 Later, the second Crimson Cowl recruited Scorcher to join her incarnation of the Masters of Evil.When Matt Murdock's identity as Daredevil was revealed, he and Diamondback II moved to confront Murdock, but were driven off by Daredevil and Spider-Man.The Scorcher encountered Daredevil again in the "Secret War" series when he was forced by Lucia von Bardas to band together with other supervillains and attack S.H.I.E.L.D.