Kingpin
Art by David Mazzucchelli.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Amazing Spider-Man #50 (July 1967)
Created by	Stan Lee John Romita, Sr.
In story information
Alter ego	Wilson Fisk
Team affiliations	Las Vegas HYDRA faction, "Acts of Vengeance" prime movers, leader of a coalition of East Coast non-Maggia criminal organizations
Notable aliases	The Brainwasher, Harold Howard

The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) is a Marvel Comics supervillain who has battled many Marvel crime-fighters. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Romita, Sr., he first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man's fiftieth issue, published in July 1967. He was modeled after Sydney Greenstreet's character in The Maltese Falcon, Kasper Gutman.^{[citation needed]} In addition to the main Marvel universe, the Kingpin also appears in the MC2 and Ultimate Marvel series, as well as several video games, television series, and the 2003 film adaptation of Daredevil. Image File history File links Kingpin. ... Dave Mazzucchelli is a comic book artist. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... The Amazing Spider-Man is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, and additionally a spin-off television program and a daily newspaper comic strip, all featuring the adventures of the superhero Spider-Man. ... For the fictional character of this name, see Stan Lee (Judge Dredd character). ... John Romita, Sr. ... HYDRA is a fictional terrorist organization in the Marvel Universe. ... Category: Possible copyright violations ... The Maggia is a fictional organization in the Marvel Comics universe. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypal supervillains and his arch-enemies The Fantastic Four (in background). ... For other uses, see Superhero (disambiguation). ... For the fictional character of this name, see Stan Lee (Judge Dredd character). ... John Romita, Sr. ... The Amazing Spider-Man is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, and additionally a spin-off television program and a daily newspaper comic strip, all featuring the adventures of the superhero Spider-Man. ... Sydney Hughes Greenstreet (December 27, 1879 – January 18, 1954) was an English actor. ... The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 Warner Bros. ... Characters from the MC2 universe. ... The various characters of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, as seen on the cover of Ultimates (v2) #12. ... Daredevil is a 2003 movie directed by Mark Steven Johnson, who also wrote the screenplay. ...

A titanic figure with an ever-present cigar and diamond-studded cane, the Kingpin is the cold-blooded leader of New York organized crime; an army of lawyers maintain his image as a legitimate businessman. The Kingpin has no superhuman powers, but his size belies his powerful physique. Although beginning as one of Spider-Man's villains, the character also played a prominent role in the Daredevil stories of the Seventies and Eighties written by Frank Miller; since then, Daredevil and the Kingpin have been bitter enemies. This article is about the mineral. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Organized crime or criminal organizations are groups or operations run by criminals, most commonly for the purpose of generating a monetary profit. ... For other uses, see Daredevil (comics). ... This article is about Frank Miller, the comic book writer and artist. ...

Fictional character biography

Wilson Fisk began his life as a poor child, ridiculed by his classmates, as he was an unpopular overweight child. When he was repeatedly harassed by bullies, Fisk began training himself in physical combat. Using his newfound strength, he intimidated the bullies into joining his gang, and he started on the road towards being one of the most successful criminals in New York City. His first gang was a small one with only a few thugs. However, he eventually was found by crime lord Don Rigoletto. Fisk became Don Rigoletto's bodyguard and right-hand man. Eventually, Fisk killed Don Rigoletto and took control of his gang, immediately becoming one of the most powerful criminals in the city. A bully is an individual who tends to torment others, either through verbal harassment or physical assaults, or through more subtle methods of coercion. ... Mara Salvatrucha suspect bearing gang tattoos is handcuffed. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Bodyguards of Viktor Yushchenko (far left) after leaving Gdansk city hall. ...

