Daredevil's New MCU Suit Marks The Start Of An Era

Published Apr 9, 2026, 4:45 PM EDT

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In his current solo series, the hero has also donned multiple versions of his Daredevil suit. Daredevil: Born Again season 1 was initially tackled as a legal procedural, which meant that Matt Murdock did not get to suit up a lot. Even after the show went through a creative overhaul, there were not that many scenes with Daredevil in his updated red costume, which looked stunning.

Now fully under the purview of its new creative team, led by showrunner Dario Scardapane, Daredevil: Born Again season 2 debuted a new black suit right in its first episode. The costume is the first that Cox gets to wear with the iconic DDs displayed on Daredevil's chest. That said, it is not a fully new suit, as Matt painted his red costume black, but it carries more meaning for it.

Daredevil: Born Again Season 2's Black Suit Honors Its Netflix Roots

When I first saw the Daredevil: Born Again season 2 black suit, my mind raced to two elements. The first is the MCU series' fitting decision to showcase how time has passed, and Matt Murdock's life has changed. Daredevil needed a stealth suit to be able to operate in the shadows after being forced to go underground due to Mayor Fisk's Anti-Vigilante Task Force running wild.

However, the second and most potent element the new black suit reminded me of is Charlie Cox's original Daredevil suit back in the Netflix series. Before he got to put on fancy superhero costumes, Daredevil was out patrolling the streets with black clothes and white hand wraps. It felt very realistic, street-level MCU, paying homage to Matt's boxing origins.

Daredevil: Born Again's New Suit Has A Special Meaning

While just giving Daredevil a black suit would have been exciting, as he has donned that type of costume in the comics, the way Marvel has gone about doing so is even more profound. With every new episode, we watch as the black on Daredevil's suit slowly brushes off, showing more and more of the red hiding underneath.

The new Daredevil suit honors the past while slowly shedding the darkness to go from a hero in hiding to one who should be standing proud to save his city by the end of season 2, as shown in trailers. By the way it is going, Daredevil's suit should be fully red in the finale, which would fit with Daredevil: Born Again's completion of the Mayor Fisk storyline, being beautifully symbolic.