It’s Time For Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 To Break An 11-Year MCU Streak

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The Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again is returning for a second season, and will finally connect the show’s earlier seasons on Netflix with the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. Daredevil originally aired on Netflix, but when the rights returned to Marvel Studios, they decided to bring the show back with Daredevil: Born Again. Before the revival, Marvel integrated Charlie Cox’s Daredevil into other projects like Spider-Man: No Way Home, Echo, and She-Hulk to establish his place in the MCU.

Making the Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and other Defenders shows officially part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe created some tricky continuity issues. Since all those series take place in New York City – a location often featured in MCU movies and shows – it’s hard to imagine the Defenders’ activities wouldn’t have crossed paths with the Avengers. Marvel has largely avoided addressing these inconsistencies by simply not mentioning them.

It’s been over a decade since Daredevil first appeared on Netflix in 2015, and none of the shows set in New York City on that platform have ever featured a hero from the main Marvel Cinematic Universe. Originally, this was because of complicated rights agreements. However, with the Defenders now officially part of the MCU, there’s no longer a reason for this separation. Marvel Studios has started to build connections by bringing Charlie Cox into the MCU and will soon feature Jon Bernthal as the Punisher in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Now, it’s time for the MCU to reciprocate and finally break the 11-year pattern.

Considering how shows like Daredevil: Born Again and Punisher: One Last Kill are now connected to larger Marvel Cinematic Universe events, particularly Spider-Man: Brand New Day which also happens in New York City around the same time, Marvel can’t realistically keep the New York City depicted in its TV shows separate from the New York City in its movies for much longer.

I’ve been noticing a lot of discussion online about how Daredevil and the people around him would have handled big events that happened in the wider Marvel universe. Things like the Battle of New York during Avengers, or even what happened with the Void in Thunderbolts – it makes you wonder what they were doing at those times! And now, with everything going on in Daredevil: Born Again, especially Fisk becoming Mayor, everyone’s asking how that’s going to affect the other heroes in New York and the MCU as a whole. It’s really interesting to think about how all these stories connect.

Although it would simplify storytelling to keep the Daredevil: Born Again series separate, it currently feels isolated. Characters from the show can appear in the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe, but no MCU characters are allowed to cross over into Daredevil.

The second season of Daredevil: Born Again has added Jack Duquesne, also known as the Swordsman, to the growing list of local Marvel characters in New York. Tony Dalton plays the Swordsman, who was previously seen in Hawkeye with Jeremy Renner. Despite this addition, no major heroes from the main Marvel Cinematic Universe films have made an appearance yet.

Bringing a superhero from an MCU movie into Daredevil: Born Again would be the quickest way to connect the New Yorks of Marvel’s TV shows and films, and firmly establish the old Netflix series as official parts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Which MCU Movie Heroes Should Crossover in Daredevil: Born Again?

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has plenty of New York City-based heroes, and many of them would be great additions to the Daredevil: Born Again series. Fans are especially eager to see Tom Holland’s Spider-Man make an appearance, but agreements between Sony and Marvel might make that difficult for a Disney+ show.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has a lot of exciting possibilities, including the newly formed Avengers team—previously known as the Thunderbolts—who are based in New York City’s Avengers Tower and already have ties to the Daredevil: Born Again series. Featuring any of these New Avengers in Daredevil: Born Again could effectively bridge the gap between the MCU’s gritty street-level stories and its larger, more spectacular events.

Doctor Strange lives and works in another part of New York City, but it’s currently unknown how his magical abilities and fantastical world would fit with the more grounded, realistic tone of the Marvel shows on Netflix.

No matter how they do it, bringing a major hero from the big-screen Marvel Cinematic Universe into their Disney+ shows could significantly expand the scope and importance of the stories, and create stronger links between all the different parts of the MCU that are currently happening.

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2026-04-12 12:35