Daredevil Has an Epic Showdown With Punisher in This Upcoming Crime Thriller

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Daredevil and the Punisher have a long history together in both the comics, and in the world of television, with Punisher's return in Daredevil: Born Again being one of the highlights of that series. The two heroes (or anti-hero, in the case of the Punisher), are set to clash in a new miniseries, Daredevil/Punisher: The Devil's Trigger, which starts next week, written by Jimmy Palmiotti with art by Tommaso Bianchi.

Palmiotti told CBR's Sean O'Connell recently, "New York is now wide open with the fall of the Gnucci empire and we have three major players introduced into the mix that operate a bit differently than the Gnucci clan and the Punisher and Daredevil will have their hands full with them and especially Matt Murdock with the idea that some of the people taking over are people he put away that are now out of jail way before their time. There is something deeper going on and they both want to get to the bottom of this, just in totally different ways. Frank is only interested in a body count at this point and it is driving Daredevil insane."

CBR has an exclusive preview of the first issue of the series...

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DAREDEVIL/PUNISHER: THE DEVIL’S TRIGGER #1 (OF 5)

JIMMY PALMIOTTI (W) • TOMMASO BIANCHI (A)

Cover by KENDRICK “KUNKKA” LIM

VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY KENDRICK “KUNKKA” LIM

STREET-VERSE VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE

FROM THE CHAOS A COSTUME VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO

VARIANT COVER BY DAN PANOSIAN • VARIANT COVER BY JOSHUA CASSARA

VARIANT COVER BY DAVID MARQUEZ

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO PULL THE TRIGGER? DAREDEVIL and THE PUNISHER – two of Marvel’s mightiest with one of the most celebrated and storied rivalries in comics find themselves at odds, not only with each other, but with New York’s criminal element once again! Writer Jimmy Palmiotti revisits the world that was, as Frank Castle is pitted against the Gnucci crime family for their most violent and visceral confrontation yet! As their conflict threatens to tear Hell’s Kitchen apart, it’ll fall to DAREDEVIL to contain the chaos!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

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In the preview pages, we open with Daredevil tied upside down, having clearly just been in a fight with the Punisher. He flashes back to the start of this problem. He was approached by one of the associates of the Gnucci crime family, the one that Punisher destroyed in the classic "Welcome Back, Frank" storyline.

Now, Matt Murdock is handling one of the last remaining members of the Gnucci crime family in court, and ironically, this time the charge is a bogus one, but Matt knows that the Punisher is not someone who cares about legal tecnicalities, and so Matt is pretty sure that he will run afoul of the Punisher on this case.

Of course, Matt Murdock is more than just a lawyer, so the preview pages open with him going into action as Daredevil to find out more information. Obviously, we know that means he will run into a Punisher-sized buzzsaw later, but HOW that goes down you'll have to pick up a copy of Daredevil/Punisher: The Devil's Trigger #1 next week to find out!

Source: Marvel

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