Lady Bullseye Fact — October 29, 2026

Today's Fact

Verified against independent sources. Issues cited below.

LADY BULLSEYE FOUGHT DAREDEVIL IN COURT BEFORE SHE FOUGHT HIM IN THE STREET — BY DAY, THE ASSASSIN WAS MATT MURDOCK'S RIVAL LAWYER!

The Featured Fact

The Hand sent its deadliest new operative to New York with orders to bring down Daredevil. What nobody in the ancient ninja order realised was that Lady Bullseye was running a second campaign entirely on her own — in a courtroom, in business dress, under her own name of Maki Matsumoto.

Working as an attorney, Matsumoto attached herself to the cruellest case available: she assisted the parents of Milla Donovan, Murdock's wife, who had been driven mad by Mister Fear and placed in a mental institution, in their bid to gain custody of her. Every hearing was a blade aimed at Matt Murdock's private life, delivered with perfect legal manners.

The disguise held because it was built for one man's senses. When an associate stumbled onto her double life, she killed him to keep the Hand from learning the truth. The scheme surfaces across the 'Lady Bullseye' arc, with her legal offensive detailed in Daredevil Vol. 2 #114 (2008) — the assassin was litigating against her target by day and hunting him by night.

Why It's Obscure

Two fronts, one enemy — and Murdock never knew the lawyer across the aisle was the killer across the rooftop.

Day job

Counsel for the other side — as attorney Maki Matsumoto, she worked a real case with a real firm while the Hand thought she only carried blades.

Target

The custody trap — she helped Milla Donovan's parents seek custody of Murdock's institutionalised wife, squeezing the man instead of the mask.

Cover

Built to fool a radar sense — her civilian performance was disciplined enough that even Matt Murdock's heightened senses never flagged the lawyer as the assassin.

Silence

A loose end, removed — when an associate discovered the double life, she murdered him rather than let the Hand find out.

2008

The arc — Daredevil Vol. 2 #111–119 rolls out the Hand plot; #114 details Matsumoto's legal attack on Murdock's family life.

Gallery

Comic art of the character — no AI imagery, nothing mislabeled.

Lady Bullseye Daredevil issue 112 cover — **Part two, her face on the cover**The cover of Daredevil #112 (2008) — her target-marked mask looming over the heroes she had come to New York to dismantle.

Lady Bullseye fighting Daredevil in the rain comic page — **The night shift**An interior page from her debut arc: Lady Bullseye duelling Daredevil in the rain, pulse eerily calm — the fighter half of a double life.

Matt Murdock arguing in court Marvel comics — **Matt Murdock, the other battlefield**Murdock in his natural habitat, arguing a case — the arena where attorney Maki Matsumoto was quietly fighting him at the very same time.

Sources

Every claim above is verified against at least two of these independent sources.

Bullpen Bulletins

Lady Bullseye — WikipediaStates that in her civilian guise she is a lawyer, targeting Daredevil by assisting the parents of Murdock's mentally-ill wife Milla Donovan in gaining custody of her.
Lady Bullseye — Marvel.comMarvel's own character page: as skilled as she is in combat, she is just as skilled as a lawyer, and her secret identity makes her a rival for Daredevil in the streets and the courtroom.
Lady Bullseye — Multiversal OmnipediaCites Daredevil v2 #114: she posed as attorney Maki Matsumoto and convinced Milla Donovan's parents to seek custody of their daughter as part of the plot against Murdock.