Or more properly, What if Bullseye Had Not Killed Elektra? This is a Frank Miller story, cuz goddamn, he's the only one who can even touch Elektra. So it's a noir piece, with the Watcher lurking in the shadows with an umbrella, Deep Throating the whole story to Matt Murdock just so he can feel even shittier than he already does. A rare occurrence of a Marvel character learning about an alternate timelime.What If Vol.1 #35 (October 1982)
Based on: Daredevil #181-182
The true history: Bullseye escapes from prison and kills Elektra.
Turning point: What if Bullseye got shot escaping prison?
Story type: Happily ever after
Watcher's mood: Noir
Altered history: Looking back at the original story, there definitely is a moment when a guard with a rifle says something akin to "drop it" and gets butchered before he gets a shot off. Not so this universe, which has potentially the same guard shooting first and asking questions later. Nice self-homage to Frank Miller's similar splash page pulled from Bullseye's imagination:
Meanwhile, Elektra's accepted a contract to kill Foggy Nelson for the Kingpin. Out of love for Matt, she lets Foggy live, and that's when that psycho Bullseye comes out of the woodwork and kills her for fun and to torture Daredevil. With him out of the way, it's the Kingpin who wants Elektra dead for having betrayed him. He sends a bunch of lamer assassins to kill her.
She hands them their asses, but is wounded, so shows up on Matt Murdock's doorstep. He thinks about bringing her in and then... chooses otherwise. Suddenly, the brownstone is on sale, and the two of them are living it large on the Mediterranean, free from care.
Of course, this is Frank Miller's world, so it probably won't last. Elektra's past will come back to haunt her. Bad stuff will happen in New York City and Matt will be drawn back there. Bound to happen, but for a while at least, Matt Murdock knew happiness. Awwwww.Books canceled as a result: This would certainly put Daredevil on hiatus, or more probably, just feature him in international adventures at Elektra's side.
These things happen: Through some amazing plot convolutions, Elektra was eventually resurrected and worked with SHIELD wearing a white version of her costume. At some point, she's replaced by a Skrull, but the real Elektra is returned to Earth in the end. She had something to do in Dark Reign, but now we're talking about comics I actively ignored.
BONUS ALTERNATE TAKE
Next week: What if Yellowjacket Had Died?My guess: Wait... is that a Skrull that died? Or actually Hank Pym? I'm confused.
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