| “ | Hiding in the server room? Cowardly, even for you. After all these years, you're still just an ignorant child. Damn you. Get that door down, now! | „ |
| ~ Kingpin's first words as Spider-Man copied his database of illegal activities. |
| “ | If you think this will be more than a minor inconvenience- Idiot! I'm the one who kept order in this city! One month! In one month you'll wish you had me back! | „ |
| ~ Kingpin's warning to Spider-Man, as well as a foreshadowing of the events to come.. |
| “ | Wilson Fisk A.K.A "The Kingpin." What can I say? This guy's my biggest nemesis. By pure volume and every other available metric. I was fifteen when I first took down one of his enforcers. Guy was in jail for all of two hours. But Fisk has had it in for me ever since. He controls more of the city than anyone realises. Police, judges, the city council, you name it and he's got leverage. If I can put him away once and for all, the city might be safe enough that I could finally focus on the rest of my life. | „ |
| ~ Kingpin's bio. |
Wilson Fisk, better known as the Kingpin, is the secondary antagonist of the 2018 action-adventure superhero video game Marvel's Spider-Man and a minor antagonist in its 2020 spin-off Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales.
He is a crime boss controlling most of the crime in New York City, a long-time adversary and the arch-rival of Spider-Man.
He is voiced by Travis Willingham, who also voiced Jūgo, Tobi, Black Zetsu and White Zetsu in Naruto, Kokutō and Kūgo Ginjō in Bleach, Cell in Raging Blast to Battle of Z, Isaac Frost in Fight Night Champion, Zavok in Sonic: Lost World and Sonic Forces, Jul 'Mdama in the Halo series, Paul De Pleur in Far Cry 4, Satan in Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, Carl Stoddard in Battlefield: Hardline, Scabrous Scrotus in Mad Max, Cameron Campbell in Camp Camp, King Gaius in Tales of Xillia and Two-Face in Telltale's Batman.
Biography[]
Past[]
Wilson Fisk was born around the year 1970. At an unknown point, he started a spice business, where he made his fortune. By 2010, he had become one of the most powerful crime bosses in New York City, secretly controlling the city's organized crime families as the feared Kingpin. As part of his criminal empire, Fisk used several warehouses throughout the city to house resources and men, while operating out of Fisk Tower. Publicly, he posed as a wealthy philanthropist and legitimate businessman.
At an unknown time, Fisk was approached by Norman Osborn to construct a facility for Project GR-27's production. Fisk agreed to build the facility, but at an unknown point learned about the nature of GR-27. Notably, this was the only thing ever known to have scared Fisk as he realied the medical treatment had become a virus capable of killing everyone in New York City Referring to the serum as "Pandora's box", Fisk kept a file on his discoveries hidden in a Nioh statue at Rosemann's Gallery, likely to blackmail Osborn should the mayor ever threaten his position.
Somewhere around 2010, Fisk, at the age of 40, learned that one of his enforcers was taken out and arrested by the wise-cracking vigilante Spider-Man. Despite managing to get his enforcer bailed out of prison after "all of two hours," Fisk knew that Spider-Man would be a threat to his operations and made it his mission to kill him. In their first fights, Fisk consistently defeated Spider-Man, keeping his criminal operations secret. At one point, he fought Spider-Man with a katana and "cut [Spider-Man] open like a pork sausage" but was never charged with the crime and the katana wound up at Rosemann's Art Gallery. As a result, Fisk remained in control of his empire until eight years later.
Marvel's Spider-Man[]
In 2018, after amassing enough evidence, Captain Yuriko Watanabe and the New York City Police Department move on Fisk Tower so Fisk has his thugs engage in a public shoot-out with the police as a distraction. During his attempt to escape, Fisk has his men attempt to erase all data of his criminal activity but this is stopped by Spider-Man whom he mocks and bombards with all of his might and men though it is not enough to stop Spider-Man. Eventually, Spider-Man confronts Kingpin in his office so the crime lord hides behind bullet-proof glass and deploys turrets hidden inside pillars. However, Spider-Man destroys them and brawls with Kingpin who eventually tackles the webslinger through the floor but is beaten down, webbed to the celling and arrested at gunpoint by the police without further incident. As he is being taken away, Spider-Man confronts Kingpin who warns of the incoming power vacuum that will occur now that he has been arrested; yelling that they will wish he were still boss in just a month's time. Due to being such a high-profile and dangerous criminal, although Spider-Man expects him to end up at Ryker's Island Prison like most criminals, he is instead sent to The Raft; a prison designed for superhuman inmates.
Though imprisoned, Fisk's absence begins a string of events in New York City as the small-time criminals and drug dealers he kept in check are free to sell their products without the fear of the Kingpin, bringing what Fisk predicted to Spider-Man come true. It also gives Martin Li the opportunity to seize all of Fisk's territory and ammunition, leading to the Inner Demons growing in power and boldness which peaks at the City Hall Bombing and civil war with Sable International. In turn, this allows Doctor Octopus and the Sinister Six to rise up and threaten the city with the Devil's Breath.
