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Alexander Bont
Alexander Bont
Alter Ego: Alexander Bont
Notable Aliases: The Kingpin
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 2 #66 (December 2004)
"I have to see him die. I will see him die. All of you who took my life."
Bont was a vicious killer back in the day before Wilson Fisk rose to power, and was the first Kingpin of Crime in New York. Daredevil took Bont down and when the first Kingpin was released from prison, he was an embittered old man whose only reason for living was to destroy the Man Without Fear.
- Drugs Are Bad: He takes MGH to get strong enough to get revenge. The drug kills him.
- It's All About Me: It is clear that is the case, even though Bont keeps saying it is about Matt Murdock.
- I Have Your Wife: Gets Melvin Potter to work for him (twice) by threatening to kill Potter's four-year-old daughter, who Potter has never met.
- The Man Behind the Man: Maybe. It is implied Roscoe Sweeny worked for him, or at least Bont owned the building where Jack Murdock was killed.
- Small Role, Big Impact: The story revealed Bont going to federal prison allowed Wilson Fisk to take over his rackets.
- Would Hurt a Child: Threatens to kill Melvin Potter's daughter.
American Samurai
American Samurai
Alter Ego: Unknown
Notable Aliases: Joe Armstrong
First Appearance: Elektra #11 (August, 1997)
"It will be a pity to kill such obviously fine warriors. But that's life."
An unnamed American soldier was somehow empowered by a mystical samurai spirit by the Keepers of the Koan after his body died in a Japanese labour camp during WWII which gave him superhuman and magical skills. Even the soldier's aging process was slowed because of this event. After World War II was over, the Samurai grew angry at the way America was evolving. He became a vigilante, attacking and killing criminals: even breaking into a prison and relasing all the prisoners so he could murder them.
- Absurdly Sharp Blade: His katana can cut through walls.
- Animate Dead: He has memorized the Sacred Koan; a spell can can raise the dead and grant great powers.
- Long-Lived: The process that brought the Samurai back to life either stopped or greatly slowed his aging process.
- Really 700 Years Old: Although he served in WWII, the Samurai still possesses the body of a man in his physical prime.
- Super-Strength: Possesses strength that peak human.
- Teleportation: Possesses the ability to teleport.
- Vigilante Man: Angry at the way America was evolving, the Samurai started murdering any he considered responsible for spreading injustice.
- Western Samurai: An American soldier empowered by a mystical samurai spirit by the Keepers of the Koan.
Ammo
Ammo
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 1 #252 (March 1988)
"The strongest men will win, will dominate, will rule. A world divided—between the victors and the victims! Take your choice!"
Ammo claimed that civilization was coming to an end and that only the strongest could survive when there was a black out and a rumor that a nuclear war was taking place. Ammo sent out gangs to steal food weapons and drugs and planned to take the city over
- Blood Knight: Has a love of violence.
- Crazy Survivalist: Leader of a group of doomsday preppers known as the Munition Militia.
- Eyepatch of Power: Has one on his left eye.
- No Name Given: His real name has never been mentioned.
Angar the Screamer
Angar the Screamer
Alter Ego: David Alan Angar
Notable Aliases: Voice, Master of the Mind Storm, Scream, Hawkeye
First Appearance: Daredevil #100 (June 1973)
"Madness?! I am not mad! I am David Angar—I am sane! And more—I am the Screamer—master of the mind-storm! I am power!"
David Angar, a radical social activist, volunteered to undergo an experiment to confer upon him superhuman powers. Subjected to technology brought to Earth from the moon Titan by the priestess Moondragon, Angar acquired unusual vocal powers. A crook and companion to the Thunderbolt Songbird when she was Screaming Mimi; after his death, she started a new life as a hero.
- Birds of a Feather: He and Melissa were partners thanks to their very similar powers.
- Dead Partner: For Screaming Mimi.
- Energy Beings: He was sort of revived as a being of pure sound similarly to Ulysses Klaw.
