There’s a new name staining the streets of Daredevil: Born Again, and it’s not one Matt Murdock will soon forget. Episode 6 (Excessive Force) throws a spotlight on one of the most disturbing Marvel villains in Daredevil’s world: Muse.

He’s a masked figure who some New Yorkers have mistaken for an edgy protest artist. But that illusion shatters fast. Behind those murals? A monster. A performer. A killer with a god complex and a paintbrush dipped in human blood.

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Muse first appeared in Daredevil Vol. 5 #10 (2015), created by Charles Soule and Ron Garney. From the very start, he was skin-crawling. He doesn’t see murder as crime — he sees it as creativity. His earliest “piece” involved a mural composed of blood. The blood of over 100 missing people, to be exact. That set the tone for everything that followed.

Muse stages his victims like sculptures. He leaves public “installations” across Manhattan — haunting, grotesque reminders that he doesn’t just kill… he creates. His art is meant to provoke, disturb, and draw attention. And if the public’s uncomfortable? Good. That means it’s working.

He also wears a mask — and if you’ve seen the one in the series, you’ll know it’s pulled straight from the comics. White. Blank. Eyes hollowed out and weeping crimson. It’s the kind of imagery that sticks in your head, even if you wish it didn’t.

Daredevil’s Worst Nightmare

In the comics, Muse possesses powers that make him a uniquely dangerous foe for Daredevil. Matt’s radar sense, normally so reliable, can’t detect him. To Murdock, Muse is a void. An absence. A blind spot in a world built on heightened perception.

He’s agile, strong, disturbingly creative, and favours weapons carved from his victims’ bones. But what really sets him apart is his eerie calm. Muse is theatrical, philosophical, and utterly convinced that his work matters.

The Blindspot Saga and Muse’s Final Act (In the Comics)

At one point, Muse becomes obsessed with Blindspot — a young hero working alongside Daredevil. After toying with him, Muse ultimately kidnaps the vigilante and gouges out his eyes — a moment that cements him as one of the darkest villains in Marvel’s street-level canon.

Later, when Blindspot regains his vision through mystical means, he nearly kills Muse in a brutal revenge clash. But in a moment of mercy, he stops. Muse doesn’t thank him. He throws himself into a fire, choosing to end his story on his own terms. His final words: “I… had so much… beauty left.”

Muse in Daredevil: Born Again – And He’s Already Painting the Town Red

The live-action version of Muse is just as twisted — and just as unsettling. To the public, he’s a mysterious street artist with a flair for anti-Fisk sentiment. His haunting graffiti has earned him a cult following. But that veneer doesn’t last.

When two women approach him for a selfie, thinking he’s just a rebellious muralist, the outcome is grim. The aftermath: their eyeless bodies displayed on the street, posed like art.

Muse, it turns out, doesn’t just kill — he drains his victims of blood and uses it in his work. Authorities say he’s believed to have murdered at least 60 people… but that figure may only scratch the surface.

Later in the episode, Muse goes head-to-head with Daredevil. And while he puts up a fight, Matt Murdock decisively beats him down. But as Daredevil pauses to save one of Muse’s latest victims — Angela Del Toro — the killer seizes the moment and slips away into the night.

What Happens Now?

So here we are. Muse is loose. Daredevil’s got his scent.

Will the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen track him down before more bodies drop? Or will Muse — always the dramatist — stage their next encounter himself? Could this story end like the comics, with a final act of self-destruction? Or will Wilson Fisk’s newly formed Anti-Vigilante Task Force throw another wrench into the mix?

Whatever happens next, one thing’s certain: Muse isn’t finished. Not yet.