Fisk attempts to keep his criminal empire alive under the disguise of Consolidated Shipping, his legitimate construction company, by laundering his ammunition, funds and drugs. When Spider-Man is able to dismantle these bases, Fisk calls him, unfettered and promises retribution. Ultimately though, during the ensuing gang war against the Demons.
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales[]
More than a year after the defeat of Doctor Octopus and the Sinister Six, Fisk remains imprisoned during the Tinkerer's campaign against the Roxxon Energy Corporation. In this time, Miles Morales, Peter Parker's superhero apprentice has taken over his role as the sole Spider-Man in New York City while Peter goes to Symkaria with Mary Jane. It's revealed that since Fisk's imprisonment, Fisk Tower has fallen in decay and is scheduled to be demolished but the Tinkerer and the Underground have taken over the building as their hideout, even vandalizing a screen with Fisk's face on it to mock him, joking that they own the Kingpin now.
Even though he is still incarcerated at the Raft, Fisk attempts to take over Harlem anonymously from within his cell. To do this, he has a crew of his goons who weren't arrested following his imprisonment sabotage the Manhattan district itself in order for him to gradually rebuild his criminal empire and reestablish his dominance over the city. He did this by having his men rob a bank to restore his finances, while he would anonymously have the city use eminent domestic power to shut down a barber shop and restaurant, shut down the F.E.A.S.T. center (using the latter tactic) within Harlem, and anonymously purchase the lands of the district itself once they are shut down.
Unfortunately, Miles foils all of Fisk's attempts, and enraged by these failures, Fisk has his men guard the origins of his communications, believing that Spider-Man will come. Thanks to a lead on the location from street artist Hailey Cooper (who followed the criminals to their hideout unnoticed), Miles goes to put an end to the conspiracy once and for all, taking out Fisk's men before heading to the basement of the building to shut down the comms connection. As Miles, with his best friend Ganke Lee's help, is breaking into the computer where the communications originated, Fisk himself appears on video, and upon seeing Miles for the first time, is confused (as he originally believed it was the original Spider-Man who was ruining his plans; seemingly unaware of his absence), and instantly views him as a young wannabe and pretender. As Ganke is working to shut down the connection, Miles stalls Fisk, telling him that he is done trying to take over his neighborhood. Unmoved by this, Fisk cryptically threatens him, stating he will learn that when someone crosses him, then those they want to protect are the ones who will suffer as a consequence. Ganke then manages to break the connection, ending the video.
However, as Miles heads back to the C.J. Walker Park where he met up with Hailey, Ganke calls, revealing that Hailey informed him that Fisk's thugs are attacking the park. Miles arrives just in time, stopping the attack before someone gets killed. Hailey shows her gratitude to Miles before he leaves, while the police arrive to apprehend the assailants. Upon being exposed as the mastermind of the Harlem conspiracy, Fisk's prison sentence is elongated, with new security measures added to ensure that he will never attempt to restore his control over New York City from within his cell ever again.
Appearance[]
Wilson Fisk is a very tall and imposing man, with his height and weight being greater than that of average men. Wilson Fisk prefers to dress in a business attire, preferably in a dark suit and tie. Despite appearing morbidly obese, this is a dire misconception; the "fat" around his body is actually completely solid muscle that gives him almost inhuman strength and gives him incredible resistance to attacks.
Personality[]
| “ | You are everything that's wrong with this city! | „ |
| ~ Kingpin to Spider-Man. |
Wilson Fisk displays a great affinity for philosophies, antiques and arts of Japanese origins. Despite being a co-conspirator in providing financing and secluding of GR-27, he mentions that he is extremely terrified of that piece of technology, even going as far as comparing it to the mythical Pandora's Box. Fisk generally loathes Spider-Man due to his strong sense of humor and somewhat mischievous demeanor, resulting in the crime lord referring to him as an "ignorant child", even eight years later after their last confrontation.
| “ | Keep my men alive and maybe I'll tell you. | „ |
| ~ Fisk to Spider-Man for the Demons' leader. |
Wilson Fisk uses his power as the Kingpin to maintain order in the criminal underworld of New York and even operating his criminal empire akin to that of a corporate business. This in turn greatly mitigates the need for violence and kept civilians out of danger, which, in an ironic way, did ensure peace and safety for the citizens and even the law enforcement agents of New York City. Even Spider-Man admitted this as true because after Kingpin's arrest:
- A vast multitude of criminals and psychopaths which were kept in check by Fisk were suddenly free to commit random acts of mass murder, theft, terrorism, and extreme violence.
- The Inner Demons, a syndicate of masked terroristic mobsters found and led by Mister Negative, began terrorizing the city.
- Escaped convicts from both Ryker's Island and the Raft were free to sow chaos in the city following a coordinated massive breakout in both penitentiaries.
- The Sinister Six, a group of five of Spider-Man's worst supervillain foes lead by a new criminal mastermind, was formed during the prison breaks to destroy Oscorp Industries in order to ruin Norman's legacy and reputation.
- Doctor Octopus, the mastermind and orchestrator of the prison breakouts, as well as the founder and leader of the Sinister Six, unleashed the Devil's Breath on the city's civilian population, resulting in citywide quarantine until an antiserum could be made.