- Fad Super: A stereotypical long-haired hippie whose scream LSD-style hallucinations in those who hear him. Why, yes, he was created in The '70s. why do you ask?
- Horror Hippies: A stereotypical long-haired hippie whose screams cause people around him to hallucinate their worst fear. Although he supposedly started out as a social activist, he mostly used his powers to commit crimes for personal gain.
- Laser-Guided Karma: His scream can also induce amnesia in some, allowing him to make a quick getaway, or deal with employers he can't stand.
- Plot-Triggering Death: His death is what set Melissa to stop being Screaming Mimi and redeem herself as Songbird.
- Rogues' Gallery Transplant: Starting off as a Daredevil villain, he's also tussled with Iron Fist, Spider-Woman, and Hawkeye and Mockingbird.
- Supernatural Fear Inducer: Angar vocally emits piercing screams that create hallucinogenic effects in those who hear them. Angar can not control the specific content of his victim's hallucinations. They are products of the victim's own subconscious. His power does tend to induce psychotic and nightmarish fantasies however.
- Unexplained Recovery: After being dead for years, he suddenly turns up alive and well in Power Man and Iron Fist vol. 3.
Bengal
Bengal
Alter Ego: Duc No Trah
First Appearance: Daredevil #258
"Did the jungle breath?"
Bengal is a martial artist who seeks vengeance on those that committed war crimes during the Vietnam War.
- Animal-Themed Superbeing: The Bengal tiger.
- Bald of Evil: Has a shaved head.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: For someone who lost his parents and village during the Vietnam War, being able to let go of his desire for revenge and eventually retiring to be with his family, it is a surprisingly happy ending for a lesser rogue.
- Harmful to Minors: As a child, he saw his entire village massacred by American soldiers.
- The Nose Knows: He has an unusually well defined sense of smell and can track people by scent; it has not been revealed if this is actually a superhuman ability.
- Retired Badass: After the Dark Reign and the dethroning of Norman Osborn, he retired with his family to Sunset Park in Brooklyn, where he opened a martial arts school.
- Revenge Before Reason: For a time at least, until some words from The Punisher, he decided to move on with his life.
- Rogues' Gallery Transplant: While he began as an enemy of Daredevil, he also faced the New Warriors during the nineties.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: He wasn't very thrilled to be at The Initiative working under James Rhodes thanks to his participation on the Vietnam War.
Black Tarantula
Black Tarantula
Alter Ego: Carlos LaMuerto
First Appearance: The Amazing Spider-Man #419 (January 1997)
Allegedly for over 700 years, the title of the Black Tarantula has been passed down from father to son.
See Spider-Man: Rogues Gallery, A to H
Blue Talon
Blue Talon
Alter Ego: Itto Yamura
First Appearance: Daredevil #92 (October, 1972)
"As you command, Master Dran—The Blue Talon comes!"
Itto Yamura aka Blue Talon is a skilled martial artist from Japan that was hired by Damon Dran to eliminate Daredevil. Blue Talon wears a blade on each hand to slash and slice his enemies.
- Blade Below the Shoulder: Wears a blade on each hand to slash and slice his enemies.
- Color Character: Blue Talon.
- Killed Off for Real: Apparently died during his only appearance and has never returned.
- Power Fist: Wore metal plates over the sides of his hands to increase his striking power.
Bruiser
Bruiser
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 3 #5
A hitman who is able to shift his center of gravity to any part of his body. He is sponsored by several terrorist groups, which is why his costume is decked out in logos and patches.
- The Brute
- Corporate-Sponsored Supervillain
- Gravity Master: On himself, at least. He can shift his center of gravity, essentially making his unmovable. By applying this ability to his limbs, he can also increase the strength of his punches and kicks.
- Hired Guns: Works as a super villain for hire.
- I Just Want to Be Special: Is in the super villain business for this reason.
- He even has a game plan: Start with some wins against low level villains to get his name out there. Then, defeat a few C-List heroes to create buzz. Now that he's more well know, win a few major victories against Avengers class heroes, and bada-bing-badda-boom, he's an A-List super villain with more money than he know what to do with. Getting his ass kicked by Daredevil put a bit of a damper on those plans.
