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Daredevil: Cruel and Unusual #[nn]
In "Sympathy for the Devil," Matt Murdock faces a moral maze as he tries to convince death row inmate Big Ben Donovan—despite Donovan's own claims of guilt—that he didn't commit the murder for which he's sentenced. As Matt and Dakota uncover a web of threats from both criminal factions and federal agents, the tension escalates when Donovan attempts to take his own life. Written by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka, with striking artwork by Michael Lark and inks by Stefano Gaudiano, the issue unfolds with quiet dread and sharp psychological depth. The cover, by Marko Djurdjević, captures the weight of the moment with stark, haunting precision.
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Matt is trying to exhortation death row inmate Big Ben Donovan for a murder he didn't commit but is hampered in his progress by Donovan's insistence that he is guilty of the crime. As Matt and Dakota dig deeper, they find that both criminal elements and the feds are crawling out of the woodwork and somebody wants Big Ben dead. Donovan tries to accommodate them by hanging himself in his cell.
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