After 11 years, Marvel’s newest Daredevil trailer finally settles the biggest MCU canon question

The trailer for Daredevil: Born Again What debuted at New York Comic-Con 2024 finally confirms one of the longest-running MCU questions. Daredevil: Born AgainThe story is highly anticipated by many, primarily due to the popularity of Netflix Daredevil Show. As one of the few confirmed upcoming MCU TV shows left to air, it’s safe to say that Daredevil: Born Again is the most hyped-up series Marvel has yet to release in 2025.

A big factor in the excitement building for the show is Daredevil: Born Agains figure. Not only do Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio reprise their roles from Netflix’s shows as Daredevil and Kingpin respectively, but so do the likes of Deborah Ann Woll, Alden Henson, Wilson Bethel and Jon Berthal. Despite the returning characters, one of the biggest lingering questions in the MCU of late has been whether Netflix’s Marvel TV shows are canon for the franchise. Finally, it seems Daredevil: Born Again finally provided the answer.

Kingpin knows Matt Murdock is Daredevil…which means season 3 is officially canon

The wider Marvel TV Universe is still canon to the MCU

Despite Cox and D’Onofrio appearing in MCU projects like Spider-Man: No Way Home, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Hawkeye, And EchoMarvel Studios still did not give a definitive answer to the aforementioned canon question. Many have been wondering whether the versions of the characters are multiversal variants, completely canon to Netflix’s show, or whether they are connected very loosely to Netflix without open references, so the answer is ambiguous. However, one plot point in Daredevil: Born Again Confirms that Netflix’s shows are canon, once and for all.

The plot point in question is whether Kingpin knows Matt Murdock is Daredevil in the MCU, something he discovered on Netflix Daredevil. In the trailer for the show, shown exclusively to the attendees at New York Comic-Con 2024, it was confirmed that Kingpin is aware of Matt’s secret identity, something that resolves a Netflix The Defenders Saga cliffhanger. This confirms that the events of Daredevil Season 3 are canon too Daredevil: Born Again And, then, the wider MCU, which means big things ahead for the future of Marvel Television.

Daredevil (& Punisher) doesn’t work without the other Marvel Netflix shows

All Marvel Netflix shows have to be canon, or none of them should be

To further build on the confirmation that the first three seasons of Daredevil are canon to Daredevil: Born AgainMarvel needs to match that the other Netflix shows are too. It seems like though The Punisher is treated as such, due to Bernthal’s return as the titular character in Daredevil: Born Again. However, the other shows are less certain for now. Nevertheless, the show needs to be confirmed as canon, as they are a long way from being made Daredevil And The Punisher Really works.

As a shared Marvel TV timeline/universe on Netflix, Daredevil And The Punisher Very tied to the other Netflix shows. While it could be argued that The Punisher was mostly self-contained, there are still little references to the wider Netflix sect of the MCU. Daredevil Was especially tied to the other shows because of his appearance and simply dead in The Defenderswhich is then referenced at length in Daredevil Season 3. With so much of the characters’ backstories connecting to the Netflix shows, all must be canon to the MCU now that Daredevil was confirmed as such.

Marvel Netflix is ​​woven into the larger Marvel TV Universe

Shows from studios outside of Netflix should now exist in the MCU

To make matters more interesting, Marvel’s Netflix shows are tied to the wider television universe based on Marvel Comics characters. The other shows include Agents of SHIELD, RunawaysAnd Cloak and Dagger. Although there were no explicit appearances of characters from each side appearing on the other, there are several Easter eggs woven together. One example of Agents of Shield Sees a Judas bullet being used to destroy a speaker’s podium, a weapon brought in Luke Cage As a way of harming the indestructible titular character.

Luke Cage In turn is connected to another Marvel TV show, Cloak and Dagger. In one scene in season 2, episode 9, a newspaper clearing of Luke is shown and one of the characters drops his name. Luke’s friend, Misty Knight, is also referenced Cloak and Dagger Season 1, like many Daredevil Characters like Ben Urich and Karen Page. Wow Cloak and Dagger Is concerned, the titular characters once appeared in Marvel’s Runaways.

The duo is special in a crossover episode Runaways Season 3, Episode 8. Runaways Also has many references to the wider MCU, from mentions of Wakanda and the Dark Dimension to the Darkhold, the version that also appeared in Agents of Shield. As revealed, Daredevil And the other Netflix shows have a huge web of connections to the wider TV universe of Marvel characters. If Daredevil And Netflix’s shows are now canon to the MCU as well Daredevil: Born Again All but implies, so too are the likes of Agents of SHIELD, RunawaysAnd Cloak and Dagger.

Marvel just introduced a lot of continuity problems…but it’s so worth it

The multiverse may be needed to explain Marvel’s continuity issues

With all of Marvel’s live-action TV shows being considered canon thanks to Daredevil: Born Again, The MCU now has many continuity issues. Admittedly, the Netflix shows don’t present too many issues of this kind, as they are mostly disconnected from the larger events of the MCU movies and some references to the Avengers Movies. Where most of the continuity issues arise is with Agents of Shield. For the first three or four seasons, Agents of Shield Connected closer and more openly to the MCU movies than anything in Netflix’s Marvel roster.

However, as the show progressed, The showrunners decided to move further away from the foundations of the MCU movies As a means of not limiting their narrative potential. This caused many continuity issues, especially in seasons 5, 6 and 7. For example, the last two seasons were chronologically set in the five-year time gap established in Avengers: Endgame. However, Thanos’ drop from the end of Avengers: Infinity War Is not mentioned at all, with the show taking its own direction.

Although it may be difficult for Marvel Studios to explain the consistency of continuity, there are ways in which it can be done, and after all, it is worth it so that the franchise can connect to the characters and stories. Agents of Shield Special is highly regarded as one of Marvel’s strongest TV shows, as are the characters it features. While the quality of some other Marvel TV shows may have left a bit to be desired, the potential of the myriad characters being part of the MCU still Daredevil: Born Again Make the timeline headaches so worth it.