- New Media Are Evil: Embraces it, having a Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube page which he uses to advertise his skills and services to potential backers. He's apparently quite popular, as he has lots of subscribers.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: He's only known as Bruiser.
- Please Subscribe to Our Channel: Gives a shout out to his channel and contact information while beating Daredevil half to death.
- Product Placement: His costume is adorned with advertisements for evil criminal organizations. It does its job, as he is popular on social media.
- Small Name, Big Ego: Thinks he's strong enough to take on the Hulk.
Bullet
Bullet
Alter Ego: Buck Cashman
Notable Aliases: Agent Bullet, Phage
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 1 #250 (January 1988)
"Teodor isn't easy to find. Bullseye's trying to draw him out. Easier sometimes to make someone come to you than it is to hunt 'em down."
A covert operative from an unnamed government agency, Buck Cashman tells his autistic son that he's a James Bond expy that is doing his part to prevent World War III (which his son is irrationally afraid of). In reality, Cashman receives most of his orders from a corrupt Pentagon official with ties to the Kingpin, and most of his missions are False Flag Operations designed to protect Fisk's criminal interests. Having clashed with Daredevil numerous times, Bullet is one of the few villains Matt cannot truly bring to justice, as his position in the agency grants him immunity from prosecution even when he is captured.
- Acquired Poison Immunity: Wades hip deep in toxic waste just so he can drown a target in said sludge. Suffers no ill effects.
- False Flag Operation: Most of his assignments fall into this category.
- Impromptu Tracheotomy: In Extreme Carnage: Phage he suffers this courtesy of his hunting dog Mitch, who'd bonded to the Phage symbiote — which had succumbed to Carnage's corruption and decided to live up to its name by eating him, then decided partway through to make him its next host instead.
- Lies to Children: Tells his son that he's a Secret Agent rather than a hitman.
- Lightning Bruiser: Has superhuman agility despite his size.
- Meat Puppet: Becomes one for the Phage symbiote in Extreme Carnage.
- Morality Pet: His autistic son Lance, who he cares about deeply.
- Professional Killer: Has even worked for the Assassins Guild.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Harbors no real hatred for Daredevil, and only fights him when his job necessitates it.
- Stout Strength: That considerable bulk is mostly muscle, and he is capable of lifting 1000 lbs.
Coyote
Coyote
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 3 #19
"I'm a new man. Call me Coyote."
The man who would become Coyote was an expert thief and smuggler before a shadowy organization put him through the same procedure that created the Spot against his will. With his new powers, he became both a mercenary and a human trafficker, and set his sights on Daredevil at the organization's behest.
- Animal-Themed Superbeing: Animal alias variety, since neither his appearance nor powers have anything to do with coyotes.
- Dragged Off to Hell: When the Spot is released from his prison, he changes and proceeds to implode into his own portals, dragging Coyote with him.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: When Spider-Man comes around asking for a girl he disappeared to cover his tracks he immediately presents her, expecting him to leave instead of staying to stop his human trafficking operation.
- Human Pack Mule: By attaching his portals to other people, he can use them as pack mules delivering drugs over international borders.
- Losing Your Head: His main mode of human trafficking. By removing peoples heads and keeping them separate, the bodies act as perfect slaves, being unable to resist without their heads. The men's bodies are sold to work in mines and fields, while the women's are put to other uses.
- Portal Cut: One of the more twisted uses of his abilities, he can remove someone's head from their body with a portal, and using a special collar, keep the head and the body alive while separate. He then sells the bodies as slaves, only having to occasionally feed the heads to keep the bodies alive.
- Powered by a Forsaken Child: When Daredevil is exploring his underground lair, he finds the original Spot hooked up to a machine, having gone mad from whatever horrible experiments were conducted on him. The machine seems to be running on him, and may be powering Coyote as well.
- Sex Slave: Makes the women he captures into these, which he sells to his equally twisted clients.
- Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: Is a human trafficker.
- Space Master: Creates a hideout inside of a rock formation with no entrances or exits, as he doesn't need them with his powers.
- Thinking Up Portals: Creates portals to anywhere in the world. Can also place portals onto other people.
- With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: When he was a man Coyote was already a hardened criminal, but he seems to have become far more unhinged after gaining his powers.
Crime-Wave II
Crime-Wave II
Alter Ego: Mason Hollis
First Appearance: Daredevil #59 (December 1969)
"There, you clumsy cretins! This emergency switch should supply enough light for even you to see by! Now, kill Daredevil...Or you'll answer to Crime-Wave!"
Mason Hollis was the assistant to district attorney Foggy Nelson, while at the same time head of a large network of racketeers. He hired several agents, amongst them the Stunt-Master and Torpedo, to defeat Daredevil, all of which failed. He was defeated and unmasked by Foggy Nelson.
- All There in the Manual: His first name was only given in a handbook several years later.
- Arc Villain: Menaces DD for a few issues before being unmasked and arrested. Hasn't been seen since.
- Secondary Color Nemesis: His costume is purple and green.
- Shout-Out: His real name is a shout out to Hollis Mason, of Watchmen.
Crossbow
Crossbow
Alter Ego: Jason Praed
First Appearance: Daredevil #204 (March, 1984)
"You’ve a few moments livin’ left, lad. For I’ll not skewer ye — I’ll aim for the rope. Ye can contemplate yer folly durin’ he fall. If you’re religious, ye might mumble a prayer."
Jason Praed aka Crossbow was a British assassin for hire. Crossbow hates modern weapons and prefers his signature crossbow to make his kills.
- Booby Trap: One of Crossbow’s skills is to set up simple but efficient booby traps.
- Caught in a Snare: One of his Booby Traps is a noose on the floor that catches a foot of an unwary opponent and swings up to leave them hanging upside down from a pulley.
- Doesn't Like Guns: Crossbow hates modern weapons and prefers his signature crossbow to make his kills.
- In the Hood: Wears a hood to go with the Robin Hood aesthetic.
- Secondary Color Nemesis: To contrast Daredevil's red costume, he dresses in green.
- Shout-Out: Is named Jason Praed after Jason Connery and Michael Praed: the Two actors who played Robin Hood in Robin of Sherwood.
- The Straight and Arrow Path: Takes on supers armed only with a crossbow.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Hasn't made an appearance since 1985.
Crusher II
Crusher II
Alter Ego: Juan Aponte
First Appearance: Daredevil #119
"I'm going to be the nexy heavyweight champ! I'm going to be...THE CRUSHER!"
A coroner named Dr. Jakkelburr received the Crusher's body and studied it in hopes to recreate the formula. Dr. Jakkelburr's formula recreation was a success when he gave it to a bantamweight boxer named Juan Aponte (who wanted to become a heavyweight boxer). Juan began to take the formula, but it had a side-effect that gave him mood swings and violent fits of temper.
- Dumb Muscle: Has limited Intelligence when mutated into the Crusher
- Heroic Sacrifice: Died when he regained his senses and took the brunt of building cave-in to save the Man Without Fear.
- Legacy Character: Second person to use the Crusher codename after Caldwell Rozza.
- Pokémon Speak: After being transformed into the Crusher, the only thing Aponte can say is "The Crusher" over and over again.
- Split Personality: According to Aponte, he had no control over the Crusher form, as if he were another person.
- Super-Strength: Able to rip a boxing ring off the floor and throw it at Daredevil.
- Super-Toughness: Durable enough to withstand bullets without any injury.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Died in his only appearance and other than being included in Official Guidebooks, has never returned.
Dark Messiah
Dark Messiah
Alter Ego: Mordecai Jones
First Appearance: Daredevil #97 (March, 1973)
"The power to kill with a gaze is a truly awesome thing, my friend. It is fortunate that only I wield it. Just as I wield the beam which now is holding you, crushing you against that wall. This is the coming, Daredevil. *My* coming! I am risen from the dead! The time is at hand!"
