Warning: Spoilers for Daredevil: Unleash Hell - Red Band #4!Marvel is ready to unleashDaredevil’sultimate form through her most dangerous enemy yet. TheUnleash Hellseries has followed Elektra Natchios’ version of Daredevil as she battles Matt Murdock’s new MCU villain, Muse. Muse is no longer acting alone, now joined by a female counterpart named Morgan Whittier. As Elektra attempts to save Morgan from Muse’s influence, she must also face the literal demons from her own past.
Helektra reflects Elektra’s darkest essence without restrictions, limitations, or emotions.
The literal demon takes shape as Helektra, Elektra’s darker half, who unleashes her full wrath in Erica Schultz’sDaredevil: Unleash Hell – Red Band#4. Although she officially entered the Marvel Universe at the end of the previous issue, this marks the first time readers see her in full action.
Elektra is known as one of the most lethal figures in Marvel history, whether fighting as a hero or a villain. Even after trading in her assassin’s blades for a superhero’s mask, she’s still seen as a formidable force, butHelektra may be even more dangerous.
Helektra Is What Happens When Elektra Stops Holding Back
Daredevil: Unleash Hell - Red Band#4 by Erica Schultz, Valentina Pinti, Jose Luis Soares, Jonas Trindade, Dee Cunniffe, and VC’s Cory Petit
What makes Helektra so dangerous is that during her fight with Daredevil, she tells Elektra that she’s more than just a dark mirror image.Helektra is Daredevil when she stops holding back, or, in her own words,she’s Elektra in her"most lethal form.“In that sense, Helektra harkens back to a time in comic book history whenElektra fully embraced her old codename and costume. However, it’s strongly implied that Helektra is even more ruthless, brutal, and destructive than Elektra ever was, even at the height of her supervillain days.
On more than one occasion,Elektra proved more violent than Daredevil, but even in her most vile moments, Matt’s love for Elektra was enough to quell the beast within her. Even during her time as a hitwoman, Elektra’s intensity could be tempered by emotion. Helektra, on the other hand, embodies Elektra’s darkest instincts without any restraint, compassion, or moral code. She feels no remorse, no love, making her even more dangerous in combat.Helektra takes Elektra’s core identity as a relentless killer in Daredevil lore and pushes it further, transforming that drive into her only purpose. purpose.
The Woman Without Fear Still Fears Herself
Why Elektra’s Darkest Enemy Might Be the One Inside Her
Nowadays, the new Daredevil has embraced the nickname of being the Woman Without Fear, but even the original Daredevil always had somethingto fear. For Elektra, she admits that a"pure, uncut Elektra Natchios"is the last thing that the world needs. More than anything, Elektra fears herself and what she could become. The idea that Elektra could one day fall back into old habits in the worst way has been a recurring fear of not only herself, but fellow heroes who don’t trust her hero turn.Daredevilfears that she could one day revert to her darker, more dangerous self.
Daredevil: Unleash Hell - Red Band#4is available now from Marvel Comics!
