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‘She-Hulk’ Proved the MCU’s Take on Daredevil Is Better Than Ever<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Marvel</p> <p>I had never felt happier while sitting in front of a screen this year than watching <em>She-Hulk: Attorney at Law</em>, in the episode reintroducing Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil. The last time we’d seen the beloved (and exceptionally violent) lawyer-meets-superhero was when <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2018/11/30/the-real-reasons-netflix-is-cancelling-their-marvel-shows/?sh=4ffa4d27196c">Netflix abruptly canceled his series in November 2018</a>, a month after the third season premiered to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-darker-affleck-free-daredevil">critical acclaim.</a> But after a brief appearance in<em> </em><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/spider-man-no-way-home-is-the-mcus-best-spidey-movie-by-a-mile">2021’s <em>Spider-Man: No Way Home</em></a> confirmed that Cox’s take on the hero would be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, fan anticipation exploded.</p> <p>We’ve finally gotten a fuller taste of what MCU’s Daredevil is like, and it’s not at all what we expected—or where. In the penultimate episode of<em> </em>t<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-is-marvel-trash-at-its-most-offensive-review">he Disney+ show <em>She-Hulk</em></a>’s first season, we’re reacquainted with Cox’s Matt Murdock/Daredevil—a far more comedic, agile, and confident version than he was on Netflix. But instead of feeling like a major downgrade of the brooding superhero, his <em>She-Hulk </em>appearance was a breath of fresh air. Based on this one-episode cameo alone, Marvel Studios has convinced me that it will deliver the best version of Daredevil we’ll ever see on screen.</p> <p>The MCU offers a remarkable evolution from what Cox brought to the table in the Netflix show, which was produced by a separate, now-gone TV entity of Marvel Studios. It never sacrifices the character development the series had brought, but his <em>She-Hulk</em> appearance also shows us a different side of the superhero (and lawyer) than we saw on Netflix.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/she-hulk-episode-8-daredevil-cameo-mcus-take-on-daredevil-is-better-than-ever?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Marvel

I had never felt happier while sitting in front of a screen this year than watching She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, in the episode reintroducing Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil. The last time we’d seen the beloved (and exceptionally violent) lawyer-meets-superhero was when Netflix abruptly canceled his series in November 2018, a month after the third season premiered to critical acclaim. But after a brief appearance in 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home confirmed that Cox’s take on the hero would be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, fan anticipation exploded.

We’ve finally gotten a fuller taste of what MCU’s Daredevil is like, and it’s not at all what we expected—or where. In the penultimate episode of the Disney+ show She-Hulk’s first season, we’re reacquainted with Cox’s Matt Murdock/Daredevil—a far more comedic, agile, and confident version than he was on Netflix. But instead of feeling like a major downgrade of the brooding superhero, his She-Hulk appearance was a breath of fresh air. Based on this one-episode cameo alone, Marvel Studios has convinced me that it will deliver the best version of Daredevil we’ll ever see on screen.

The MCU offers a remarkable evolution from what Cox brought to the table in the Netflix show, which was produced by a separate, now-gone TV entity of Marvel Studios. It never sacrifices the character development the series had brought, but his She-Hulk appearance also shows us a different side of the superhero (and lawyer) than we saw on Netflix.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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