The Kingpin stayed the ruler of New York's criminal underground for a long time. However, he had made enemies with other gangs, specifically the Maggia and HYDRA, who teamed together to bring down Fisk and his gang. Fisk left for Japan after his empire was brought down, and started a spice business, in order to become wealthy once more. After earning enough money, Fisk returned to New York and started gang wars, in an attempt to bring down the Maggia. With the criminal world in chaos, Fisk was able to step in and take control. The Maggia is a fictional organization in the Marvel Comics universe. ... HYDRA is a fictional terrorist organization in the Marvel Universe. ... For other uses, see Spice (disambiguation). ...

Fisk attempted a coalition of the New York mobs, and ordered the abduction of J. Jonah Jameson, but was foiled by Spider-Man in his first confrontation with the web-slinger.^[1] John Jonah Jameson (also known as J. Jonah Jameson, J.J., Jolly Jonah Jameson, or J.J.J.) is a fictional supporting character featured in various Marvel Comics, most prominently the Spider-Man title. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ...

While Fisk was a powerful crime lord, he posed as a legitimate businessman, one who made donations to charities, and seemed like a generous, wealthy man. He eventually met a woman named Vanessa, whom he married and had a son with, Richard Fisk. Vanessa did not know that Fisk was a criminal when she married him, and when she found out, she threatened to leave him if he did not give up his life of crime. He temporarily retired from crime, and the family moved back to Japan, until gang wars in New York required Fisk's attention. // Legal definitions A charity is a trust, company or unincorporated association established for charitable purposes only. ... Character history Vanessa Fisk is a comic character. ... Richard Fisk is an anti-hero from the fictional Marvel Universe. ...

Richard Fisk did not find out that his father was a criminal until he was in college. After graduating, Richard told his parents he would travel through Europe. Only months after he left, they received news that Richard, who was angry after learning the truth about his father, had died in a skiing accident. However, this was not what really happened. It turned out that Richard Fisk was still alive, and was masquerading as a rival crimelord known as the Schemer, intending on toppling his father as the kingpin of crime. When Kingpin's empire was at its top, Fisk was the most powerful human politically and financially speaking in the Marvel universe, controlling several governments including the United States of America. For other uses, see College (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... A shaped, twin-tip alpine ski. ... Richard Fisk is an anti-hero from the fictional Marvel Universe. ...

Fisk contended against his rival gang-leader, the Schemer, who proved to be Richard in disguise, and battled Spider-Man in this encounter.^[2]

At his wife's behest, Fisk later divested himself of his criminal empire. He unsuccessfully attempted to kill Spider-Man once more before retiring from crime.^[3]

At one point, he became the manager and director of the Las Vegas faction of HYDRA.^[4]

Cover to Daredevil #170. Art by Frank Miller.

Under duress, the Kingpin agreed to turn over his files to the authorities incriminating his former lieutenants. His wife Vanessa was then kidnapped by crime-lords who put out a contract on his life, and he witnessed the apparent "death" of Vanessa. He then returned to a life of crime, regained control of his New York mobs, and hired Bullseye as his assassin. He set Bullseye against Daredevil. He then turned over his files as he had agreed and defeated Bullseye to Daredevil.^[5] He then maneuvered Daredevil into battling the Hand.^[6] He secretly promoted mayoral candidate Randolph Cherryh. He then hired Elektra as his assassin. He was forced to abandon his scheme to elect Cherryh mayor when Daredevil found Vanessa alive but amnesiac and returned her to him. Fisk then sent Elektra to kill Foggy Nelson. After Bullseye killed Elektra, Fisk set Bullseye against Daredevil again.^[7] Download high resolution version (662x1022, 167 KB)Cover to Daredevil #170. ... Download high resolution version (662x1022, 167 KB)Cover to Daredevil #170. ... This article is about Frank Miller, the comic book writer and artist. ... Bullseye is a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. ... For other uses, see Daredevil (comics). ... The Hand is a group of fictional supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Elektra Natchios, usually known only by her first name Elektra, is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Franklin Foggy Nelson is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, part of the supporting cast of Daredevil (Matt Murdock); Foggy is Matts best friend. ...

