The Final Trial of Matt Murdock collection out next month

By John Freeman on January 16, 2026 • ( 0 )

Daredevil: Cold Day In Hell by New York Times bestselling author Charles Soule and Eisner-nominated artist Steve McNiven is out as a collection next month from Marvel.

Daredevil: Cold Day In Hell by Charles Soule and Steve McNiven

Soule and McNiven reunite for the story of Matt Murdock at the end of his life and at the edge of a broken world. Recruited by Captain America into one final battle with Bullseye, Daredevil’s final stand promises a reckoning worthy of a legend…

Years into the future, a powerless Matt Murdock is no longer Daredevil – but he’s still the Man Without Fear. The superstar creative team of Charles Soule (Daredevil, Star Wars) and Steve McNiven (Civil War, Old Man Logan), who previously delivered Death of Wolverine reunite to bring forth a distopian future vision of Daredevil and the death knell of a once great city.

Introducing a grizzled, older version of Matt Murdock, he may no longer have his incredible abilities, but he’s still doing whatever he can to help those in need in a city broken beyond repair. And he’ll finally be able take the fight to where it matters most when catastrophe strikes, causing his powers to miraculously return. With no one by his side, Daredevil has little chance against the evil permeating every corner – until Captain America entrusts him with a mission to safeguard the world’s only hope!

• Daredevil: Cold Day In Hell is on sale from 24th February 2026 | ISBN: 978-1302968311 | AmazonUK Affiliate Link | Collecting Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell (2025) #1-3, Bonus Content: plot excerpts, thumbnails, layouts, pencils, inks and Steve McNiven commentary

Charles Soule is a New York-based, #1 New York Times-best-selling novelist, comic book writer, musician, and former attorney. While he has worked for DC and other publishers, he is best known for writing Daredevil, She-Hulk, Death of Wolverine, and various Star Wars comics from Marvel Comics (Star Wars, The Rise of Kylo Ren, Darth Vader, Poe Dameron, Lando and more), and his creator-owned series Eight Billion Genies and Curse Words (with Ryan Browne), Undiscovered Country (with Scott Snyder & Giuseppe Camuncoli), Letter 44 (with Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque) and the Shrouded College series (with Will Sliney), which began with Book I: Hell to Pay in November 2022.

His first novel, The Oracle Year, was released in April 2018 by the Harper Perennial imprint of HarperCollins. His second novel, Anyone was released in November 2019. His third original novel, The Endless Vessel, arrived in June 2023.

Charles is also a creative consultant for Lucasfilm, Ltd, and one of the founding architects of Star Wars: The High Republic, a multi-platform Star Wars saga kicked off by his #1 New York Times‘ best-selling novel Light of the Jedi, released in January 2021. In addition, he worked as the legal consultant for the 2022 Disney+ television She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law.

The Death of Wolverine by Charles Soule and Steve McNiven

Artist Steve McNiven parlayed a chance trip to San Diego Comic-Con into a position at CrossGen Comics, where he quickly earned a regular assignment on Meridian. When CrossGen ceased publishing, McNiven moved on to Marvel Knights 4 with writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Next, he joined Warren Ellis on Ultimate Secret. In 2006, McNiven and Mark Millar shattered the Marvel Universe’s status quo in Civil War.

His next assignments included Brian Michael Bendis’ New Avengers and the initial story arc of Amazing Spider-Man’s “Brand New Day” era. McNiven and Millar reteamed for “Old Man Logan” in Wolverine and the creator-owned Nemesis, published under the Marvel Icon imprint. With Ed Brubaker, McNiven helped relaunch Captain America; his later Marvel work includes Guardians of the Galaxy with Bendis and Uncanny Avengers with Rick Remender. McNiven cemented his reputation as one of the all-time great Wolverine artists on the climactic series Death of Wolverine.

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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.