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The character is portrayed as one of the most feared and powerful crime lords in the Marvel Universe, typically holding the position of [[New York City]]'s crime overlord. The Kingpin first appeared in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #50. Initially an adversary of [[Spider-Man]], the character later became the [[archenemy]] of [[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Daredevil]],<ref name="top 5 enemies of Daredevil">[http://www.comicbooked.com/top-5-enemies-of-daredevil top 5 enemies of Daredevil], comicbooked.com</ref> and a recurring foe of the [[Punisher]]. [[IGN]]'s list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains Of All Time List ranked The Kingpin as number 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/top/comic-book-villains/10.html |title=Kingpin is Number 10 |publisher=Comics.ign.com |date= |accessdate=2015-04-20}}</ref>
The Kingpin's signature look is his extraordinarily heavyset appearance, with most of his mass consisting of muscle. He usually wears a white suit jacket and carries a walking stick, which he tips with diamonds or other hard substances as necessary to aid his physical combat. The name "Kingpin" is a reference to the title [[Boss (crime)|crime lord]] in [[American Mafia|mafia]] slang nomenclature.
Wilson Fisk is played by [[Michael Clarke Duncan]] in the 2003 film ''[[Daredevil (film)|Daredevil]]'', and by [[Vincent D'Onofrio]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]. ==Publication history==
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===All-New, All-Different Marvel===
As part of the ''[[All-New, All-Different Marvel]]'', Wilson Fisk represented Fisk Industries when he attended a meeting at the Universal Bank with Tiberius Stone of [[Alchemax]], [[Sebastian Shaw (comics)|Sebastian Shaw]] of Shaw Industries, [[Darren Cross]] of [[Cross Technological Enterprises]], [[Zeke Stane]] of Stane International, [[Silver Samurai|Shingen Harada]] of the Yashida Corporation, Frr'dox of [[Shi'ar]] Solutions Consolidated, and Wilhelmina Kensington of Kilgore Arms where they discussed with [[Minotaur (comics)|Dario Agger]] about his and Roxxon Energy Corporation's plans to exploit the Ten Realms of Asgard. Wilson Fisk also saw the arrival of Exterminatrix of the Midas Foundation who knocked out Dario and declared herself a new member of their assembly.<ref>''Mighty Thor'' Vol. 2 #8</ref>
===Civil War II===
During the ''[[Civil War II]]'' storyline, Kingpin returns from San Francisco where he ends up in a fight with Bushwacker which ends in Bushwacker's death. Afterwards, he learns from a barista named Armand that his girlfriend Sonia had gone missing. Kingpin and Turk Barrett track her to a human trafficking business that Man Mountain Marko and Kingpin's former minion Janus Jardeesh are working for. Kingpin decides not to kill Janus when he learns that he is a recently
===Marvel NOW! (2016)===
As part of the 2016 ''[[Marvel NOW!]]'' in a lead-up to the ''[[Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy]]'' storyline, [[Jackal (Marvel Comics)|Jackal]] sends [[Rhino (comics)|Rhino]] to Kingpin in order to get him on his side. He even had Rhino bring a revived Vanessa Fisk with him in order to persuade Kingpin to go with the deal. Kingpin snaps the neck of the revived Vanessa Fisk stating "That's not my wife. That's an abomination." Rhino then fights Kingpin even when Spider-Man shows up. After the resulting fight in which Rhino got away, Jackal was not pleased that Kingpin declined the offer
After Spider-Man and Spider-Woman of Earth-65 learn from the New U Technologies staff what had happened to Kaine and Anna Maria Marconi, Kingpin shows up and reveals he's been following the Jackal's trail ever since the encounter with his cloned wife. He gives Spider-Man a folder containing the location of a meeting that Jackal will be at so Spider-Man can take him down for revenge.<ref>''The Clone Conspiracy'' #3</ref>
==Skills, abilities and equipment==
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