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The sadistic killer Muse played a big role in Daredevil: Born Again season 1. And though he didn't make it out alive, his memory still looms large in season 2, particularly for psychiatrist Heather Glenn (Margarita Levieva) who nearly fell victim to Muse.
But is Muse's haunting legacy hinting at something far more sinister for Heather as Daredevil: Born Again season 2 goes on? There's some comic book precedent to suggest we're looking at a big evolution for Heather Glenn.
Article continues belowLady Muse in comics
Muse is a bit different in comics than his Daredevil: Born Again incarnation. Though the MCU version of Muse seems to be a normal human who is possessed of sadistic bloodlust, his equally vicious comic book counterpart is actually a super-powered Inhuman.
Along with physical abilities like super speed and strength, the comic Muse also has a power that is kind of an inverse of Daredevil's radar sense, allowing him to absorb sensory information from his entire environment leaving everyone in the vicinity unable to perceive him. These powers also seem to have a secondary aspect that triggers after his death.
Just like in the show, Muse dies dramatically, but in comics he goes straight to Hell where his soul continues to dwell and scheme – not a particularly uncommon fate for villains in Marvel Comics. While in Hell, Muse encounters a fragment of the soul of a still living artist named Morgan Whittier (it's comic book magic, best not to try and explain it too much), opening the door for him to possess her.
As told in 2025's Daredevil: Unleash Hell, Morgan becomes a new Muse – she doesn't actually call herself Lady Muse – taking on Elektra who is currently also operating as Daredevil. Though Elektra gains the upper hand, she's stabbed with her own sai by Muse, echoing her first death back in the '80s at the hands of Bullseye. In response, Elektra kills Morgan as her last act, with their fight continuing in hell as they both die.
Their path back from Hell involves Elektra saving Morgan from their evil, demonic counterparts, with none other than Ghost Rider carrying them back to Earth. We're guessing those parts of the comics probably won't make it into the relatively grounded Daredevil: Born Again, but the story still sets a precedent for a woman to follow the original Muse as his successor.
Will Heather Glenn become Lady Muse in the MCU?
In the episodes of Daredevil: Born Again season 2 released so far, Heather has become a shill for Kingpin's anti-vigilante agenda, offering up damning psychological profiles of any so-called vigilantes she's ordered to condemn despite their innocence of the charges.
Her motivation goes back to her arc in Born Again season 1 in which she starts treating Muse as a patient before he reveals his true identity to her by attempting to murder her in cold blood. Though Matt Murdock intervenes as Daredevil, Heather ends up killing Muse by shooting him in self-defense.
Her very understandable trauma leads her to end her burgeoning relationship with Matt in a disagreement over whether Muse and Daredevil are equally dangerous because they both wear masks.
This has resurfaced in multiple scenes, including one in episode 3 in which Heather is secretly holding onto Muse's mask, reminding her of how she nearly died. Her reaction is a mix of fear and fascination, indicating that she's somehow become obsessed with his secret identity and how it may have allowed him to indulge in his brutal crimes.
So far we haven't seen Heather show any sign of Muse's capacity for horrific murder, but the subtle clues that have been piling up and her turn as Kingpin's newest lackey have fans concerned that it's only a matter of time before the troubled psychiatrist does something drastic.
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