| Deborah Harris Franklin |  Hush, Franklin. My husband has no comment at this time  |
| Foggy Nelson | That's right. No comment. |
Appearing in "Ultimatum"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Hydra Agents
- George Fistal (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Ben Urich
- Josie
- Heroes for Hire (Cameo)
- Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (Cameo)
- Luke Cage (Cameo)
- Micah Synn
- Anton Krapotkin (First appearance; dies)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)
- KGB (Mentioned)
- Doris Urich (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Sol
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Hell's Kitchen
- Glorianna O'Breen's Apartment (First appearance)
- Midtown
- Brooklyn
- 7th Street and Water Street
- a warehouse
- 7th Street and Water Street
- Manhattan
- West Point (Mentioned)
- New York City
- Washington, D.C. (Mentioned)
- New York
- United States of America
- Europe (Mentioned)
- Ireland (Mentioned)
- North America
- Earth
Items:
- Daredevil's Suit and Billy Club
- a microchip
Synopsis for "Ultimatum"
HYDRA agents have captured the Black Widow. They have her telephone a message to Daredevil demanding that he locate for them a Russian defector named Anton Krapotkin. Krapotkin has stolen a highly valuable microchip from the KGB and HYDRA wants the chip. As the Black Widow speaks into the answering machine, she taps out a Morse code message with her foot, knowing that Daredevil's acute hearing will be able to pick it up.
Daredevil eventually receives the message and realizes that he must find Krapotkin or else HYDRA will kill the Black Widow. Daredevil hits the streets and begins networking with the underworld in an effort to find info on Krapotkin.
In the midst of his search, Daredevil runs afoul of a bunch of HYDRA goons and has to beat them down. He ultimately finds Anton Krapotkin, but unfortunately HYDRA finds him as well. HYDRA shoots Krapotkin before he can reveal the location of the stolen microchip.
Daredevil eventually tracks the Black Widow down to an abandoned warehouse. She is bound and gagged and suspended upside down in the middle of the room. The commanding HYDRA agent has left a pressure-sensitive bomb secured beneath a floorboard. His intention is to have Daredevil step on it, killing both the Black Widow and he. But Daredevil navigates around the bomb by homing in on the Black Widow's heartbeat. As her heartbeat rises, he knows that he is getting closer to the bomb. He eventually bypasses it and rescues the Widow. Together, they stop the remaining HYDRA agents before they can leave the vicinity.
Solicit Synopsis
Notes
- The Black Widow is missing her distinctive gauntlets this issue, as she is a captive of Hydra for most of this adventure.
- Matt Murdock spends the entirety of his "Emergency Fund" this issue. He will become financially insolvent over the next months.
- This issue features a letters page, Devil's Advocate. Letters are published from William Adkins, Jr., Donlad Trull, T.P. Fantom, Lisa, Joe Chiapetta, and Anthony Padilla". The letters page also contains a Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation.
Trivia
- The tagline for this issue is "Hunted by HYDRA!"