{"id":38441,"date":"2026-03-22T21:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T13:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=38441"},"modified":"2026-03-22T21:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T13:50:38","slug":"daredevil-has-a-new-blackout-suit-in-born-again-season-2-and-theres-a-very-specific-reason-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=38441","title":{"rendered":"Daredevil Has a New ‘Blackout’ Suit in Born Again Season 2, and There\u2019s a Very Specific Reason for It"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Matt Murdock \u2013 aka Daredevil! \u2013 is back for Season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again<\/u> on March 24, but he\u2019s sporting a new look this time around\u2026 a costume the show\u2019s producers are calling the “blackout” suit. It\u2019s a unique look for the Man Without Fear, featuring an all-black version of his familiar armored costume\u2026 but, perhaps most importantly to fans (and to series star Charlie Cox), it also finally features the MCU version of the hero with the iconic \u201cDD\u201d logo on his chest.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, I’ve hinted over the years that I’d love to graduate to the DDs on the chest plate,\u201d Cox recently told me. \u201cMy costume is interesting because there’s what is so cool and such a delight and an honor to wear, and then there’s what feels good. So I’m pulled in two different directions. There was a day on set in Season 2 \u2026 where I was putting on the costume, and it was late at night. I’d had too much dinner. I was squeezing this thing on and feeling dreadful and probably pretty grumpy about it. And then I walked outside and there were a ton of fans, and I could literally hear the gasp of seeing the black suit with the DDs. And suddenly I was reminded, \u2018Oh, this is pretty cool!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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How the Daredevil Blackout Suit Happened<\/h2>\n

Executive producer Sana Amanat explained that the blackout suit came about when the production team realized that they could simply spraypaint the old red suit and make it black, but stencil the DDs so that they remained in red.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that’s how we’re going to get the DDs out of it,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd we’re really excited about the way it came together.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also an in-story reason for the change in attire, of course. Season 1 of Born Again ended<\/u> with Matt and Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) on the run after Mayor Wilson Fisk (Vincent D\u2019Onofrio) bans vigilantes. Daredevil is now among the hunted.<\/p>\n

He’s leaving the DDs because he wants Fisk to know who it is.\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cTheir life is in danger,\u201d says Cox of where the characters are at the start of Season 2. \u201cThey are literally squatting above a restaurant. They only go out at night. That’s how dangerous the city of New York has become for vigilantes, and for Matt Murdock in particular. So he’s painted his red suit black. That’s the reason for it. But over the course of the season \u2026 as more action takes place, the black starts to strip away and the red comes through underneath. It\u2019s such a great idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

The First Daredevil Suit Unique to the MCU<\/h2>\n

According to showrunner and executive producer Dario Scardapane, while we don\u2019t get to see the transformation of the old red suit into the new blackout suit, he can picture how it all happened \u2013 and how it ties into Matt\u2019s unique relationship with Vincent D’Onofrio\u2019s Mayor Wilson Fisk\/Kingpin.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s almost like a scene that never ended up on screen of Murdock spraypainting the suit black because he needs to be in the shadows before the things that happened in the first episode,\u201d he says. \u201cBut leaving the DDs because he wants Fisk to know who it is. And once we had that picture in our mind, then [it goes to the visual development team]. I think [Sana Amanat] said, \u2018The spraypaint starts wearing off after each battle.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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So eventually the suit will be a unique mix of battle-worn black and red. D\u2019Onofrio, who gets his own choice wardrobe in the show as Fisk, is also excited by the DDs and the new look: \u201cIt also does this thing where it creates a suit that’s never been seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Cox says, \u201cEvery other suit [we\u2019ve done] has existed in the comics, except this is the first one that’s unique to our show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bullseye Gets a Comics-Accurate Costume<\/h2>\n

Wilson Bethel is also back in the new season as \u201cDex\u201d Poindexter, aka Bullseye. His loyalties have shifted over the years, and so have his costume choices. He even dressed up as a copycat Daredevil at one point! But now he\u2019s got a new suit in Season 2, and it\u2019s a pretty comics-accurate one at that.<\/p>\n

\u201cBullseye continues to evolve both as a character and in terms of how he’s represented in his costuming,\u201d Scardapane says. \u201cFor Bullseye to kind of go from legitimate FBI agent to assassin to criminal to other stuff, that was important. I don’t want to give too much away, but he feels [like he\u2019s] on a mission of good this season. So he thinks. \u2026 Bullseye’s costuming, there’s a lot of thought given to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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#DaredevilBornAgain<\/a> Season 2 is a brutal, relentless tour-de-force, and a Marvel masterstroke that allows Charlie Cox, @WilsonBethel<\/a>, @vincentdonofrio<\/a>, and the entire cast to shine. The INSANE action ranks among the MCU’s best in this largely flawless take on Daredevil’s world. pic.twitter.com\/Ficcz9sNeL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Josh Wilding – ComicBookMovie.com (@Josh_Wilding) March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Amanat adds that the actors are always involved in the costuming and design process that goes into creating their characters. \u201cThey’ve been living those characters longer than we have,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

In fact, Wilson Bethel even has ideas of what he wants to look like in Season 3, which just started production.<\/p>\n

\u201c[He] texted us a picture of like, \u2018This is my wishlist,\u2019\u201d laughs Scardapane.<\/p>\n

Adds Amanat with a laugh, \u201cYeah, \u2018These are the things that I want.\u2019 We said yes to some of them!\u201d<\/p>\n

Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 arrives on Disney+ on March 24.<\/p>\n

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