Ringmaster is a skilled villain with great hypnotic powers. Often, he will attract people to his "circus" only to place them under his hypnotic spell and rob them. Once while attempting to do this he even had to gain complete control over Spider-Man. However when Daredevil came to the rescue, Ringmaster found he could not hypnotize him, as Daredevil is blind! But Ringmaster was not defeated, since he couldn't beat Daredevil, he used Spider-Man to do it. Spider-Man would of overcome Daredevil if not for the fact that because Spiderman was not acting of his own will, he couldn't do anything after he done what he had been ordered to do, and the fact that Daredevil got Ringmaster's hat and freed Spider-Man with it. Spider-Man then managed to overcome Ringmaster by keeping his eyes closed while fighting him, and so Ringmaster was once again defeated.