Daredevil and the Avengers are captured and Matt is tortured in front of them in an effort to get information. Acid is poured on Matt's face, scarring him. The Avengers think that the acid blinded him and Matt isn't going to tell them different. Now Matt has to pretend that he is new to blindness and deal with the Avengers' overwhelming guilt and their gift-giving tendencies. The Avengers have even given him a smelly seeing-eye-dog! Matt just wants to be a vigilante again.