Kingpin

Origin

Wilson Fisk is a criminal genius that uses illegal activities to gain what he wants. He has an expensive team of lawyers that has kept his criminal record clean for a long time. Wilson has no superpowers however, but he is a 400-pound man full of muscles that nearly match those of super power level. He has become the arch enemy of Daredevil and has fought against many of the famous heroes in the Marvel Universe. Wilson Fisk did not have an easy childhood. Overweight, unpopular and bullied, Fisk chose to a difficult path. At the age of 12 he was imprisoned for murder. His life continued along this path. Slowly Wilson made a name for himself on the street. With his intellect and determination he could have become anything he wanted, unfortunately he chose to become the Kingpin. During his times in school, when the bullies kept on picking on him, Wilson began training in physical hand-to-hand combat. He eventually became extremely strong and good to the point where he could intimidate his bullies into joining his gang. Wilson continued this road to becoming one of the most successful crime lords in New York City. His first official gang was only with a few lowly thugs, but eventually be came into contact with a crime lord named Don Rigoletto. Wilson became Don Rigoletto’s personal body guard and his right-hand man. Wilson eventually betrayed Don Rigoletto and killed him in order to take control of his gang. Right after this, Wilson became the most powerful crime lord in New York City.

His Ill-gotten wealth is supplemented by legitimate business ventures. The Kingpin has slowly amassed a large fortune and a gang of henchmen that have included, Bullseye, The Bushwhacker, and Elektra. Being the all power Kingpin of New York’s criminal underworld, he made enemies with not only the heroes, but with other gangs such as the Maggia and Hydra. The two groups teamed up to bring Kingpin down and would eventually succeed. This forced Wilson to leave America in which he would travel to Japan. Now poor and powerless, Wilson began a spice business to try and get rich again. Eventually Wilson would gain enough money and returned to New York. Back in New York he triggers a gang war in order to bring the Maggia down. In the midst of all the chaos, Kingpin rook control of the criminal underworld again.

Meeting Vanessa

Now one of the most powerful crime lords again, Wilson decided to disguise himself as a honest business man and donates a lot to charities. This caught the eye of a woman named Vanessa, whom Wilson would hook up with and would eventually marry and became Mrs. Vanessa Fisk. The couple would conceive a son and named him Richard. Vanessa was unaware of his criminal career when she married him but upon finding out, she threatened to leave him if he did not give up his criminal lifestyle. Wilson would give in to Vanessa’s demands and would temporarily retire as a crime lord. The entire family moved to Japan to live peacefully, but when a gang war erupted again in New York City, it caught Wilson’s eyes.

After Richard Fisk finally grew up and was attending college, he learned that his father was the most powerful crime lord in America. He told his parents that he would travel through Europe, which eventually Wilson and Vanessa would be alerted that Richard had died in a skiing accident and was angry that his father was a crime lord. Richard was in fact not dead, and would rise up and become the Kingpin’s greatest criminal rival known as The Rose.

Losing the Empire

Later Kingpin would lose his entire criminal empire when he was stabbed in the back due to one of his employees working for his son Richard. Vanessa would kill Richard and flea the country with Wilson’s remaining fortune. All this happens while the Kingpin was recuperating in a European country. He would later come up with a plan that will free him from the FBI and regain his fortune. He would reveal to the FBI proof that Matt Murdock was really Daredevil. While he was staying in prison, Fisk had many enemies and would constantly be under the attack by someone. However, Fisk succeeded in forcing the FBI to wound Daredevil in which he would be taken to the Night Nurse. Fisk would meet with Ben Urich and force him to tell the FBI where the Night Nurse is or go to jail.

The FBI was able to successfully arrest Matt Murdock but betrays Wilson at the same time and arrested him instead of letting him free. They would place Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk in the same jail hoping that the two would kill each other. However, during a riot that was aimed to kill both of them, the two would team up in order to survive the riot. When Wilson wanted to free Bullseye, Matt refused to let that criminal free. Then Bullseye would shoot Wilson in the knees but was actually trying to shoot Matt.