Later, Fisk rehired Bullseye to investigate a New York drug war. Kingpin survived an assassination attempt by Crossbones. In retaliation, he sent Bullseye to assassinate Crossbones's employer, the Red Skull. The attempt failed, and the Kingpin then defeated the Red Skull in personal combat.^[8] Crossbones (Brock Rumlow) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Red Skull is the name of three Marvel Comics supervillains who are enemies of Captain America, other superheroes, and the United States in general. ...

After that, a conflict between Kingpin and HYDRA was secretly orchestrated by Daredevil. Kingpin's criminal empire was destroyed by HYDRA, and the Kingpin was incriminated by Matt Murdock.^[9]

Wilson Fisk eventually lost his criminal empire to one of his employees, Samuel Silke, who was working with his son Richard, in a bloody Caesar-like assassination bid. In the aftermath, Vanessa killed Richard and fled the country with Fisk's remaining wealth while the Kingpin recuperated in an unnamed eastern-European country, broken and alone. Samuel Sammy Silke is a character from Daredevil. ...

He returned, and after getting revenge on Silke by crushing his head, almost managed to regain his empire through sheer will, but was defeated by Daredevil, who declared himself the new Kingpin. Fisk was put in jail.

Recently, he hatched a scheme to be freed and regain his wealth by giving the F.B.I. proof in the form of the nonexistent "Murdock Papers" that Matt Murdock is Daredevil. Having made so many enemies who were in prison, Fisk was constantly under attack from the Hand, HYDRA, or any number of criminal organizations with which he had had intimate contact. The U.S. Government was hard pressed to get rid of this expensive, dangerous, legally clean master criminal, and Fisk succeeded in manipulating the F.B.I. into gravely wounding Daredevil and directing them to his D.N.A. He tells Ben Urich to give the feds the location of the Night Nurse, the only medic for injured superheroes, or go to jail. The Hand is a group of fictional supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe. ... HYDRA is a fictional terrorist organization in the Marvel Universe. ... Ben Urich is a Marvel Comics character, usually appearing in comic books featuring Daredevil and Spider-Man. ... It has been suggested that some sections of this article be split into a new article entitled Night Nurse (comic series). ...

He succeeded in getting Matt Murdock finally arrested, but the F.B.I. betrayed him at the last minute and arrested him as well, placing him in the same jail as Murdock with hopes that the two would kill each other. Ironically, the enemies were forced to team up in order to survive a prison riot which was directed at them. Finally, Murdock sacrificed the deal, refusing to let Bullseye, who was also incarcerated, leave the prison as Kingpin had planned. The fight ended with the Kingpin shot point-blank in the knee by gunfire from Bullseye intended for Murdock, while Murdock escaped.

Fisk also appeared in the Civil War War Crimes one-shot. He offered a deal to Iron Man- consideration on his sentence in exchange for information about Captain America's Resistance base. However, as his status in prison is threatened for collaborating with Stark, he betrays him; he first sets up Iron Man by revealing a gathering of supervillains by Hammerhead to create a new criminal empire, claiming it was a base of Captain America's, and gives information to the Secret Avengers instead. Civil War is a Marvel Comics summer 2006 crossover event, based around a core limited series of the same name written by Mark Millar and penciled by Steve McNiven. ... This article is about the comic book character. ... This article is about the comic book superhero Captain America. ... This article is about the comic book superhero Captain America. ...

He also put out a hit on Spider-Man and his loved ones after Iron Man convinced Spider-Man to unmask in public as a means of demonstrating his support for the SHRA. A sniper attempted to hit Spider-Man, only to hit the "secondary target" of Aunt May. Spider-Man tracked down the hit to Kingpin. He entered the prison he was kept in and badly beat the Kingpin in a fight in front of the prison's inmates. He decided to let the Kingpin live for a time under the humiliation of his defeat, news of which would quickly spread through the Underworld. Spider-Man vowed to return and kill the Kingpin the second his aunt died.^[10] Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... May Parker redirects here. ...

