From the unexpected relationship between Madisynn and Wong to the long-awaited social media domination of Jameela Jamil’s Titania, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law has delivered shocking revelation after shocking revelation over its first five episodes. But with every week that goes by, before his much-anticipated comeback, another name has been on the minds of MCU fans: Daredevil.
Warning – the rest of this article contains spoilers for Episode 5 of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
Excitingly, the first glimpses of Matt Murdock’s red-clad alter ego came on screen in Episode 5, as the camera panned past his red outfit and onto the new gold-horned mask he will wear in a later episode. While the jury is still out on where Matt himself is, fans now know his suit is being made by Luke Jacobson, the very person who helped Jen upgrade her own wardrobe.
On one hand, it’s an exciting development as fans know that the Man Without Fear is finally getting closer to his first action in a superhero outfit on Disney+, shown off by the She-Hulk promotional tour. It also calls into question some of his potential past, as debates still rage over whether Charlie Cox’s work as Daredevil on Netflix is canon for the MCU – thanks in particular to a character who was replaced in Episode 5.
MCU trades Daredevil Suit Designer for She-Hulk’s
Episode 5 of Marvel Studios’ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law confirmed that Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock is now working with Los Angeles-based designer Luke Jacobson on his Daredevil costume.
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That suit was teased in the final seconds of the episode, when the camera zoomed in on a package containing a new gold mask with horns on top. This is the same mask that fans saw Daredevil use in a few seconds of footage from trailers that premiered during She-Hulk’s promotional run.
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With Murdock and Jacobson now working together, this suggests that LA designer Melvin Potter took over from the Daredevil series to make Matt Murdock’s suit, should the Netflix original be considered canon with the MCU.
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Potter was the character who originally made Daredevil’s main suit at the end of Season 1, although things took a turn for the worse later in the series. He was forced by Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin to make a new suit for Ben Poindexter/Bullseye to frame Matt Murdock, though Potter eventually told Murdock about the plan.
The costume designer was eventually caught by the FBI for a parole violation, while Murdock defeated Bullseye and Kingpin, and Potter ended up going to jail.
Should this storyline be canon in the MCU, that would likely be why Murdock goes to Jacobson to look for a new Daredevil suit. Potter wouldn’t be able to make one out of jail and it would also give him a chance to get something new to try and break away from the bullseye incident.
Daredevil’s bleak future in the MCU
She-Hulk will mark the first time fans will see Daredevil outside of his natural habitat in New York City as he interacts with Marvel’s other leading West Coast attorney. And once it comes, some of those questions about Daredevil’s canon status may be answered by Netflix, but this episode still leaves those mysteries open.
It makes perfect sense why Matt Murdock would need to find a new suit designer when Melvin Potter is still in prison, although what exactly drives him to fly 3000 miles from his home in Hell’s Kitchen is still unknown. Another point is that if he chose that travel option, it would be difficult to get a superhero costume like his through airport security, although the trip would likely be something he couldn’t handle due to his poor eyesight.
On the other hand, this could simply be a way to give the man a fresh start in the MCU without fear, as he could be early in his run as a hero or simply get an outfit upgrade. And in the end, that question might not even be a question to be answered in She-Hulk’s solo series, as Daredevil will only be appearing for one of the next four episodes.
Hopefully more of these questions will be answered for Cox’s fan-favorite hero, especially at just over 18 months before he embarks on his next solo journey in Daredevil: Born Again. With this development being so fresh, things could change drastically for the blind attorney as his tenure in the MCU progresses.
The first five episodes of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law are available to stream on Disney+.