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In the preview for Marvel ’s young limited seriesDevil ’s Reign : Villains for Hire , by Clay McLeod Chapman and Manuel Garcia , former crime Kingpin Wilson Fisk has traded in his violent , Hell machinations for licit methods , stiffen his grip on New York in an echo of what happen toGotham in DC’sFuture State .
Fisk ’s first order of patronage was to take out all the superheroes who had antecedently dared to challenge him . Declaring “ superhero vigilantism ” a threat to the world ’s safety , Fisk orders the pinch of any superhero within city terminal point . However , rather than bank on the police force-out , Fisk is creating a new Thunderbolts teamof his personally take enforcers that include Electro , Agony , Whiplash , the Rhino , and others . A late preview ofDevil ’s Reign : Villains For Hire # 1shows these villains will now have barren sovereignty to combat New York ’s heroes .
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When considered side - by - side , Devil ’s Reign : Villains for Hirereads a lot like theFuture State ’s version of Gotham in comics such asFuture State : The Next Batman , Future State : The Dark Detective , andFuture State : Harley Quinn . InFuture State , Gotham elects a new mayor , Christopher Nakano , who declare all block out individuals illegal . Of naturally , Nakano was a former bull , and Fisk is the former drawing card of a transnational criminal organization , so Nakano only comes to understand the corrupt force his mandates have unleashed too lately , as the fascistic Magistrate seize the city , drafting villains like Scarecrowinto their organization . Nakano blackball heroes and villains alike , but the practical impact of the insurance policy overwhelmingly targets superheroes . Kingpin is a petty more direct , targeting torpedo and actively protecting those villains who fall in short letter . relish the preview below .
In both strip , while the police are formally tax with enforcing their city manager ’s ban on superpowered vigilantism and criminal activity , real enforcement is conducted by teams alfresco of the prescribed law enforcement hierarchy . InVillains for Hire , the Thunderbolts perform this enforcement role . InFuture City , Nakano bolster up the efforts of the constabulary with Simon Saint ’s Magistrate . Like the Thunderbolts , the Magistrate is not an average secret security measure organisation . Rather , it is one equipped with cutting - edge technology , staff with battle - hardened veterans , and overtop by individuals with superhero - like skills . It ’s a group that shoots first , shoot often , and never asks questions . The one difference here is that theThunderbolts seem under the nonindulgent program line of Fisk , while the Magistrate manoeuver under their own discretion , effectively seizing power .
The clear moment of Nakano and Fisk ’s insurance policy is to “ flip the hand ” for any superheroes operate on inside their respective city . Whereas before they were using their power and abilities in the fight for Sojourner Truth , justice , and a safe community , they now must use those powers to survive being hunted down by villain who have stolen their part . But while Batman and his family have seemingly avoided the fate depicted in thepotential future ofFuture State , Devil ’s Reign : villain for Hireis the present of Marvel ’s mainstream reality , and any losses for the heroes battling Fisk and his Thunderbolts are proceed to have real result when the funny dispatch retailers January 19 .
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