Foggy: "What are you guys doing here?"
Danny: "We're friends. You're in trouble."
Foggy: "I-I didn't even know you were still together."
Danny: "Special occasions."
Daredevil vol. 2 #78-79 by Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev, Dave Stewart, and Cory Petit
Danny and Luke rescue Foggy Nelson from Reporter Hell.
This takes place during the "Murdock Papers" storyline, in which Matt Murdock's secret identity has become front page news for the second time in a very short period of time. Matt himself has vanished (he's gone off to try and solve the problem as Daredevil), leaving Foggy, his law partner and best friend, to face the hordes of reporters who failed to break the story the first time around and are eager for a second crack at it. A unique and, to me, compelling element of the Bendis/Maleev DD run is the heavy presence of the news media—through the spotlighting of characters like Ben Urich and J. Jonah Jameson, and also through the press's inclusion in the run's broader exploration of superheroes as public figures.
Luke and Danny first met Foggy back in the early 80s via Heroes for Hire, when Foggy employed them to serve as bodyguards for Matt, who (gasp! shock!) had found himself in the mob's crosshairs. They previously knew him, however, by reputation; Nelson & Murdock was a high-profile law firm, and Foggy had also recently served a term as the New York District Attorney. Following the bodyguarding job (which did not go well) and then a team-up with both Daredevil and Foggy (which went a bit better), the group ended up becoming close acquaintances, and eventually, close friends. While it is unsurprising for Danny and Luke to hang out with Matt, as fellow NYC superheroes with frequent team-up opportunities and a lot in common, it is even more meaningful to me to see their fondness for Foggy, who they continued to protect through the rest of Daredevil volume 2 and, notably, during the "Shadowland" event, where Foggy's life was actively in danger. I also love the way Luke and Danny's time-honed and trademark teamwork is on full display here, even in this relatively low-stakes situation, with Danny stealthily checking in on Foggy and hurrying him away while Luke stands out front, drawing the attention and metaphorical bullets while telling the crowd to %@$# themselves.
There is a parallel that I greatly enjoy between Danny and Luke and Foggy and Matt as two of Marvel's most prominent and enduring pairs of business partners/best friends. As Danny says here, they weren't officially operating as the Heroes for Hire at this time. But Luke and Danny are only ever "not together" in the same way that Foggy and Matt are ever "not together": they are a matched set, a bonded pair, brothers (their words) for life, and so in one way or another, they are always together.
(As a side-note: I'm almost positive that Alex Maleev was trying to draw Danny's costume from memory in those initial panels, because what the heck is he wearing?)
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