had a rich Marvel Comics history, as Daredevil himself acknowledges, but they look a little bit different than fans may remember.<\/p>\n

New Daredevil Comic Reveals Eerie Owl Redesign<\/p>\n

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Leland Owlsley\u2019s Owl<\/a> appears in Daredevil #2 and, while he largely looks the same, the character now has blood-red, beady eyes that match his hair color, as well as eyebrows that stretch indistinguishably to his hairline and a moustache connecting his mutton chops. The eyes, in particular, pair excellently with the book and Daredevil\u2019s signature red theme, soaking the few pages that Owl graces in it.<\/p>\n

Leland bears the same pointy, Wolverine-esque hair and nacho chip-shaped teeth. His look is relatively docile otherwise, with him wearing an ordinary fur-lined coat.<\/p>\n

The character Daredevil shakes down for information on Daredevil\u2019s mysterious Omen<\/a> probably could have been a random criminal due to how fleeting Owl\u2019s cameo is, but it is neat nonetheless that Phillips chose to fold Owl into the story so early by reiterating that \u201cif there\u2019s anyone in this city with more information about all things corrupt, illegal and sinister\u2026 I\u2019ve yet to find them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phillips And Garbett\u2019s Daredevil Has Familiar And Unfamiliar Faces<\/p>\n

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\n Page from\u00a0Daredevil\u00a0#2.<\/p>\n

Daredevil reflects on Leland Owlsley as a sense of \u201cfamiliarity\u201d in Hell\u2019s Kitchen, and that is poignant, seeing as how the run deals with a lot of unfamiliarity in Matthew Murdock\u2019s life. For example, Matt is grappling with \u201ca new job, new bar, new man in a mask.\u201d Perhaps the only unfamiliarity that Matt is warmly welcoming is fellow teacher and potential love interest Sari Ellison<\/a>, though it will be interesting to see if that thread unravels, too.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, issue #2 gave readers a large dose of familiarity with the appearance of Spider-Man, establishing the foundation for the Daredevil and Spider-Man team-up<\/a> that we will be treated to in Daredevil #3. If Owl does return sometime soon in this run, it will likely only be when Daredevil needs to meet with someone shady in order to get the answers he would not get anywhere else.<\/p>\n

Daredevil #2 is out now.<\/p>\n

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The Daredevil franchise centers on the Marvel Comics superhero Daredevil, also known as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer with heightened senses who combats crime in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen. Since his comic debut in 1964, Daredevil has expanded into various media, including film, television, and video games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daredevil\u2019s new comic book run and relaunch began last month with issue #1\u2014legacy issue #688\u2014and recently released issue…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397],"class_list":["post-431408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}