Elektra Part 13: Daredevil #182 (May, 1982)

Elektra doesn’t make an appearance here, her corpse does. And no, the ‘z’-word doesn’t apply…

I have this story in the Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller Vol. 2 trade.

Elektra’s body is dug up on the last page in a superb effort by Miller to prove to all that she is in fact dead after teasing readers, and Matt, all issue long.

Notes of Interest:
1) In the “Born Again” storyline (another masterpiece by Miller), Kingpin mentions that Daredevil’s psyche has been disturbed for some time. This issue explains the cause.

2) I’ve never read Elektra: Assassin but Elektra uses some sort of mental powers in that story she never had before. I guess you could argue that this issue establishes those powers. But I don’t count Assassin as canon, so Matt’s just losing it.

3) Since this takes place after What If? #35, it could be said that Uatu’s to blame for Matt’s behavior.

WTF? Moment: I know Matt loved Elektra but…touching her dead face with his bare hands? Ewww.

WTF? Moment #2: Foggy is a true friend. He finds Matt in a graveyard in the middle of the night, kneeling next to Elektra’s open casket, and doesn’t even question how his blind partner got there or did that – all by himself.