Benjamin Urich (Earth-616)
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Urich investigated Wilson Fisk, a businessman who was secretly the Kingpin, the head of the New York mafia.
Later, Urich was also responsible for outing Norman Osborn as the Green Goblin in a book titled Legacy of Evil, although after Osborn's presumed death. When Norman returned from the dead (or rather, Europe) he was able to discredit Urich and the book, going through great effort to clear his name.
During the period where Daredevil's identity was exposed in print, Ben refused to confirm it to J. Jonah Jameson on the principle of protecting his sources and his status at work suffered for it. However, Jameson was able to move beyond that argument when he assigned Ben to the new supplement, The Pulse.
Ben Urich turned out to be right when he originally exposed the Green Goblin, as Daily Bugle research would show, and conclusively when the Green Goblin was unmasked before a public and sent to jail. Although the Green Goblin is currently at large again, he can no longer walk around free like he was before.
Later, Ben was approached by the Kingpin to act as journalist covering the Kingpin brokering a deal with the FBI for release and reinstatement of his wealth, in exchange for proof that Daredevil is in fact Matt Murdock. To Ben's horror, he was the one that was forced to lead the FBI to Daredevil's location.
Matt Murdock was recovering at the Night Nurse's clinic, of which Ben Urich knew the location (he had written an article on her), and he was forced to give that information to the FBI, thanks to the manipulation of the Kingpin.
Ben covered Iron Man's side as an embedded journalist during the Civil War and discovered some shocking revelations.
During the events of World War Hulk, Ben and journalist Sally Floyd, in their capacity as the new editorial staff of Front Line, are two of the few reporters who cover the alien invasion in close proximity. During the course of those events, Sally Floyd learns that Daily Bugle editor Jonah Jameson was the mysterious financial backer of the publication, a fact which they agreed to hide from Urich, lest it kill his spirit.[1]
When the Skrulls invaded Earth, Ben was covering a story in a local hospital, only to be trapped inside during the Skrull attacks. He survives, though a new-found nurse friend and all the others inside are killed by rampaging Skrulls. Ben and many other human refugees make their way to Stark Tower, though few are aware a human-hunting Skrull with a large body count hides within. The Skrull perishes via human trickery and Ben and one of the survivors wander the city. The duo witness the climatic battle against the Skrulls in Central Park.
He finds out after the invasion ends, that his wife has died, and hits both an incredible depression and writer's block. After taking some time off, and seeing the city begin to recover, starts to recover himself. However, Urich then gets word of Norman Osborn's rise to power, and confronts him at the press conference announcing the control of the Thunderbolts Initiative over SHIELD and the Avengers, and confronts Obsorn on his past, only to get brushed off by Osborn, and the crowd around cheering for Osborn. This ultimately breaks Urich's writers block, prompting him to write his return article: "Dark Reign: Norman Osborn Takes Control".[2]
Alternate Realities
Ultimate
Ben Urich is a top reporter at the Daily Bugle who works with Peter Parker. He wrote a series of articles that took down Kingpin and got a book deal off the thing. He submitted incriminating evidence on the Kingpin to court, and Kingpin had to leave the country. He also is now known to be a vampire.
Daredevil film
Ben Urich works for the New York Post. He discovered Daredevil's secret identity during his investigations (he was one of the few people who believe Daredevil to be anything other than an urban myth), but, when faced with the possibility of printing the story, he decided to delete it, realized that Daredevil does a great deal of good in the city.Notes
- Urich was featured in the series The Pulse, about a titular weekly insert.
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