Is Daredevil's Ending Still Canon? How It Sets Up Kingpin's MCU Return
Warning! SPOILERS for Marvel's Hawkeye episode 3, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Daredevil season 3
With Kingpin's return to the MCU being set up, is Daredevil's season 3 ending still canon? While Marvel's Netflix shows were all cancelled in 2018, it seems as though Marvel Studios is looking to reintegrate some of the characters into Disney+'s new series and upcoming films, starting with Wilson Fisk, Daredevil's Kingpin of Crime in New York City. However, with a character like Kingpin making a return, is his past the same as what was seen in Daredevil, or has his history been retconned?
In the MCU's Hawkeye series, episode 3 reveals the childhood of Maya Lopez, also known as Echo (played by Alaqua Cox). Featured in flashbacks, Maya's father was seen working for the Tracksuit Mafia to help make ends meet, and at one point he told Maya that her "uncle" would be driving her home after a karate class. While his face was kept off-screen, the build, black suit, and laugh heard by Maya's uncle seem to imply that he's none other than Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin who was Echo's adopted father in the comics and who had a major and iconic role in Marvel's Daredevil (played by Vincent D'Onofrio).
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That being said, when and if Kingpin makes his full debut in Hawkeye and grander return to the MCU, will he be exactly the same villain from Netflix's Daredevil? Since all the Netflix Marvel shows were cancelled, it's been unknown whether the events that took place are still canonical, despite the shows all taking place in the MCU. As a result, Kingpin's full return can answer a lot of questions, and Daredevil could certainly set up where he might be in a
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