However, at some point later, after Matt Murdock returns to America with his name cleared, he completes Vanessa Fisk's last wish and takes on Fisk's case, getting all charges dropped in exchange for Fisk leaving the country and giving up his American citizenship, but delayed the case enough so Fisk would not be able to attend his wife's funeral. Fisk is later seen visiting his wife's grave and mourning her death.

Fisk later temporarily returned to New York to "[wrap] up some loose ends that he had to deal with." [1]He has a meeting with the Runaways, making a deal with the youngsters to secure a mysterious object for him. However, he and an army of ninjas attack the teens when they refuse to give it to him after they stole it. Runaways is a Marvel Comics comic book series created by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona. ...

Powers and abilities

The Kingpin has no superhuman powers. However, he is incredibly strong and durable, possessing a remarkable strength concealed by his somewhat corpulent appearance. He has been shown to be strong enough to hurl people across a room, crush a man's skull with his bare hands, leave imprints in concrete walls after punching them, and even crushing one of Spider-Man's web shooters without making any great effort. Contrary to all appearances, most of his body mass is actually muscle that has been built to extraordinary size, much like a sumo wrestler and he is almost as strong as it is physically possible for a 'normal' human to be. The Kingpin is a master of many forms of armed and unarmed combat, particularly sumo, jujutsu, and hapkido. He is an extraordinarily skilled martial artist, especially in sumo wrestling, and is an experienced bodybuilder. A sumo match Sumo (相撲 Sumō), or sumo wrestling, is today a competition contact sport wherein two wrestlers or rikishi face off in a circular area. ... For other uses, see Sumo (disambiguation). ... Jujutsu )  , literally meaning the art of softness, is a Japanese martial art consisting primarily of grappling techniques. ... This article is about Martial art. ...

He typically wears Kevlar armor under his clothing. Fisk sometimes carries a walking stick that conceals a laser beam weapon capable of firing a blast of concussive force sufficient for vaporizing a handgun (or a person's head) at close range; this is also known as his "obliterator cane." He typically wears an ornamental diamond stick-pin that conceals a highly compressed chamber of sleeping gas that is effective if sprayed at close range directly into his victim's face. Due to his wealth and intellectual industry, Kingpin could use far more advanced paraphernalia, but he prefers to use such things as a last resort. As Fisk became less Spider-Man's nemesis than Daredevil's, he became more of a naturalistic mafioso than a comic-book criminal mastermind, and depended less on science fiction-like weaponry. Kevlars molecular structure; BOLD: monomer unit; DASHED: hydrogen bonds. ... For other uses, see Realism (disambiguation). ... This article is about the criminal society. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

Aside from his remarkable physical advantages and special paraphernalia, the Kingpin is intellectually formidable and is a master tactician and a highly skilled planner and organizer. He is self-educated to the university graduate level in the field of political science. He is extremely skilled and knowledgeable in the organization and management of criminal and legal business operations. Kingpin is also a master manipulator, occasionally going so far as to lead superheroes into taking down criminal rivals that pose a threat to his position, as he once did to Sleepwalker and Spider-Man. The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Political Science is the field concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behaviour. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Other versions

Age of Apocalypse

In the Age of Apocalypse, Wilson Fisk is known as Dirigible, a wealthy businessman who bought his way into the Marauders, a human terrorist group serving Apocalypse that makes up for their lack of mutant powers using technology which allows them to fly and emit explosive blasts. Dirigible is clearly the leader of the group, as he is seen giving orders to his three teammates. Alongside Red (Norman Osborn), the Owl, and Arcade, he attacks the human refugee camps of Wakanda. However, Dirigible is killed by Gwen Stacy. The Age of Apocalypse is a popular X-Men story arc. ... The Marauders are a group of supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe and enemies of the X-Men. ... Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) is a fictional comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... The Green Goblin is a supervillain that appears in the fictional Marvel universe. ... The Owl, real name Leland Owlsley, is a supervillain who frequently menaces Daredevil and other heroes in Marvel Comics universe, notably Spider-Man and the Black Cat. ... Arcade is a fictional character and supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Wakanda may have several meanings: Wakanda from Native American Lakota mythology, Omaha Tribe - Great Spirit (sacred or divine), alternative spelling of Wakan Tanka. See Wakanda (Marvel) for the fictional nation in Marvel Comics. ... For the Christian hardcore band, see Gwen Stacy (band). ...

