Marvel Comics' Daredevil occupies a unique place in superhero lore as he's one of the few completely blind superheroes in comic books. While a radioactive accident blinded Matt Murdock as a boy, his remaining senses function with superhuman sharpness, allowing him to perceive his environs better than a sighted man and challenge what most people think of as a "inability."

Still, Matt has expressed regret over losing his sight on multiple occasions, then it may come as a surprise to know that Daredevil has had multiple opportunities to regain his vision – but inevitably chooses to remain a bullheaded man. Allow's take a closer expect at the different ways Daredevil regained his sight, and why he consistently chooses to requite it up.

During Marvel's Cloak-and-dagger Wars Two consequence, the all-powerful being The Beyonder tried to rent Matt Murdock to assistance him ain the planet… legally. When he was asked to leave a servant, the Beyonder not simply used his powers to save a one thousand thousand dollars from an old shipwreck – he likewise restored Daredevil'southward sight. This shocked Matt and he was forced to readjust to the new sensory input (since he still perceived the world through his other superhuman senses).

Amusingly, Matt was unnerved when he finally saw how alpine the buildings in New York were, even though he'd been swinging around them for years as a blind man. Despite this initial disorientation, Matt was able to adjust to his new sighted condition fairly quickly and enjoy a day of perfect sight – just when he realized that he couldn't in good censor assistance the Beyonder take over the world, he asked the catholic existence to remove his sight over again.

Remarkably, the Beyonder agreed non to use Matt'southward police force firm in his program for earth domination but offered to allow Matt keep his sight as a gift. Unwilling to compromise on his moral principles, however, Matt threatened to sue the Beyonder if he didn't take away his vision, and was turned back into a blind man. Some years later, Daredevil was imbued by the Enigma Strength and became the cosmic-powered Captain Universe. The transformation not only restored his sight but amplified all of his senses as the Enigma Strength augments all of a hero's natural abilities. Unfortunately, the sensory overload proved too much for Matt and he asked the Enigma Forcefulness to go out him, returning him to his blind land.

Cosmic forces aren't the simply thing that tin can restore Daredevil's sight, nevertheless. In What If --? #8, Spider-Man villain Electro learns that Daredevil is blind and tells the world. Since criminals now know how to overwhelm his super senses, Daredevil agrees to an operation that restores his sight – but takes away his superhuman senses. In the end, Matt goes public with his identity and successfully runs for Commune Attorney, basically going from "DD" to "DA." In the mainstream universe, Matt also regained his sight through an functioning, but with a twist. In the storyline "Flying Blind," Matt is brainwashed past SHIELD to think that he's a French creative person for an undercover assignment. Somehow, having his brain rewired causes his sight to return (while allowing Matt to retain his superhuman senses). The experience is extremely disorienting for Matt and, equally his real memories return, his sight vanishes (for some reason).

Of grade, readers know the real reason Matt Murdock can never permanently see again (exterior of alternate reality stories). Blindness is such an intrinsic part of Daredevil's appeal that becoming a sighted human would diminish him as a character. Still, in a world of magic and super scientific discipline like the Curiosity Universe, Daredevil volition inevitably encounter multiple opportunities to regain his vision. Just don't expect him to hold onto it for long.

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