
The Hulk, in turn, smashes in and saves Matt and Kingpin and his men flee. David rushes to save Matt but he is too late to help, becomes angry, and transforms into Hulk. The tip turns out to have been planted by the Kingpin and Daredevil is badly hurt in an ambush by the Kingpin's men. As Daredevil, Matt goes to investigate a tip provided by his informant. Daredevil also reveals that he has an ally on the Police force who provides him with information relating to criminal activity.

Matt tells David about his origins which David has trouble accepting at first.

Subsequent events see David Banner team up with Daredevil who reveals his identity as Matt Murdock. The stress of this causes him to transform in reality and the Hulk subsequently breaks free of the prison. One night while fast asleep, David has a nightmare about his upcoming trial and dreams about transforming into the Hulk on the witness stand. David is uncooperative but Murdock has faith that he is innocent and is determined to prove so. While awaiting trial, blind defense attorney Matt Murdock is assigned to David's case.


A short while later, David is arrested by the police and wrongfully charged with the crime. David witnesses an attempted sexual assault by one of Fisk's men, he transforms into the Hulk and things go haywire. When two of Fisk's men come onto the commuter subway train after having committed a jewel robbery, one of them takes an interest in a beautiful woman also riding the train and she rejects him. Unbeknownst to him, the city he arrives in is under the control of a powerful underworld kingpin named Wilson Fisk. Disenchanted and at the end of his rope, David makes his way towards a large city with the hopes of renting a room and staying buried. David Banner is working up north under the name David Belson.