Crossovers

• In the second Batman/Spider-Man crossover, Kingpin is forced to partner with Ra's Al Ghul in a plan that would destroy New York City, in an exchange for a cure to Vanessa's cancer. As it turned out, Ra's gave Vanessa her cancer to force Kingpin to aid him, but the Kingpin actually formed an alliance with Batman and Spider-Man to save the city. Ra's attempted to get his revenge by denying Fisk the cure for Vanessa's cancer, but Talia Al Ghul, Ra's' daughter, provided the cure herself, recognizing in Vanessa a kindred spirit, as both of them loved a man that society would regard as a monster.

• In the second Batman/Daredevil crossover book, Kingpin almost lost his entire criminal empire to the Scarecrow, who had tried to dismantle it merely as a distraction so that he could spread his fear toxin throughout New York. In this book, Kingpin is shown to be a formidable physical match for Batman.

• The Big Question is an infusion of Riddler of DC Comics and Kingpin, resulting from all characters from Marvel Comics and DC Comics merging in Marvel vs. DC.

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House of M

Wilson Fisk appears in the House of M similar to how is mainstream counterpart is represented.

Marvel Zombies

The Kingpin appears in Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness #2 with his underlings, willing to work with the Punisher to try and save humanity from the zombie attack. The Punisher kills the group instead. He later resurfaces as one of the undead villains in Marvel Zombies who makes an attempt to devour Galactus, but this attempt is short lived when he is eliminated by the zombified superheroes in an ensuing battle. Marvel Zombies vs. ... This article is about the Marvel Comics character. ... Marvel Zombies is a set of comic book miniseries published by Marvel Comics beginning in 2005. ... Galactus is a fictional character, a cosmic entity in the Marvel Universe. ...

MC2

In the alternate future portrayed in the MC2 comics, Fisk has finally succeeded in killing Daredevil, although he made the mistake of betraying Kaine in the process. Kaine attempted to revive Daredevil with sorcery, but ended up bonding him with the demon Zarathos and Reilly Tyne (son of Ben Reilly, the Scarlet Spider), creating the superhero Darkdevil. Characters from the MC2 universe. ... Kaine is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain and enemy of Spider-Man. ... Zarathos is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics series Ghost Rider. ... Scarlet Spider is a fictional character who appeared in the Marvel Comics series Spider-Man. ... Darkdevil (Reilly Tyne) is a fictional character, a superhero in the MC2 future of the Marvel Comics universe. ...

At some point, Fisk was sent to prison, although he is still able to manage his criminal empire from within the prison, often with the assistance of bribed guards, and lives in luxury within his cell, feasting on gourmet cooking. Fisk and his lawyer, Foggy Nelson, were on their way to court for his latest appeal when Kaine attacked Fisk. Spider-Girl intervened and saved Fisk. He continues to use costumed villains as agents and assassins including Spider-Girl foes Mr. Nobody and Crazy Eight. A gourmet is a person with a sensitive and discriminating palate, and who is knowledgeable in fine food and drink or haute cuisine. ... Franklin Foggy Nelson is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, part of the supporting cast of Daredevil (Matt Murdock); Foggy is Matts best friend. ... For the Marvel Comics character who is the daughter of Spider-Man, see Spider-Girl. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

When Kaine was being taken away by the police, Kaine asked Nelson why he represented the man who murdered his partner, Matt Murdock. Nelson had been unaware of this (it is not stated how much Nelson knew about Murdock's alter ego Daredevil or the circumstances of his death), and refused to represent Fisk further. This causes Fisk to lose the appeal in question.

