History ComicBook / TheKingpin

* TooDumbToLive: Definitely standing with one foot in this trope, although it did not cost him his life. After ''years'' of being in Spider-Man's Rogue's Gallery and fighting Spidey countless times, he never caught on to the fact that the only reason he held his own against Spider-Man when they fought was solely because Spidey was holding back. Never. Not Once. Despite plenty of evidence available to him of Spidey going toe-to-with Venom, Carnage, the Juggernaut, the Wrecking Crew, and plenty of other heavyweights, despite rubbing elbows with plenty of other villains much stronger than him who'd had their asses handed to them by Spidey on multiple occasions, despite ''personally seeing'' Spidey throw cars like matchboxes and tear open steel vaults, he never connected the dots. You even have to wonder if he really has as much genuine fighting experience that he is always bragging about, or if most of his experience comes in his gym against opponents who are getting paid to lose in order to make him look good. Hell, it is a standard technique for most professional fighters to hold back in the early stages of a fight, with the idea to get the measure of your opponent and figure out the best strategy to win. A trained fighter can ''always'' tell when someone is pulling their punches. That's one of the reasons ''why'' boxing is sometimes called "the sweet science." Fisk never caught on, had to hire someone to try and kill Aunt May, and then had to find out the hard way that even with all this, Spidey beat him senseless while ''still holding back.'' Kingpin now fully understands that if Spidey really wants to, he could kill him with one single punch.

* AntiClimacticUnmasking: In an early issue of ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', Peter is unmasked by the Kingpin and his thugs, but his face means nothing to them. When Spidey starts fighting smarter and proves he's an actual threat, this comes back to bite them - all they have to go on is "teenage white boy".

* TheDon: He's one of the top crime lords of the Marvel Universe.

* CigarChomper: On occasion; Cubans, naturally.

* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Fisk started out with a cigarette holder, but switched to villainous cigars after they went out of style.

* BastardUnderstudy: To Don Rigoletto. Fisk learned a lot from the old crime boss, served as his lieutenant and than killed him and took over his criminal empire.

* RaceLift: In the comics he was white but in the live action ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' movie he's played by the l;ate Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan.

* TheDon

* TooDumbToLive: Definitely standing with one foot in this trope, although it did not cost him his life. After ''years'' of being in Spider-Man's Rogue's Gallery and fighting Spidey countless times, he never caught on to the fact that the only reason he held his own against Spider-Man when they fought was solely because Spidey was holding back. Never. Not Once. Despite plenty of evidence available to him of Spidey going toe-to-with Venom, Carnage, the Juggernaut, the Wrecking Crew, and plenty of other heavyweights, despite rubbing elbows with plenty of other villains much stronger than him who'd had their asses handed to them by Spidey on multiple occasions, despite ''personally seeing'' Spidey throw cars like matchboxes and tear open steel vaults, he never connected the dots. You even have to wonder if he really has as much genuine fighting experience that he is always bragging about, or if most of his experience comes in his gym against opponents who are getting paid to lose in order to make him look good. Hell, it is a standard technique for most professional fighters to hold back in the early stages of a fight, with the idea to get the measure of your opponent and figure out the best strategy to win. A trained fighter can ''always'' tell when someone is pulling their punches. That's one of the reasons ''why'' boxing is sometimes called "the sweet science." Fisk never caught on, had to hire someone to try and kill Aunt May, and then had to find out that hard way that even with all this, Spidey beat him senseless while ''still holding back.'' Kingpin now fully understands that if Spidey really wants to, he could kill him with one single punch.

* TooDumbToLive: Definitely standing with one foot in this trope, although it did not cost him his life. After ''years'' of being in Spider-Man's Rogue's Gallery and fighting Spidey countless times, he never caught on to the fact that the only reason he held his own against Spider-Man when they fought was solely because Spidey was holding back. Never. Not Once. Despite plenty of evidence available to him of Spidey going toe-to-with Venom, Carnage, the Juggernaut, the Wrecking Crew, and plenty of other heavyweights, despite rubbing elbows with plenty of other villains much stronger than him who'd had their asses handed to them by Spidey on multiple occasions, despite ''personally seeing'' Spidey throw cars like matchboxes and tear open steel vaults, he never connected the dots. You even have to wonder if he really has as much genuine fighting experience that he is always bragging about, or if most of his experience comes in his gym against opponents who are getting paid to lose in order to make him look good. Hell, it is a standard technique for most professional fighters to hold back in the early stages of a fight, with the idea to get the measure of your opponent and figure out the best strategy to win. That's one of the reasons ''why'' boxing is sometimes called "the sweet science." Fisk never caught on, had to hire someone to try and kill Aunt May, and then had to find out that hard way that even with all this, Spidey beat him senseless while ''still holding back.'' Kingpin now fully understands that if Spidey really wants to, he could kill him with one single punch.

