History ComicBook / DevilsReign

** ''Devil's Reign: Spider-Man'', while also running parallel with ''Spider-Man Beyond'', also ties into the tail-end of ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManNickSpencer''. More specifically, it's following up on the resurrection of [[spoiler:Richard Fisk a.k.a. the Rose]] at the end of ''ComicBook/KingsRansom''. [[spoiler:The Chameleon is also now on the loose following the events of ''ComicBook/TheChameleonConspiracy'', allowing Otto to hire him to secretly impersonate Tony Stark.]]

** Agony is shown as a member of Wilson Fisk's Thunderbolts, tying into ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'' and overlapping with ''ComicBook/VenomEwingAndRamV''.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Just like in the ComicBook/DarkReign era, Wilson Fisk abuses his position as Mayor of New York to deputize dozens upon dozens of supervillains to crack down on the city's superhero community on behalf of the law. This includes the likes of Agony, who -- as elucidated in ''ComicBook/VenomEwingAndRamV'' -- was sent by Senator Arthur Krane as part of the Friends of Humanity's partnership with Wilson Fisk despite being a symbiote host post-''ComicBook/KingInBlack'' and being caught on camera melting and eating people in ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'' as part of Carnage's assassination of Senator Peter Krane.

In the aftermath of the story, a new ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' mini-series will launch, along with a new volume of ''Daredevil''

** Tony Stark's response to the Powers Act is to argue that Fisk's just retreading old legal ground that the United States has [[ComicBook/CivilWar been down before]] and settled (and in Fisk's case, that it's just an election year stunt).

* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Averted. Zdarsky's [[https://www.cbr.com/marvel-devils-reign-fisk-chip-zdarsky confirmed]] that while ''Devil's Reign'' is the culmination of his ''Daredevil'' run-up to this point, it's ''not'' the climax. He and Marco Checchetto will be relaunching Hornhead's monthly book in June 2022 following the event's conclusion.

* DiplomaticImmunity: The X-Men Treehouse in NYC is afforded some degree of diplomatic protection due to Krakoa's UN status. Naturally, Fisk doesn't care.

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: By the end of the event, [[spoiler: Fisk's reign as NYC Mayor has finally ended. Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk are both believed dead by the public (with the mantle of Kingpin passing to Fisk's biological son Butch Pharris). With no opposing candidate, Luke Cage is poised to become the new Mayor, promising the most-hero friendly New York in Marvel history.]]

** ''Devil's Reign'' runs parallel to ''ComicBook/SpiderManBeyond''. As a result, the Spider-Man appearing within the event and tie-ins is Ben Reilly (as Peter Parker is still hospitalized). Miles Morales is also now wearing his redesigned costume which debuted on the cusp of ''Spider-Man Beyond''. Otto Octavius has also just returned to New York (continuing on from the climax of Nick Spencer's preceding ''Spider-Man'' run).
** ''Devil's Reign: Spider-Man'', while also running parallel with ''Spider-Man Beyond'', also ties into the tail-end of ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManNickSpencer''. More specifically, it's following up on the resurrection of [[spoiler:Richard Fisk a.k.a. the Rose]] at the end of ''King's Ransom''. [[spoiler:The Chameleon is also now on the loose following the events of ''The Chameleon Conspiracy'', allowing Otto to hire him to secretly impersonate Tony Stark.]]

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:''Devil's Reign: Moon Knight'' reveals Marc Spector allowed himself to be captured by Fisk's goons. He needed to gain access to the prison, as he was on Midnight Mission business with Man-Mountain Marko's ex-wife. This was the best and fastest way to get inside.]]

** ''Devil's Reign'' runs parallel to ComicBook/SpiderManBeyond. As a result, the Spider-Man appearing within the event and tie-ins is Ben Reilly (as Peter Parker is still hospitalized). Miles Morales is also now wearing his redesigned costume which debuted on the cusp of ''Spider-Man Beyond''. Otto Octavius has also just returned to New York (continuing on from the climax of Nick Spencer's preceding ''Spider-Man'' run).
** ''Devil's Reign: Spider-Man'', while also running parallel with ''Spider-Man Beyond'', also ties into the tail-end of ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManNickSpencer''. More specifically, it's following up on the resurrection of [[spoiler:Richard Fisk a.k.a. the Rose]] at the end of ''King's Ransom''. [[spoiler:The Chameleon is also now on the loose following ''The Chameleon Conspiracy", allowing Otto to hire him to secretly impersonate Tony Stark.]]

