![]() He has been portrayed by John Rhys-Davies in the 1989 film The Trial of the Incredible Hulk and by Michael Clarke Duncan in the 2003 film Daredevil. The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of media, including films, television series and video games. While this makes him a dangerous foe to face in person, even to Spider-Man, his size has been regularly mocked. The character is not simply obese but also heavily-muscled (like a sumo wrestler) and a formidable hand-to-hand combatant. Across all iterations, the Kingpin is depicted with an extraordinarily heavyset appearance and a bald head. His traditional attire consists of his signature white suit jacket and cane, though his appearance has been changed over the years. The Kingpin is the husband of Vanessa Fisk and the father of Richard Fisk. One of the most feared, dangerous and powerful crime lords in the Marvel Universe, usually depicted as New York City's crime overlord, he was introduced as an adversary of Spider-Man, but later went on to be the archenemy of Daredevil, as well as a recurring foe of the Punisher and his adoptive daughter Echo. ![]() The "Kingpin" name is a reference to the crime lord title in Mafia slang nomenclature. The character was created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr., and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #50 ( cover-dated July 1967). The Kingpin ( Wilson Grant Fisk) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. ![]() Use of a laser gun-equipped cane and a hollow ornamental diamond stick-pin filled with sleeping gas.Highly skilled martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant. ![]()
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