Search results
The Kingpin (Wilson Grant Fisk) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. , and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #50 ( cover-dated July 1967 ). [6]
Prime Marvel Universe. (Earth-616) A man of great size, and even greater wealth, Wilson Fisk is one of the mainstays of the criminal underworld. Unanimously recognized as The Kingpin of Crime, Fisk controls nearly all organized crime families on the East Coast that are not Maggia -affiliated.
With Spider-Man apparently gone, the Kingpin proposed that such a coalition be formed under his leadership, and met with nearly unanimous acceptance. The Kingpin then directed a major crime wave in New York City which came to an end with his first confrontation with the again active Spider-Man.
- 3 min
Wilson Grant Fisk is a powerful businessman and crime lord with an interest in controlling New York City. Decades after murdering his abusive father when he was a child, Fisk formed alliances with other criminal enterprises, used the aftermath of the Battle of New York to gain power in the city...
At the center of many, if not most, wrongdoings perpetrated in New York City, Fisk has clashed with heroes, antiheroes, and villains alike. He does whatever it takes to maintain his stranglehold on the New York underground — that's why he's called the Kingpin.
Kingpin. Hailing from the New York neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, calculating and reserved crime lord Wilson Fisk desires to tear down the old and rebuild the city in his image.
People also ask
Who is the Kingpin in Spider-Man?
Is Kingpin a villain?
Why is Wilson Fisk called the Kingpin?
When did the Kingpin appear in Spider-Man?
THE KINGPIN. He rules over New York City’s underground with uncanny savvy and an iron fist. Wilson Fisk is The Kingpin—a dynamo crime boss as feared as he is respected.