When a gang war started, Fisk is slain by a bomb while still in prison.

Spider-Man: Reign

Fisk appears in a vegetative state in the first part of Spider-Man: Reign. He is seen with Mayor Waters, who is saying that he hasn't eaten solid food in ten years. What the mayor has to do with this is unknown.

Ultimate Kingpin

Ultimate Kingpin. Art by Mark Bagley.

In the Ultimate Marvel continuity, Kingpin remained mostly unchanged. He is still a large, thick set bald man who usually wears a white suit and carries a cane. He is the head of New York corporate crime, a ruthless murderer and notorious for bribing his way out of any prosecution. He has a reputation for simply owning many parts of New York, such as the McDonalds in Times Square. His employees include Electro, Elektra and The Enforcers. In the universe, his wife Vanessa Fisk also exists but is in a comatose state. The Kingpin is trying to remedy this with an ancient tablet that he had stolen. Unfortunately for the Kingpin, it was stolen and lost by the Black Cat as revenge. It is unclear why Vanessa is in a coma. He also finds competition in another crime-lord called Hammerhead, and manages to play his enemy against Spider-Man, Black Cat, Moon Knight, Iron Fist, and Shang-Chi. Image File history File links UltimateKingpin. ... Image File history File links UltimateKingpin. ... Bagleys cover for Ultimate Spider-Man #65. ... The various characters of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, as seen on the cover of Ultimates (v2) #12. ... This article is about the state. ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants [1]. Although McDonalds did not invent the hamburger or fast food, its name has become nearly synonymous with both. ... For other uses, see Times Square (disambiguation). ... Not to be confused with Elektra (comics). ... Elektra Natchios, usually known only by her first name Elektra, is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Enforcers is a fictional team of villains in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) is a Marvel Comics anti-hero and one-time foe and ex-girlfriend of the Spider-Man. ... Hammerhead is a fictional character, a supervillain in publications from Marvel Comics. ... The different incarnations of Spider-Man. ... Moon Knight (Marc Spector) is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. ... Iron Fist (Daniel Rand) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a practitioner of martial arts. ... Shang-Chi (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally rising of the spirit) is a Marvel Comics character, often called the Master of Kung Fu. He was created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Jim Starlin. ...

Captain Jeanne De Wolfe was secretly working for the crimelord before being killed by the Punisher. The Kingpin was seen mourning of her death in Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #2, possibly indicating an affair. Her death came at the end of a play for territory by another crime boss, the Kangaroo, who was taken into custody. Jean DeWolff is a Marvel Comics supporting character of the comic Spider-Man. ... This article is about the Marvel Comics character. ... For the video game of the same title, see Ultimate Spider-Man (video game). ... The Kangaroo is the alias of two fictional Spider-Man villains in the Marvel Universe. ...

The Kingpin purchases the holding firm GG Enterprises, which owns the company that carries the licensing rights of the Spider-Man movie franchise. By purchasing the GG, Kingpin now technically owns Spider-Man's likeness. After Iron Fist betrayed the Ultimate Knights team's intentions to him, he had Spider-Man captured and waves this information in front of him, citing it as the only reason he would allow Spider-Man to continue to roam free. At the same time, he has Moon Knight assaulted and taken away, and torches Daredevil's offices. In retaliation, a crazed Daredevil breaks into Fisk's offices and threatens to murder his comatose wife by snapping her neck. As Kingpin pleads with Daredevil not to turn something that he only saw as 'business' into something personal, Spider-Man and the rest of the Knights persuade Daredevil to let her go on the condition that Fisk leaves the country. Daredevil grudgingly agrees. Cover art from Inhumans #1 (Nov 1998) by Jae Lee. ... In addition to his mainstream incarnation, Daredevil has had been depicted in other fictional universes. ...

Fisk, furious that the heroes had broken into his house and threatened his wife, orders their deaths, and that Spider-Man's school to be blown up while class is in session. Unfortunately for Fisk, the Moon Knight (whom Fisk had ordered his assassination) escapes death from the Kingpin's men and turns himself in, saying the Kingpin ordered his kill. As such, Fisk is finally arrested as he tries to leave the country.

