SPIDER-MAN #277: Peter Parker is trying to come to terms with the fact that Flash Thompson may be the Hobgoblin, but his reverie is interrupted by a call from Matt Murdock, who tells him about the Kingpin’s attempts to destroy him. Against Matt’s advice, Spider-Man investigates.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #276: Peter Parker realizes the futility of giving up being Spider-Man (again) and battles the Hobgoblin to an epic conclusion. But there’s more trouble on the way, as the Human Fly busts out of the institution.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #275: Peter Parker decides (again) that it’s time to hang up his tights, but the Hobgoblin has returned with some new gadgets and an old grudge against Spider-Man—and he’s got Flash Thompson’s girlfriend Sha Shan as a hostage!
DAREDEVIL #233: The Avengers intervene in the battle between Nuke and Daredevil at the behest of the federal government; but the official story that Nuke is simply a terrorist doesn’t sit well with Captain America. It doesn’t sit so well with Nuke, either...
DAREDEVIL #232: Matt Murdock helps Karen Page kick her heroin addiction, while the Kingpin manipulates the unstable Nuke to turn Hell’s Kitchen into a warzone and lure out Daredevil.
DAREDEVIL #231: Kingpin has a plan to frame Daredevil for the murder of Karen Page and Foggy Nelson, but he’s not expecting Matt Murdock to catch wind of it. Ben Urich goes to press with an exposé about the Kingpin of Crime, and puts a target on his own head.
DAREDEVIL #229: Having narrowly escaped death at the hands of the Kingpin, Matt Murdock wanders the streets of New York, lost, lonely and broken. Meanwhile, Karen Page wheels and deals to return to America.
DAREDEVIL #228: After having his life torn apart by the Kingpin, Matt Murdock is unraveling at record pace. He can’t bring himself to ask his friends for help, or even leave his motel room until he has no choice. He must confront the Kingpin.
DAREDEVIL #227: Matt Murdock’s life has gone off the rails. He’s bankrupt, accused of criminal misconduct, his girlfriend has left him, and his loved ones are being targeted. All because Karen Page sold Daredevil out to the Kingpin for a hot shot of heroin.
DAREDEVIL #219: Matt Murdock rolls into the town of Broken Cross, NJ without a word; a silent and dangerous stranger with a mission to clean up the corruption as quickly and efficiently as humanly possible.