“Born Again” is mostly taking after two “Daredevil” comic runs: Charles Soule’s 2015-2018 run, and Chip Zdarsky’s subsequent 2019-2023 run. Both of these are where the “Mayor Fisk” story comes from, but it’s not only the premise of the Kingpin becoming NYC mayor that the show is adapting.

The way “Daredevil: Born Again” has been mirroring Matt and Fisk (sometimes “Heat” style) recalls how Zdarsky did so, too. That run, and now “Born Again,” are both about the two nemeses trying to leave behind their old selves: Matt quitting being Daredevil and Fisk quitting being the Kingpin. As I once wrote over at IGN, the dichotomy of Daredevil and Kingpin both making futile attempts to escape those identities is the heart of Zdarsky’s “Daredevil” story (he collectively calls it “To Heaven Through Hell”).

In Zdarsky’s “Daredevil,” Fisk’s main scheme as mayor wasn’t revitalizing a port, it was pushing through marijuana legalization. He’d bought up plenty of farmland for growing marijuana plants, so making the substance legal would net him an ever-growing (and legit-ish) fortune. Mayor Fisk taking something that used to be illegal, and legitimizing it, represents his whole political career in a nutshell.

But then, in “Daredevil” #12, Fisk scores an invite to the home of billionaire siblings Quinn and Una Stromwyn. He’ll need their support and money for his mayoralty to be a success. At their house, the Stromwyns and their friends barely humor Fisk. He wants to be one of New York’s elite, but those elites won’t let him be more than the Kingpin. When one of the Stromwyn’s friends is alone with Fisk, he impulsively beats the man to death. Fisk then has to hide the body in a bathroom and call in his right hand Wesley for a quick clean up — exactly what a criminal would do.

This event put Fisk totally under the Stromwyns’ thumb. In “Born Again,” though, Fisk looks like he’s got more of a fight in him. Using the threat of the masked serial killer Muse, Fisk assembles an anti-vigilante task force of dirty, Punisher-worshipping cops who report directly to him. He rallies his new troops by telling them they’ve been unfairly attacked, just like he has.

Wilson Fisk’s gain, though, is very likely to be New York’s loss — even for the city’s most comfortable. Money makes the world go round, but bullets shred it as easy as they do any other paper.

“Daredevil: Born Again” is streaming on Disney+.