In other media

Animation

Kingpin in Spider-Man: The Animated Series.

The Kingpin has made numerous appearances in animated spinoffs of Marvel series, including the 1967 animated Spider-Man series, the 1981 series, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and the Spider-Woman "The Kingpin Strikes Again". His most prominent appearance is in Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Spider-Man is an animated television series that ran from September 9, 1967 to June 14, 1970. ... Spider-Man is the name of a syndicated animated TV series based on the popular Marvel Comics character of the same name. ... Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an animated series produced by Marvel Productions Ltd. ... The animated Spider-Woman fires webs from her fingers Spider-Woman was an animated television series, based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew). ...

In Spider-Man: The Animated Series, he was one of the main villains. This Kingpin is fairly close to the comics version, but he is often occupied with manipulating super-powered characters to do his bidding. He's the mastermind behind the creation of the Spider-Slayers and is responsible for the creation of the Insidious Six, the animated equivalent of the Sinister Six. He's also involved in a power struggle with crime boss Silvermane. Initially, he operated behind the scenes until the "Framed/The Man Without Fear" two-parter, where his identity was revealed to Spider-Man with the help of Daredevil, who was seeking revenge for his father's murder at Kingpin's hands. The Kingpin's main associate here was at first Alistair Smythe, but after Smythe nearly betrayed the Kingpin because he believed Kingpin was going to kill him for placing his son in jail during the Daredevil two-parter, Dr. Herbert Landon replaced him. Kingpin remained at large throughout the series, although an alternate dimension's version was arrested in the series finale. The Kingpin was voiced by the late Roscoe Lee Browne in this series. The Spider-Slayers are a series of fictional robots in the Marvel Comics universe that were specifically designed to hunt down, capture, and/or kill Spider-Man. ... The Sinister Six are a group of supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe, who serve as a collection of Spider-Mans foes. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... For other uses, see Daredevil (comics). ... Alistair Smythe is a comic book supervillain, owned by Marvel Comics and existing in that companys Marvel Universe. ... Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1925 – April 11, 2007) was an American Emmy Award-winning actor and director, known for his rich voice and dignified bearing. ...

This series also described an origin for the Kingpin, somewhat different than the comic-book version. As a boy, Wilson Fisk was influenced by his father, who sought employment as a mob criminal. When older, Fisk assisted his father in robbing banks and jewelry stores, culminating in one robbery where his father escaped but Fisk, hampered by his already-considerable weight, was captured by police. In adulthood, Fisk emulated his father's goal and climbed to a position of seniority within the mob, adopting the alias "Kingpin". He has had his police file destroyed, removing all record of his earlier arrest. He arranged for the arrest and conviction of his father, still an aspiring but minor criminal, and declared that he did this because "Sacrifices must be made". It was also revealed that his real name was Wilson Moriarty. He maintains a strained relationship with his wife Vanessa, who is well aware of his activities, while his son Richard works for him. Professor Moriarty, illustration by Sidney Paget which accompanied the original publication of The Final Problem. Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character who is the best known antagonist (and archenemy) of the detective Sherlock Holmes. ... Character history Vanessa Fisk is a comic character. ... Richard Fisk is an anti-hero from the fictional Marvel Universe. ...

Michael Clarke Duncan reprised his role as the Kingpin in one episode of Spider-Man: The New Animated Series. Here, the Kingpin manipulated Spider-Man into thinking he worked for the F.B.I. and assigned the superhero to steal a chip from the mob (they were actually innocent scientists). Spider-Man soon realized he was scammed (evidenced when he learned that the first F.B.I. agent he met is just a movie actor) and with the help of Harry Osborn and the real F.B.I., Spider-Man had the Kingpin behind bars after a confrontation in one of the Kingpin's helicopters. When the copter crashed, both of them successfully escaped and due to Kingpin's weight, he fell from Spider-Man's hand. But the superhero saved him and had him trapped behind a crater long enough for the F.B.I. to arrest him. In this series, Kingpin uses a red diamond-studded cane capable of shooting lasers from the diamond. For other uses of the initials FBI, see FBI (disambiguation). ... This article is about the criminal society. ...