Recently

During the Civil War Wilson Fisk offered a deal to Iron Man that he will give him the location of the Secret Avengers if Iron Man will set him free. However, Fisk gave him the information of the base of a group of villains that were gathering that were planning to create a new criminal empire ran by Hammerhead. Recently Wilson puts a hit on Spider-Man and his loved ones. The sniper was able to hit one of them, Aunt May When Peter gets to "persuade" the sniper to tell him who put the hit on him and his family, He went to the prison and beat the "holy hell" out of the Kingpin who is unable to defend himself from spider-man's brutal attacks. With the other inmates watching on, Peter warns everyone that he will kill anyone whoever harm his family again. When Matt dropped the charges against Fisk, for him to leave the country and his citizenship at the request of Vanessa. Matt also delayed the case long enough for Fisk to miss his wife's funeral, but he would later go to her grave and mourn for her death. Fisk left America and went to Spain where he fell in love with a local woman and he moved in with her and her kids. After Daredevil refused to take the role as leader of the Hand, Lady Bullseye and her group of assassins murdered Fisk's new love and her family. She told him that he was going to help her convince Daredevil to lead the Hand. Fisk comes back to America and offers Daredevil his help in destroying the Hand. When asked what he plans to do after they take out the Hand Fisk replies that he doesn't plan on surviving. Daredevil accepts the offer and Fisk returns to the criminal underworld with his new assistant Turk to recruit soldiers for their war, he then has his men go out and start killing members of the Hand across the city. Fisk breaks the Owl out of police custody during transport and has him hire Lady Bullseye for reasons yet to be revealed.

Abilities

Alternate Universes

Ultimate Kingpin

In the Ultimate Marvel Universe, the Kingpin is almost identical to his 616 counterpart. He is seen as a gigantically large man, with a bald head, and wears a white suit with a cane. His skin tone is a little darker but that is the only difference. The Kingpin is a corporate crime lord that uses murdering and bribing to get what he wants. He has employed Electro, Elektra, and the Enforcers to battle his enemies. He has also encountered Spider-Man and Daredevil, and also seems to have a vendetta against Black Cat. Vanessa Fisk is shown to be in a coma that the Kingpin is trying to cure with an ancient tablet that he stole. However, the Kingpin lost the tablet due to the Black Cat stealing it for revenge.

Recently, he faced the Ultimate Knights, but when Iron Fist betrayed the team for the life of his daughter, the Kingpin systemically begin to defeat them per individual. He was only stopped when a vengeful Daredevil threatened to break Vanessa's neck that was prevented by Spider-Man. the Kingpin was later arrested while attempting to flee the country, thanks to Moon Knight, who went to the police and told of his activities, at the cost of his secret identity being compromised.
During the first issue of the Ultimate Comics Ultimate-Spider-man series, The Kingpin returned and resumed his rightful throne as Kingpin of Crime. Unfortunately, he was greeted by an unexpected visitor. Mysterio threw the kingpin out the window into the streets of New York City, saying it would be goon for his resume.

Age of Apocalypse

Known as Dirigible in this alternate reality, Fisk was a member of the Marauders, along with teammates Arcade, Owl, and Red (this universe's version of Green Goblin). The four villains were sent by Apocalypse to destroy the land of Wakanda, where there are human refugee camps. Though they were able to murder Black Panther and destroy much of the land, Dirigible's life was cut short by Gwen Stacy, who reduced him to ashes with a blast of her plasma gun.

Dirigible, as in the regular Marvel 616 universe, had a genius level I.Q. and increased agility out of proportion to his size. He also was equipped with wrist weapons and "air-steppers", boot attachments that allowed him near-flight.

Amalgam Universe

Known as The Big Question, The Kingpin of Riddles, or Big Q, E. (Edward) Nigma Fisk is an amalgam of Marvel's The Kingpin and DC's The Riddler. He is the Mayor of New Gotham City as well as its crimelord.

MC2

In this universe, the Kingpin tried to kill Kaine, but instead killed Daredevil, who took the shot for Kaine. Next, the Kingpin is seen in prison, with Foggy Nelson as his defense attorney. Kaine would take his revenge to Wilson, but was stopped by Spider-Girl. Later Kaine asked Foggy why he was representing the man that kill his best friend. Foggy was not aware of Matt's death (it is not implied that he knew Matt and Daredevil are the same). With this knowledge, he have refused to represent Wilson anymore. The Kingpin was subsequently killed by a bomb in a middle of a gang war.

Spider-Man: Reign

The Kingpin is on a vegetative state and has not eaten solid food for the last ten years. How he came into this was not revealed.

Zombieverse

The Kingpin is one of the few remaining survivors of the zombie plague. He is seen collaborating with the Punisher about saving the remaining humans from the zombie super-beings, but Frank just opened fire on them, thinking that he could handle the zombies himself. Wilson is seen to have survived but was later killed by other zombies. The infected version of Kingpin later (with the help of an infected Jackal) develop a system to clone infected humans in order to have unlimited flesh and food. He is one of the few Zombies who was strong enough to not eat his beloved wife right away but eventually he gives in for "he eats when he is depressed". He is last seen attacking Galactus right before being killed again by the cosmically powered Marvel Zombies.

What If?

• Fisk wore a bulletproof vest beneath his coat and carried a walking stick equipped with a laser.
• Richard fisk didn't know his father was a crime lord until he was in college.