A San Francisco street performer injured during a performance, Mordecai Jones was abducted from the hospital by Moondragon and mutated using Eternal technology. Mistakenly thinking that Earth had been conquered by Thanos, Moondragon, had been creating superhuman agents to fight the Mad Titan. As the Dark Messiah, Jones rampaged several times in San Francisco. He also transformed three criminals (Josiah, Macabee, and Uriah) to become his Disciples of Doom.
- Eye Beams: Can emit a variety of eyebeams.
- Force Field: Can highly durable force fields, large enough to isolate San Francisco from the rest of the planet.
- A God Am I: The Dark Messiah genuinely believes that he’s the new Christ.
- Super-Empowering: Gave superpowers to his Disciples of Doom. One could project vibration blasts, another could manipulate earth and lava, and the third could project illusions of an alien environment.
- Super-Strength: Has an undetermined level of superhuman strength. If it is equivalent to a typical Eternal, he would be able to lift approx. 15 tons.
- Super-Toughness: The Messiah seemed bulletproof, and Daredevil’s blows didn’t achieve anything.
Death's Head
Death's Head
Alter Ego: Paxton Page
First Appearance: Daredevil #56
Doctor Paxton Page was a scientist who created the cobalt bomb. He was also the father to Karen Page. He later faked his own kidnapping and death so he could take the role as Death's-Head.
- Alliterative Name: Paxton Page
- Archnemesis Dad: He's the father of Karen Page.
- Comic-Book Time: Thanks to the march of time, his origin wouldn't make sense in the modern day. Which is probably why he doesn't get brought up much.
- Faked Kidnapping: Faked his own kidnapping and death so he could take the role as Death's-Head.
- Faking the Dead: Faked his own kidnapping and death so he could take the role as Death's-Head.
- Hellish Horse: Rides some sort of skeletal horse.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Shoves Daredevil and Karen out of the way of some molten cobalt, which kills him
- Killed Off for Real: Killed in 1969 and has never returned.
- Mad Scientist: Paxton was a respected nuclear physicist of some renown... until he was suspected of being a commie when he refused to tell congress what he was up to. Determined to prove he wasn't, he plunged into his research to show them and wound up getting turned into a radioactive lunatic.
- Nuclear Mutant: On the bad side, he's poisoned by cobalt radiation and goes insane. Plus side, superpowers.
- One-Steve Limit: He's got no relation to those other Death's Heads. For one thing, he's a squishy human.
Devourer
Devourer
Alter Ego: Tommy Webster
First Appearance: Daredevil Annual #9
"Your resistance only hinders your journey to Xibalba."
Tommy Webster was a mediocre museum guard, caught in an altercation between thieves and Daredevil. He was hit in the face after Daredevil’s billy club made a wrong ricochet off one of the thieves, and bled on one of the Mayan statues that were on display. The blood completed an ancient pact. It thus turned Webster into a Devourer: a harbinger of the Lords of Death, ancient Mayan deities.
- I'm a Humanitarian: Devours human flesh.
- Panthera Awesome: Turned into a humanoid, feline-like beast.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: Devourer was created when Tommy Webster bled on an ancient Mayan statue, releasing the spirit contained within.
- Wolverine Claws: Possesses sharp claws.
Diamondhead
Eric Slaughter
Eric Slaughter
Alter Ego: Eric Slaughter
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 1 #159 (April 1979)
"Watch your tongue, Tex—or I'll have it removed. Our autonomy as a freelance assassination operation exists only so long as the Kingpin tolerates it."
An old school crimelord who had largely retired from organized crime until Bullseye hired him to help set a trap for Daredevil. Slaughter, viewing Bullseye as unstable and unreliable, takes charge of the operation himself, and officially comes out of retirement for the challenge of fighting Daredevil.
- Affably Evil: All in all he's very reasonable and levelheaded.
