Matt Murdock returns to Hell's Kitchen from Japan a changed man and seeks to utilize the Hand as a force for justice. As the new leader of the Hand, Daredevil builds Shadowland, a prison temple constructed upon the ruins of a Hell's Kitchen building destroyed along with numerious lives by Bullseye. Only later is it revealed that Matt has been possessed by the demonic Beast of the Hand, forcing his heroic friends to gather together and battle him.