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While he never got to fight him, Daredevil would have absolutely destroyed the scariest villain in the MCU, and one of his earliest comics proves it.
Out of every villain that has appeared in the MCU, there is one who stands above the rest as the most terrifying, not because of any god-tier abilities or sheer cosmic power but because of how truly cruel and sinister they are. Despite how fear-inducing this villain may be, they are nothing compared to Daredevil, and one of his earliest comics proves it.
With his inclusion in more recent MCU projects including Spider-Man: No Way Home and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, it is presumed that Daredevil and his entire established canon is now a part of the MCU’s main continuity. Based on that logic, every other member of the previously established Netflix/Marvel universe is also canon within the MCU, heroes and villains alike—including the scariest villain of all: Killgrave. Killgrave made his live-action debut in Jessica Jones and while the character is essential to Jessica’s character both in the show and in Marvel Comics (as tragic as the reality of that is), he is arguably more significantly connected to Daredevil as they share a history within Marvel Comics that stretches way further back than even Jessica Jones’ comic book debut.
In Daredevil #4 by Stan Lee and Joe Orlando, Zebediah Killgrave, or The Purple Man, is introduced to readers for the first time in Marvel continuity. In this issue, Killgrave robs a bank by simply asking the teller to fill a bag with bands of hundred-dollar bills. Given Killgrave’s power to make anyone do anything he says with a mere suggestion, the teller happily obliges and hands The Purple Man his bag of cash. Moments later, however, the teller snaps out of his trance and calls the police, who swiftly capture Killgrave and bring him to prison. Looking to gain him as a client, Foggy Nelson and Matt Murdock jump to The Purple Man’s defense, clearly unaware of how truly awful he really is. When Matt Murdock and Karen Page show up to Killgrave’s holding cell, the villain simply tells the guard to release him and orders Karen to follow him as he leaves. Evidently, The Purple Man took a liking to Karen and decided to take her as his own, with everyone around him unable to do anything about it…or so he thought.
When Killgrave tells Matt to stay put while he walks away with Karen, Matt only pretends to follow his orders so that he could change into his Daredevil costume once the villain was far enough away. This confirms that Killgrave’s powers had no effect on Daredevil, something that is quickly explained in the issue itself. Because of Daredevil’s strong will and indomitable spirit (which is attributed to his heightened senses in this comic), he was immune to Killgrave’s power—something that could have come in handy within the MCU.
If Daredevil had intervened during the events of Jessica Jones—since it is established in the Defenders that they were both operating at the same time and around the same place—the first season of her MCU series would have ended a lot faster. While Jessica herself is later able to fight off The Purple Man’s powers, she is taken under his control for a long time before the events of the show. Plus, other characters are forced to follow Killgrave’s orders such as Luke Cage who nearly kills Jessica because Killgrave tells him to. However, if Daredevil had offered a helping hand, he wouldn’t have been taken under Killgrave’s spell and could have done what all the other heroes couldn’t do by immediately stopping him like it was nothing—something that was made very clear in Daredevil’s very own comic.
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