* ToDumbToLive: Definitely standing with one foot in this trope, although it did not cost him his life. After ''years'' of being in Spider-Man's Rogue's Gallery and fighting Spidey countless times, he never caught on to the fact that the only reason he held his own against Spider-Man when they fought was solely because Spidey was holding back. Never. Not Once. Despite plenty of evidence available to him of Spidey going toe-to-with Venom, Carnage, the Juggernaut, the Wrecking Crew, and plenty of other heavyweights, despite rubbing elbows with plenty of other villains much stronger than him who'd had their asses handed to them by Spidey on multiple occasions, despite ''personally seeing'' Spidey throw cars like matchboxes and tear open steel vaults, he never connected the dots. You even have to wonder if he really has as much genuine fighting experience that he is always bragging about, or if most of his experience comes in his gym against opponents who are getting paid to lose in order to make him look good. Hell, it is a standard technique for most professional fighters to hold back in the early stages of a fight, with the idea to get the measure of your opponent and figure out the best strategy to win. That's one of the reasons ''why'' boxing is sometimes called "the sweet science." Fisk never caught on, had to hire someone to try and kill Aunt May, and then had to find out that hard way that even with all this, Spidey beat him senseless while ''still holding back.'' Kingpin now fully understands that if Spidey really wants to, he could kill him with one single punch.

** ManipulativeBastard: Between the two occasions, Fisk, under the false pretense of wanting to reward Peter, tricked him into being a patsy. As a result of this, Spider-Man learned about Fisk's true colors and, ever since then, "Peter" must pretend he doesn't know.

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Plays the BigBad in ''Daredevil,'' ''Spider-Man'' and ''The Punisher'' series' arcs.

* TheWorfEffect: If Spiderman is fighting seriously, the Kingpin is defeated easily to show how dangerous Spiderman really is.

He is set to enter the MarvelCinematicUniverse via the upcoming {{Series/Daredevil}} show on Netflix, portrayed by [[LawAndOrderCriminalIntent Vincent D'Onofrio]].

* ContemplativeBoss: He's prone to doing this in his various forms when in his Penthouse.

* DiabolicalMastermind: He occasionally lurches into this archetype, particularly in the ''SpiderMan'' animated series.

* EnemyMine: A notable - non-canon - example was [[spoiler:the inter-company crossover where he apparently sided with Ra's Al Gul against Spidey and {{Batman}} to save Vanessa. The heroes didn't know it at first, but Fisk was actually helping them, proving to be even more of a [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] than Ra's, only revealing his true loyalties in the end.]]
* EntitledBastard: He has a lot of this in his character and will pull DisproportionateRetribution on people who deny him his way. The Ultimate version was arguably worse, ordering {{Spider-Man}}'s school blown up while class was in session after Daredevil threatened to kill his wife. And during the threat, he kept pleading with Daredevil that he had done nothing wrong because it "wasn't personal".

* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: He is still fully capable of running a criminal enterprise from inside prison and once even tricked IronMan into eliminating a competitor on the outside for him, able to do so because he still had enough information on the wider criminal underworld to make deals and manipulate the authorities.
* NebulousCriminalConspiracy: Fisk is currently running The Hand. They are responsible for training Daredevils girlfriend Elektra and his newer enemy Lady Bullseye up as assassins, and are a magical cult led by demons who worship another demonic creature called The Beast, who recruit members by killing them and resurrecting them as either undead ninja or, if they are named superheroes/ villains, brainwashed killing machines. The Hand started off as politically motivated rebels before being taken over by a more even cult called the Snakeroot, who generally form the Hand's elite.

* PragmaticVillainy: Shows this often, especially in ''SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', where he helps SpiderMan often when the alternative would be letting New York (or the world) be destroyed. As he tells Hammerhead:

* RaceLift: In the comics he was white but in the live action ''Daredevil'' movie he's played by MichaelClarkeDuncan.

* RevengeByProxy: He attacked Peter Parker by going after Aunt May and he's went after Matt by attacking Foggy Nelson before.

He is set to enter the MarvelCinematicUniverse via the upcoming Daredevil show on Netflix, portrayed by [[LawAndOrderCriminalIntent Vincent D'Onofrio]].

** Although later stories have made it clear that he's only held his own against Spider-Man because Spider-Man did not go all out when fighting him. Spider-Man, under normal circumstances and against non-superpowered opponents, has ''very'' strong psychological inhibitions against using his full strength out of fear of killing someone. The few times they've fought when Spidey has been so pissed off he's simply said "the hell with it", Fisk got curb-stomped. Brutally.

[[caption-width-right:300:They do not call him the BIG MAN for nothing.]]

* PragmaticVillainy: Shows this often, especially in ''SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', where he helps SpiderMan often, when the alternative would be letting New York (or the world) be destroyed. As he tells Hammerhead, "There is no profit in destroying the world."

* MisterBig: [[JustForPun Get it?]]

* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: We once had a whole page of Daredevil punching him from all possible angles, with no visible effect. Next page, Kingpin starts the payback with a [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]].

* {{Acrofatic}}: Kingpin is agile enough to fight Spider-Man and Daredevil hand to hand despite his corpulent appearance. However, Kingpin himself said that very little of his body mass is actually fat. Confirmed by Daredevil who compared hitting Kingpin to hitting a brick wall. (Some sources say that his bulk is only 2% fat, even though [[ArtisticLicense that's impossible.)]]

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