Daredevil #48

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Synopsis

FAREWELL TO FOGGY! Daredevil scouts the city at night and overhears a group of criminals talking about how they hired Stilt-Man to assassinate Foggy Nelson so he won't interfere with their business once he becomes D.A. Naturally the Man Without Fear leaps into action to find out when the hit will take place. Daredevil manages to get the information out of the crooks before they escape. The attempt on Foggy's life will be on the same night at the offices of Nelson & Murdock. DD decides to get everyone out of the office and ambush Stilt-Man when he arrives. When Matt Murdock arrives at the office, the scent of a familiar perfume greets him as Karen Page has been waiting for him. Of course Matt pretends not to have noticed her until she speaks to him. Karen says she couldn't stay away from Matt any longer and he immediately plants a kiss on her lips. Foggy tells the love birds there'll be time for that later as they need to work through the night on his campaign speeches. However Matt tells his partner that he needs the office for some personal work instead! This infuriates Foggy who can't believe his friend is behaving this way. Karen is also disappointed and feels she may have been wrong to forgive Matt. Nonetheless with his partners life at risk Matt insists he needs the office to himself all night.Later that night, Daredevil waits in the office by himself and feels terrible about his action but also feels he had no choice. While DD is lost in his thought, he senses Stilt-Man approaching the window behind him. The armoured villain breaks in and is startled to see his old adversary waiting for him. DD says one of the gangsters that hired Stilt-Man snitched, hoping it throws of the connection to Matt Murdock. A fight begins inside the office and neither duellist can gain the upper hand until Stilt-Man extends one of his hydraulic legs and knocks Daredevil out of the window. DD saves himself by attaching his Billy club to a flagpole and uses the momentum to swing at...