Film

• John Rhys-Davies played Fisk in the TV movie, The Trial of the Incredible Hulk.

Michael Clarke Duncan as the Kingpin of Crime.

• In the feature film, Daredevil, Michael Clarke Duncan played the character. As in the animated series, he is responsible for the murder of Daredevil's father. Although he is African-American and in the comics the Kingpin is Caucasian (and presumably of Irish descent, as his status as a Hell's Kitchen mob boss),^{[citation needed]} the studio decided to use Duncan, who resembled the character's intimidating stature. Many fans and critics have praised Duncan for his portrayal of the character, who closely resembles his Caucasian counterpart from the comics. Here, Kingpin started out as an enforcer for a mob boss named Fallon, in which capacity he was hired to kill Jack "The Devil" Murdock after he refused to throw a fight. Years later, Fisk became a crime boss in his own right and successfully hid his criminal activities from the public, although the media picked up on reports of a "Kingpin", running all crime in the city. He hired Bullseye to kill Nikolas Natchios (attempting to frame Natchios as the Kingpin in the process). He was successful, but Fisk also wanted Natchios' family killed as well and hired Bullseye to kill Natchios' daughter, Elektra, as well as the troublesome Daredevil. After he supposedly killed Elektra, Bullseye lost to Daredevil, although he revealed that Fisk was really the Kingpin during the fight. Having learned of his assassin's failure, Daredevil and Kingpin confronted each other in a final showdown. Due mainly to his injured shoulder- stabbed by Elektra when she believed him to be her father's killer- Daredevil was severely beaten by Fisk, who unmasked him, revealing that Daredevil was really "the blind lawyer from Hell's Kitchen", Matt Murdock, who Kingpin met at the party that took place prior to Nicholas Natchios' death. Daredevil nevertheless managed to make a comeback, triggering the sprinkler system in Fisk's office- thus allowing him to better 'see' his opponent while rendering Fisk practically blind- and subsequently paralyzing Fisk by busting his kneecaps. Daredevil prepared to kill Fisk to take revenge for his father and for Elektra by impaling him with a steel pike, but let the Kingpin live so as not to stoop to his level. Instead, Daredevil left Fisk for the police, who had learned of his identity as the Kingpin. Fisk threatened to tell everyone who Daredevil really was, until Daredevil pointed out that revealing to his prison inmates that he had been beaten by a blind man was the equivalent of suicide. Nevertheless, Kingpin swore that he'd get out of jail soon and that he'd be back to kill Daredevil, who merely said he would be waiting.

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Video games

• The Kingpin is featured in the video game The Punisher.

• In The Punisher arcade game, Kingpin was the final villain. If a player finishes the game, the Kingpin is seemingly killed, however the police never find his body.

• In Spider-Man: The Video Game, the Kingpin was one of the main villains, the last boss of the stage 3, 'The Lair of Kingpin'.

• He is also of course included in the game The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin for the Sega Master System and Genesis.

• In Spider-Man 3, Kingpin features in one of the games many sidequests. At a press conference, Peter sees Fisk and gets shots of him with some gang members, who leads them to break out their respective bosses. Spider-Man then goes to the Kingpin's penthouse and after defeating the gang members and their bosses, he fights the Kingpin. His strength and aggression amplified by the Venom symbiote, Spider-Man causes Kingpin to fall to his apparent death, although no body is found.

• The Kingpin will be featured in the upcoming Spider-Man: Web of Shadows video game.

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See also

• Daredevil: Born Again

Footnotes

References

• Kingpin's Profile at Spiderfan.org

External links

• http://marvel.com/universe/Kingpin