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At the downtown storefront law offices of Nelson and Murdock, Matt Murdock is talking to a new client, Peter Parker. Suddenly, the blind lawyer's radar sense detects a distant helicopter, and his super-sensitive hearing soon identifies the air-craft as belonging to an old foe, the Owl. Matt can hardly believe his ears, because as far as he knew, the Owl died after their last encounter. When Peter asks whether anything is wrong, Matt replies that he just remembered an urgent appointment and asks Peter to drop by tomorrow. As Matt hurries out, Peter is amazed at how easily the blind man gets around. Matt ducks into an alley and quickly changes into his Daredevil costume. He is annoyed that he had to leave so quickly, because he knows from Peter's strong heartbeat that he is Spider-Man, but he did not have a chance to learn his prospective client's name. Also, Spider-Man's suspicions are bound to have been aroused by how quickly Matt departed. Postponing further thoughts, Daredevil extends his billy-club cable and swings off to search for the Owl. Meanwhile, as the Owl is in his hideout overseeing his latest operation, he muses that there is no need for him to convalesce another three days as Professor Kerwin recommended. The time to strike is now. For months he has lain inactive, recuperating from his last battle. He recalls that terrible moment when he was suspended from one of his helicopters, fighting Daredevil. Finally he let go, thinking that his flying device would save him, but it had been sabotaged by that traitor, Dr. Petrovic, and the Owl plummeted into the ice-bound river below. Daredevil thought the Owl was doomed, but fortunately the leg braces that Petrovic designed broke his impact, and he activated his electronic signal device. This swiftly brought a helicopter with his henchmen—his 24-hour rescue unit-and they hauled him from the freezing water and flew him track to his headquarters. But the Owl's nervous system was damaged by lack of oxygen, so his henchmen kidnapped the only man who could save him, Professor Kerwin of the Neurological Research Center. Thus the Owl recovered and began to plot his revenge. Concluding his musings, the Owl activates a closed-circuit video-scanner, whose pictures are transmitted from mini-cameras concealed in his henchmen's uniforms. His men are robbing a store in the diamond district in order to lure Daredevil into a trap. A few blocks from the robbery, Peter walks dejectedly away from Murdock's office. He gloomily reflects that he cannot even manage to talk to a lawyer about providing for Aunt May in case something should ever happen to him, but his spirits lift as he enters an alley and changes into his Spider-Man costume. Perhaps some web-swinging is just what he needs, he muses. But around the corner he encounters the Owl's costumed henchmen racing back to their helicopter, so he leaps among them and starts brawling. Daredevil scans the battle from above and decides that, even though Spider-Man can certainly handle the criminals himself, he might as well join him. Spider-Man is miffed at Daredevil's arrival, but Daredevil tells Spider-Man that he has a personal feud with the Owl. When the gangsters see the two crimefighters quarreling, they run for it, but when Spider-Man tries to pursue them, Daredevil wraps his billy-club cable around Spider-Man's ankles and stops him. As the helicopter departs, Spider-Man rages, but Daredevil tells him to calm down. He let them escape so they could lead him to their leader, the Owl. Then, tracking the helicopter with his radar sense, Daredevil leaps onto a truck headed uptown and invites Spider-Man to join him. By the time Spider-Man and Daredevil reach the George Washington Bridge, the sound of the helicopter is almost too faint for even Daredevil to hear. The chopper is heading for the "raw Palisades, says Daredevil as he starts to swing across the bridge, and Spider-Man is amazed that Daredevil seems to knew where the criminals are going even though he cannot see them. Sure enough, as the helicopter approaches the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, a large door suddenly opens in the side of a cliff and the aircraft enters. Daredevil urges Spider-Man to hurry lest they lose track of the aircraft, but the Owl, watching on his viewscreen, orders the helicopter to remain outside to make certain Daredevil finds it. Matt thinks it odd that the helicopter is suddenly louder, but now at least he has a good fix on its direction. They are held up by a policeman who accuses them of causing a traffic jam, but they soon find the Owl's hideout, with the helicopter hovering outside, several hundred yards up the coast. Daredevil went along the top of the cliff, while Spider-Man climbs along its vertical face. As soon as they spot the opening, Spider-Man tries to jump in, but the Owl throws a switch that electrifies the door and knocks Spider-Man unconscious. Spider-Man starts to fall, but Daredevil snags his wrist with his billy-club cable and hauls him to safety. Shaken, Spider-Man nevertheless quickly revives. Then the Owl opens doors to his hideout and invites them in. As soon as Daredevil and Spider-Man enter the darkened cavern, Spider-Man sees a flock of growing owls attack them. Daredevil is blind, so he cannot see them, but his radar senses do not pick them up either, and he realizes that Spider-Man must be dodging an attack that does not really exist. Watching on a viewscreen, the Owl gloats that his three-dimensional protections are the perfect•weapon for driving an enemy mad. Daredevil then alerts Spider-Man to the illusion and tells him to cover his eyes, and the crimefighters advance further. The Owl orders his men to their ambush-defense stations, perfectly willing to sacrifice his lackeys in order to wear down his foes. Then he throws a switch that opens the door to the chamber in which Professor Kerwin is imprisoned, his hands manacled. Should the battle go against him, Kerwin will be his bargaining chip. Then Spider-Man and Daredevil break into the Owl's control center. Daredevil's radar sense suddenly detects vibrations overhead, and the Owl's henchmen drop down on them. The Owl tells them to kill Spider-Man but to leave Daredevil alive, because he wants to deliver the death blow personally. The Owns henchmen are no match for either crimefighter, but there are as many of them that it is not long before they overwhelm Daredevil. Spider-Man helps dig Daredevil out, and soon the men flee, realizing that the Owl simply cannot pay them enough to face the two crimefighters. When the Owl sees his men desert him, he unveils his hostage, Professor Kerwin, and points a gun at his head. Then he orders Spider-Man and Daredevil to surrender, or else Kerwin will die. Kerwin tells Daredevil not to let the Owl get away with it, but the Owl orders Kerwin to be silent. Daredevil, however, replies that they are not about to give in just to save Kerwin. Kerwin saved the Owl's life, so he is as much a criminal as the Owl, continues Daredevil. The Owl starts to sweat, saying that he forced Kerwin to help him by threatening, but Kerwin sees through the ruse and maintains that he is the Owl's partner in crime. Severely agitated at the collapse of his plan, the Owl suddenly grabs his head in pain and keels over. Later, after a lengthy explanation of the Owl's medical history, Kerwin states that when the Owl became overexcited, his neurological pacemaker short-circuited—and left him a vegetable.