- Silver Sable International, a mercenary group hired by Mayor Norman Osborn to protect him enacted a city-wide martial law and the subsequent quarantine until the defeat of the Sinister Six. The mercenaries became abusive totalitarians, abusing and imprisoning those who protest against them.
- The Maggia, an elite crime family syndicate, went to war with each other, which was started by one of the Dons Joseph Martello, AKA Hammerhead, who aimed to take over the mob collective solely for his own personal gains.
- Hammerhead stole weapons and technology from the private military contractor Sable International, including tech left behind when the latter's military occupation of the city during the Devil's Breath crisis was over and experimental tech codenamed Project Olympus, in order to gain an enormous advantage in the Maggia Civil War.
- Following the disbandment of Fisk's criminal empire, the Inner Demons, and the Maggia, a band of crooks who view themselves as "the young mafia" known as The Underground, now led by the Tinkerer, began to terrorize the city in their leader's campaign against Simon Krieger and the Roxxon Energy Corporation.
Despite being the Kingpin of Crime, Wilson Fisk also owns a multitude of legitimate businesses which not only earn him a lot of legitimate revenues, but also through which he launders most of his ill gotten revenues.
Skills & Abilities[]
| “ | Incredibly strong and resilient. His agility and dexterity have been honed from years of training, and his mental fortitude is nearly unmatched. A formidable strategist -he "always has a plan,"- and those who underestimate him do so at their own peril. | „ |
| ~ The Kingpin's bio about his many abilities. |
- Immense Strength: Due to his entire body being made of pure muscle, the Kingpin possesses immense physical strength bordering on the superhuman. He was being able to demolish a desk by slamming down on it, punch holes to rupture in steam pipes just by punching them, pick up massive chunks of debris with little effort, throw Spider-Man straight through a wall and slam his fists downwards hard enough to shatter a glass fall.
- Immense Durability: The Kingpin was immune to innumerable punches and kicks to the head and stomach from Spider-Man. He also does is uninjured from falling several stories or even having large chunks of concrete thrown at him.
- Immense Physicality: The Kingpin has trained himself to be able to use his exceptional physical stature and even displays superior acrobatic prowess when fighting Spider-Man.
- Swordsmanship: Mary Jane mentions that Fisk sliced open Peter with a Katana once, indicating Fisk's swordsmanship.
- Criminal Organization: Fisk is a Master of Criminal networking, with his influence extending to politicians, corporations, for profits and even law enforcement agencies within New York. His influence even extended and works despite his secure imprisonment. He also possesses incalculable resources and finances, as he was able to easily procure advanced weaponry for his men and even provide grants for Oscorp's GR-27 Project.
Arsenal[]
- Fists: Being a brawler, the Kingpin usually fights with his bare hands and is a formidable fighter.
- Turrets: When confronted in his office, the Kingpin tried and failed to kill Spider-Man using hidden turrets.
- Katana: According to Mary Jane, the Kingpin once used a katana to fight Spider-Man.
- Debris: During his boss fight, the Kingpin threw large pieces of debris at Spider-Man to try and kill him.
Gallery[]
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Quotes[]
| “ | Look around you. I did this! Without me, the scum I kept in check will run rampant. And it'll be your fault. | „ |
| ~ The Kingpin boasting as Spider-Man fought his thugs in the server room. |
| “ | Spider-Man: Writing your memoirs? Don't forget the hyphen between "Spider" and "Man." Fisk: *presses intercom* Get the chopper ready. I won't be long. I'm surprised you made it this far. But your foolishness ends now. Spider-Man: Uh, you do know I can still see you right? Fisk: Eight years of this insolence. |
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| ~ The Kingpin when Spider-Man confronted him in his office. |
| “ | How is this happening?! I will destroy you! | „ |
| ~ The Kingpin when Spider-Man destroyed his turrets. |
| “ | Tiresome annoyance! | „ |
| ~ The Kingpin during his boss battle. |
| “ | You are everything that is wrong with this city! You know what to do, men. | „ |
| ~ The Kingpin after throwing Spider-Man through a wall. |
| “ | You are trained to fight, so fight! I don't want excuses! What do I pay you for?! | „ |
| ~ The Kingpin as his thugs were losing during his boss battle. |
| “ | Imbeciles! Where are the reinforcements?! | „ |
| ~ The Kingpin after his thugs were defeated. |
| “ | Fisk: I trust you've enjoyed yourself. Spider-Man: Willie! Funny story. I was just at one of your buildings. And you'll be shocked to hear that there were shenanigans of the criminal variety. TL,DR: Fisk Construction is closed. Fisk: I have other sources of revenue. But you've inconvenienced me. And there will be consequences. My memory's long, my reach is longer. Spider-Man: I should have all the guys who've sworn to kill me fight it out for the privilege. |
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| ~ The Kingpin after Spider-Man dismantled his construction site operations. |
Trivia[]
- Kingpin's headquarters, Fisk Tower, is located on the same site as Trump Tower in real life. By Marvel's Spider-Man 2, the skyscraper has been replaced by the Baxter Building.
External Links[]
- Kingpin on the Magnificent Baddie Wiki.
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