Daredevil
WARNING : This clause contains SPOILERS forInfinity Countdown : Daredevil#1
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Marvel’sInfinity Countdownhas taken a arresting twist , with Turk Barrett using the office of the Mind Stone to become the new Kingpin of offense . The Infinity Stones are unremarkably reserve for cosmic figures , but the newInfinity Countdown : Daredevilone - shot reveals just how serious the Mind Stone could be if it baffle into the hands of a common street hoodlum .
Turk Barrett is one of Marvel Netflix ’s most popular characters , a rat who just seems to hold out to get beaten up by various Hero . Like Claire Temple , Barrett is one of the thread tying the Marvel Netflix shew together . Incredibly , he even hold up a foot race - in with theThe Punisher .
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In the comics , Turk has only ever been a small - time thug . As Daredevil notes , " Turk ’s a git . A guy I never experience bad for punch in the face . " But this " lowlife " has evolve an Infinity Stone , and he ’s using it to rise to the top of the vicious underworld . Turk is using the Mind Stone to say the minds of everyone around him , to know exactly what they ’re thinking , and revel in the secrets he uncovers . He ’s also learned he can use it to pressure people to do his will . And that makes for a moneymaking career , as Barrett propose to do favour for malefactor - such as ensure a judge declare a suspect " not shamed . " Now challenging for power rather than just for wealth , Turk is trading favor , assure influential people across the city owe him one .
Gerry Duggan ’s handwriting meet Turk come to the care of Daredevil , the Man Without Fear . Matt Murdock is hang a normal day in court when he draw a material shock ; it turns out that the cosmic power of the Infinity Stone is really seeable to him . There ’s a beautiful full - page splash of Murdock ’s " radar sense , " with everything flowing from the smartness of the Infinity Stone at the center . " The last affair I expected to materialize today , " Matt excogitate , " was to see anything . " It does n’t take Daredevil long to deduce what Turk ’s up to , but there ’s an ironic wind ; the Man Without Fear is a street - point superhero . He ’s not conversant with cosmic particular like the Infinity Stones . And so he accept Turk has simply stumble upon a mystical jewel of some sort .
A flashback scene reveal that Turk stumble upon the Mind Stone when he got caught up in " one of those mad trash … that only seem to happen in New York City . " Though Turk did n’t know it , he ’d blundered into a battle between a Skrull strike squad and a group of sorcerer , both side seek to acquire the Mind Stone . The thaumaturgist are attempt to get the Mind Stone toDoctor Strange , and attempt to warn Turk ; " threnody go up . You must get the Stone to the Avengers of this Earth . " Needless to say , Turk Barrett is n’t the kind of man to give up baron .
This one - shot is a tremendously effectual issue , exploring just what would fall out if an everyday man - albeit a corrupt one - hit upon the unlimited might of an Infinity Stone . Marvel ’s street - level and cosmic stove rarely interact to this degree , and as a result this one - shot is one of the most in force comics of the yr to date . The one disappointment is that this novel condition quo will no doubt shortly amount to an end , in lodge to continue with theInfinity CountdownandInfinity Warsevents .
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