Since people have been prodding me lately, I shall once again prove this
isn't dead yet.

Well be fair, you can't blame us for worrying.

Avenging
Chapter 7
Honey, I Shrunk Kasumi

Ah, so does this mean the theories regarding Kasumi as the Wasp were correct?

She closed the lid on the case. A mental note was made to make the helmet a
little more collapsible, since she had to force the top shut. But now it
looked fine, except the large size of the case. She grabbed the handle and
pulled it off the table it was resting on...

...And promptly screamed in pain as the case landed squarely on her foot,
the weight of the attach� being far too much for her to carry around.

Ah, excellent. A problem that the boys in Marvel never bothered to bring up regarding Mr. Stark.

"The Stilt Man!"

Daredevil cringed. He was afraid that was what the man had said the first
time. "And your powers?!"

"What?!"

"I ASKED YOU WHAT YOUR POWERS ARE!"

Cute Gag

"Isn't it obvious?! As you can plainly tell, I am a brilliant inventor whose
unappreciated work in hydraulics, as well as dealing with stupid
pointy-haired bosses and working fifty five hours a week for inferior pay,
has frustrated me to the point that I have decided to embark on a life of
crime!

The Stiltman is Dilbert!?

Daredevil could barely refrain from just walking away from the whole thing.
He raged more at the world than the Stilt Man as he began shouting, "Most
super heroes get cool villains! Like pasty faced guys with wicked senses of
humor and laughing gas that can kill. Enigmatic fellows with an affinity for
clever riddles that the hero has to figure out to prevent the crimes. Some
even get an attractive female thief with a cat motif that feels helplessly
drawn to them even while she's in the middle of fighting them. That's what I
want, but what do I get? Weenie race car drivers. Men in frog costumes with
springs in their feet that have the ability to *gasp* jump. Overweight guys
that have bad hair and can glide. An owl is not an intimidating creature to
anything but a mouse, godamnit!"

He should enjoy it while he can. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before you bring in Bullseye, Shampo ah. . .  er . . . . . Elektra (heh heh) and the Kinpin.

"How dare you make fun of me and my cool super stilts!" Stilt Man shouted.
"All right, I'll concede my appearance might not be intimidating, but my
abilities can't be beat. You see, by being up here, you can't get me. I'm
out of reach. And even if you could get fifteen feet high, I could go up to
thirty, even seventy feet or higher. You can't touch me. Hahahaha!"

For some reason I'm reminded of what I'm fairly certain is the last appearance of the Stiltman where he had just  gotten his armour out of cold storage only to discover they were filled to the brim with cockroaches. A fact DD exploited.

"Just like I knew you would," Daredevil sighed as he waited until the last
moment to nimbly leap to the side. As he jumped, he pulled the crowbar
upward and yanked off the manhole cover he had been standing on like a pop
top to a bottle of beer.

I don't think the dialougue is necessary here and how about some ammusement instead of exasperation. After all the idiot fell for his trick completely.

"Thought so." Daredevil tossed the UFO Catcher claw aside. And here Cologne
had told him it was stupid to carry something so useless around. But once
you added a terrifying name made up on the spur of the moment, it became a
device of unimaginable horror. Superheroeing was easy. It was like a
courtroom. Have of the fight was won on actual ability,

Half

and the other half

was won on delivering a good performance.

cute

Looks good so far. Can't wait to see the rest of it.

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