On a busy street on
Christmas Eve, some of the Fat Boys kids disguise themselves in a Santa suit in
order to swindle the passersby. Daredevil soon finds them and puts an end to
their activities, and makes them give away the money they swindled to charity.
Daredevil shoos the kids on home while the “nun” they gave the money to may not
be what she seems! The next morning, Christmas morning, and Matt awakens from a
nightmare with a start. Karen comforts him and bemoans the fact that it seems
like it’s not going to snow that Christmas, while the two have some fun of
their own. Meanwhile, in a hotel room on 42nd street, the nun from
earlier is revealed to be a master of disguise called the Trixter! The Trixter
wonders if he’s wasted his life, having taken on so many identities and names
that he can barely remember who he is anymore! He regards Daredevil in the paper,
and feels a kinship with him, wondering how he can be so selfless as to save
people with his talents. He decides to get up close with Daredevil, to see what
makes him better, and possibly to decide his fate!
The Trixter keeps moving,
keeps performing, in order to drown out the voices in his head telling him to
end it all. He heads to a costume shop to get a Daredevil costume but is told
they don’t have any. He prances about the store, trying on all kinds of masks
and making a general mess, thereby aggravating the storeowner. He eventually
dons a real, horned skull and gets it stuck to his head. The storeowner kicks
the Trixter out but before he goes, he projects his own thoughts onto the
owner, regarding him as the kind of pathetic man who should have killed himself
years ago! In Rockefeller Center, the Trixter dons an angel outfit and sets up
a high wire across two buildings, planning to dazzle the crowd below by walking
across it. The police debate how to handle the situation and Daredevil says
that he’ll take care of it. Daredevil regards the Trixter, and his radar picks
up a device the Trixter has that seems to be disrupting things around him,
loosening bricks, cracking walls, etc.
Daredevil heads up and
intercepts the Trixter on the highwire, expressing concern about the gadget he
has. The Trixter admits that he wanted Daredevil to come and asks him why he
does what he does. Unable to accept Daredevil’s answer that it’s simply what’s
right, the voices in Trixter’s head assault him once more and he pitches
himself off the wire, surprised when Daredevil catches him. They make their way
back up to the wire, and it’s clear to Daredevil that the Trixter is unwell. He
tries to reason with the Trixter, telling him that the crowd loves him but is
forced to attack him, revealing a devil disguise beneath his angel one. He asks
if Daredevil can save his life and Daredevil frustratedly knocks him from the
wire, where he gets caught by his scarf. Daredevil pulls him up, and the
Trixter is astonished by Daredevil’s selflessness, saving him even when he
doesn’t want to be saved, before he escapes.
Later, Karen shows
frustration that Matt seems so obsessed with catching the Trixter, pointing out
he hasn’t broken any laws. Feeling the real danger is the device, as well as
the Trixter’s to himself, Matt changes to Daredevil once more to go after him anyway.
The Trixter breakdances for a crowd before announcing his plan to scour the
Chrysler Building and make it snow for everyone! He begins to ascend the
building, his device causing bits of brick and concrete to come loose, that
Daredevil prevents from hitting anyone. Daredevil has to take a quick detour to
stop the Fat Boys from trying a dangerous skateboarding trick, allowing the
Trixter to reach the top of the building. As Daredevil ascends after the
Trixter, he slips and Trixter catches him, wondering if performing a heroic
deed should make him feel better. The Trixter heads to the very top and ties
himself to the spire, asking Daredevil to talk to him, to fill the silence.
Realizing the magnitude of everything, the Trixter asks Daredevil to save him,
and Daredevil tries to tell him how much everyone wants to thank him for the
show. Before Daredevil can get him loose, however, lightning strikes the tower
and kills the Trixter, with Daredevil unable to do anything…
Later, Daredevil mourns
the Trixter, and worries about what image he presents to others. The Trixter
thought Daredevil represented something that he could never aspire to, and he
died because of it. Daredevil sits atop the tower, and wonders why he couldn’t
find the words to save him.
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