** [[spoiler:After having been antagonists for most of Zdarsky's run, the Stromwyns also finally bite it in the finale, killed by Fisk with help from Butch.]]

* TheHeroDies: ''Daredevil: Woman Without Fear'' #3 reveals that [[spoiler:Fisk has killed Matt Murdock]].
** However, it's then cleverly subverted when [[spoiler:''Devil's Reign'' #5 reveals Fisk actually killed ''Mike'' Murdock. Because Mike's been posing as Matt for much of Zdarsky's run, Fisk, Elektra, and everyone think he actually killed Matt.]]

* EvilKnockoff: Doctor Octopus’ [[Characters/FantasticFourNewFantasticFour Superior Four]] multi-armed versions of the All-New Fantastic Four from alternate realities where he stole their bodies instead of Spider-Man's with Doc Ock, with him taking the place of Spider-Man.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Otto Octavius in the penultimate issue. He was so focused on creating anti-Killgrave safeguards for himself that he didn't think to do the same for the rest of the Superior Four. Fisk lampshades this as he takes advantage of the unintended loophole.]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Veranke, the Skrull Queen during ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', is revealed to be alive and well in ''[[Comicbook/SpiderWoman2020 Spider-Woman]]''.]]

** ''Devil's Reign: Spider-Man'', while also running parallel with ''Spider-Man Beyond'', also ties into the tail-end of ComicBook/NickSpencersSpiderMan. More specifically, it's following up on the resurrection of [[spoiler:Richard Fisk a.k.a. the Rose]] at the end of ''King's Ransom''. [[spoiler:The Chameleon is also now on the loose following ''The Chameleon Conspiracy", allowing Otto to hire him to secretly impersonate Tony Stark.]]

* KlingonPromotion:[[spoiler:Faked. Fisk tells Butch at the end of the arc to tell others that Butch killed him and thereby took the mantle of Kingpin, claiming it is Butch's inheritance from Fisk.]]

nt (though he's fine with this, as it gives him the opening to join Elektra in their take-down of the Hand).]]

** [[spoiler: Kirsten McDuffie during the climax when she witnesses Fisk killing 'Matt' (actually Mike) and then notifies Daredevil and the authorities. It causes Matt to abandon the big brouhaha against Killgrave in mid-battle and almost causes Elektra to abandon her Zdarsky-era character development and kill Fisk herself. Kirsten's actions also immensely complicate Matt's post-event status quo. With Mike's publicized death and the body, Matt can't easily pull off a 'miraculous recovery' and has to remain 'dead' for the moment (though he's fine with this, as it gives him the opening to join Elektra in their take-down of the Hand).]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Played with when Matt taunts Fisk after the latter demands to know what he did to Fisk's memory and knowledge of Daredevil's identity. While this puts Fisk on the warpath and starts the Powers Act crackdown, Steve Rogers correctly points out later that Fisk still would've done something like this sooner or later (taunting or no).

* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Both Matt and Fisk do this at the end of the story.]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Mike Murdock in ''Devil's Reign'' #5, concluding a plotline going back to the Soule era.]]
** [[spoiler:After having been antagonists for most of Zdarsky's run, the Stromwyns also finally bite it in the finale.]]

* NothingIsTheSame: By the end of the event, [[spoiler: Fisk's reign as NYC Mayor has finally ended. Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk are both believed dead by the public (with the mantle of Kingpin passing to Fisk's biological son Butch Pharris). With no opposing candidate, Luke Cage is poised to become the new Mayor, promising the most-hero friendly New York in Marvel history.]]

** However, it also gets played with in that [[spoiler: while Mike is dead, the CosmicRetcon itself isn't actually undone with his death. As far as Matt and everyone else are still concerned, Mike Murdock always existed throughout ''Daredevil'' history and he's now lost his brother. Butch Pharris is the only person who knows the truth about their lives and histories being altered by Mike.]]

* StatusQuoIsGod: [[spoiler:Half a decade after Charles Soule's run wiped all public memory of Daredevil's secret identity, Fisk ''finally'' remembers at the end of issue #4.]]

* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: Butch Pharris by the end of the event. He's claimed the Kingpin mantle, the Stromwyns are all dead, and Fisk will not be a problem for him or the rest of NYC organized crime moving forward. But it's not much of a victory, as Fisk killed his co-conspirator and best friend (i.e. Mike Murdock). Butch is left mourning Mike's death and clearly wishing he'd listened to Mike's pleas in the penultimate issue.]]

** [[spoiler: After having been antagonists for most of Zdarsky's run, the Stromwyns also finally it bite in the finale.]]