Frank managed to escape prison. Matt was notified of this and set out to find Frank before he could kill any more. Matt disagreed with Frank’s methods of murder and torture and he intended to teach Frank a lesson. Frank saw the Daredevil as someone who didn’t go far enough. Who could have had a positive effect on the city if he was willing to sacrifice his own self image to save lives. Matt found Frank back to being the Punisher but Punisher knocked him out with carefully planned out tricks. They had an argument about each others philosophies before Frank gave Matt a decision to save Grotto a criminal he believed to be irredeemable or kill Frank to save Grotto. Matt tried to fight back but Punisher killed Grotto. Wilson Fisk an old enemy of Matt took control of the criminal underworld with Daredevil and Punisher distracted. Fisk had kidnapped Foggy Nelson and wasn’t going to stop until he had told him what Matt and Daredevils connection was. Matt heard Foggy’s heartbeat and rushed to save him. Luckily he was just in time and Foggy was safe. Fisk had set up another scheme to see if Punisher would kill Turk Barrett or save Micro and Frank chose to kill Turk not saving his friend. The difference between Matt and Frank was that Matt valued human life and Frank thought he did. With the criminal underworld under his control Fisk turned his sites to politics specifically to becoming the mayor of New York.
