Kingpin's Real Origin Story is Much Darker Than the MCU's
While the Kingpin’s MCU origin is undoubtedly brutal, it doesn’t hold a candle to how dark his story is in Marvel Comics. The Kingpin was recently introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the Disney+ series Hawkeye and it is presumed that the character shares the same continuity as the one established in the former Netflix/Marvel show Daredevil. In Daredevil, fans witnessed the tragic truth behind the Kingpin’s childhood trauma, but compared to his comic book origin, the live-action version seemed mild.
In Daredevil season 1 episode 8 “Shadows in the Glass,” viewers are taken on a trip into Wilson Fisk’s past to better understand the man he would become. Wilson is shown being a timid child in 1970s New York, constantly being belittled by his bully father who doesn’t think twice about putting his entire family in mortal danger for his own personal gains. One night, after forcing Wilson to beat up a child who spoke ill of him, Fisk’s father began viciously beating Wilson’s mother right in front of him. In a fit of rage, Wilson picked up a hammer and bashed his father’s skull over and over again, partly to defend his mother, but mostly because of the inner rage he felt for him after years of emotional and physical abuse.
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The MCU’s version is obviously disturbing, but one could sympathize with Wilson after seeing what a terrible man his father was. In the comics, no such sympathy should be shown due to the premeditative, sadistic nature of Wilson’s assuredly deserved attack on his father. In Punisher MAX #2 by Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon, the Kingpin kills his father, yes, but the manner in which he does so is vastly more cruel. As a
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