Last week’s Daredevil: Born Again introduced viewers to Muse, a deeply disturbed and psychopathic killer. In a brief scene, he was seen taking blood from an innocent’s veins near the train station. This caused the victim immense pain and suffering.
In Episode 6, titled “Excessive Force,” he returned to terrorize the city but later escaped. This happened following his confrontation with Daredevil. In their altercation, many observed that Muse’s superpowers appeared to be reduced as compared to his comic counterpart.
Here’s all you need to know about how the MCU’s Muse is different from comics.
Here’s how Daredevil: Born Again changes Muse’s powers from comics
Muse lacks supernatural powers in Daredevil: Born Again, which could have given him an upper hand in the fight against Matt Murdock’s alter ego. In the comics, Muse wielded impressive powers like superhuman strength, speed, and imperceptibility.
The last listed power provides him with an advantage against Daredevil, who mainly uses his other heightened senses to get alerted to dangers. Given that Muse’s body absorbs sensory information, it could have made it harder for Daredevil to detect him.
While the MCU appears to have restrained Muse from his impressive powers, they seem to have kept his story’s foundation intact. Staying true to the comic origins, his dark character, obsessed with the Victim’s blood, paints the city with dark displays and murals. A glimpse of his dark activity was seen in previous episodes. He painted Wilson Fisk in New York City, right after he won the mayoral elections.
Similar to his comic counterpart, he surfaces during Kingpin’s administration. His criminal activities have currently given Kingpin a good opportunity to gain complete control over the city and stop the vigilantes.
In order to deal with him, he is assembling an Anti-vigilante task force. This gives him a chance to justify his law for the rebel street fighters and also legally mess with Daredevil’s vengeance movements.
