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At the end of “Captain America: Brave New World”, the eponymous hero (Anthony Mackie) hints that he wants to put together a new Avengers team. With the two-episode premiere of “Daredevil: Born Again” less than a week away, we have to wonder if Charlie Cox’s Daredevil is a good candidate for the MCU Avengers.
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Here are some reasons for and against DD joining Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
YES: The fun of DD Interacting with other heroes
Between “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law”, we’ve watched Daredevil give Spider-Man a legal consultation, team-up with She-Hulk (Tatiana Maslany), have a one-night stand with her, and attend a family picnic with no fewer than three Hulks.
But there’s still plenty of fun to be had. Imagine DD and Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) comparing notes on dropkicks. He could give the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) legal advice on how to handle incensed business owners after he accidentally tramples their stores.
NO: He’s not that guy
Think of the Battle of New York City in “The Avengers”. Every single member of the team needed to be able to fight off small armies of aliens on their own.
Now remember that famous hallway fight scene from the first season of “Daredevil”. Part of what makes the scene so compelling is that Matt isn’t just mowing through the bad guys like they’re nothing. He has trouble with each and every combatant.
Any single non-powered thug has the chance to get lucky and take DD out. That’s part of what we love about the character: anyone could take him out but he keeps going anyway.
YES: He was an Avenger in the comics
It took a while for this particular loner to sign up, but after the events of the 2006 line-wide event “Civil War” – which inspired 2016’s “Captain America: Civil War” – Daredevil joined the Avengers. One might argue that if it’s good enough for the comics, it’s good enough for the MCU.
NO: He needs a low profile
For Matt to do what he does – work as a lawyer and fight crime at night without exposing his secret identity – he needs a low profile and the Avengers are anything but low profile.
It’s good to remember that when Matt did join the Avengers in the comics, it was an anti-registration rogue squad of Avengers he joined. In other words, they were all invested as being as low profile as Daredevil usually is. Joining a team that’s constantly in the news and in which he’d be one of the only members, if not the only member, who hides his identity would be a whole other ball of wax.
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