- Arms Dealer: Arms smuggler actually. In the Cruel & Unusual arc, Daredevil learns that Slaughter uses his legal occupation as a dock manager to smuggle weapons into the country.
- Big Bad Wannabe: Downplayed. As Daredevil himself notes, Slaughter is no Kingpin (both in terms of scale and skills) but still dangerous and competent enough that Daredevil considers him a serious threat. His saviness and experience also allowed him to avoid getting jailed and he is one of the few Daredevil villains who never got their due. Compare The Kingpin, who, while a much bigger threat than Slaughter, still suffered his fair share of Humiliation Conga. See Karma Houdini below.
- The Don: A classic archetype old-school mobster.
- Evil Cripple: He has a noticeable limp, and thus walks with a cane.
- Evil Old Folks: Slaughter is very old. Along with his aforementioned limp, it explains why he doesn't even try to fight Daredevil himself.
- Glory Days: He sometimes expresses fondness for the old days, when mobsters had style and honor, as befitting his image of a classic Don.
- Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: In the 80s he was rarely seen without a cigar on his lips.
- Heel–Face Turn: Subverted. He faked having gone straight by the time of his return in the second volume of Daredevil, but it was just a cover he was using to smuggle weapons.
- Karma Houdini: Slaughter is perhaps the most infamous user of his trope in Daredevil comics (second only to Mister Fear III). He is perhaps the only Daredevil villain who escaped punishment at every turn. He never even got beaten up by DD on account of his health. The worst he ever suffered was having the illegal part of his organization getting shut down by the government latter in his career. Even then, he avoided jail and was still able to run the legal branch as he was deemed useful by that same government. This is averted in the ending of the miniseries The Man Without Fear where it' s implied he was arrested like the other lieutenants of the Kingpin.
- Murder, Inc.: His main original occupation was running a league of hitmen.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Eric Slaughter.
- Nerves of Steel: Slaughter remains cool, even under pressure. This is best exemplified in issue 181 (the one where Elektra was first killed). Bullseye has just escaped prison and is looking for Elektra, he shows up at Slaughter's headquarters, kills all of his men and hold him at knifepoint. Without looking so much as worried, Slaughter simply gives him the information he was looking for about Elektra and even offers him a cigar, all in the tone of casual conversation. This takes place AFTER Slaughter turned on Bullseye and let him at the mercy of Daredevil.
- Noble Demon: Eric is a ruthless crimelord, but it's sometimes shown he has his own Code of Honour. Once he refused to attack Daredevil after Bullseye set a trap for him, because it wouldn't have been fair.
- Non-Action Big Bad: Unlike Fisk, he isn't in any shape to fight Daredevil on his own and instead relies entirely on his men to do the heavy lifting. It's notable however in that Slaughter doesn't even use other means like guns.
- Pragmatic Villainy: Slaughter's entirely concerned with profit only, and the moment anything stops being profitable he'll just drop it and walk away. This is one half of the reason why he betrayed Bullseye when the latter employed him to kill Daredevil (the other being that he had come to respect Daredevil) : realizing that Bullseye was a "madman", he wasn't sure that Bullseye would keep his end of the bargain and pay him.
- The Starscream: Has occasionally been one to Kingpin.
- Worthy Opponent: He holds a grudging respect for Daredevil.
Felix Manning
Felix Manning
Alter Ego: Felix Manning
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 1 #230 (May 1986)
Felix ordered Melvin Potter to construct a perfect duplicate of the Daredevil's costume for his employer Wilson Fisk. Felix was eventually killed by a maniac who was hired by the Kingpin to impersonate Daredevil using the costume which Potter had constructed.
Grotto
Grotto
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 1 #168 (January 1981)
Grotto is a friend of Turk Barrett and an occasional henchman for various crime lords.
- Bad Guy Bar: His typical hangout.
- Book Dumb: Isn't too bright.
- Butt-Monkey: Not to the same level as Turk, but pretty close.
- Even Evil Has Standards: During Born Again, he gets squeamish about Turk running a Fake Charity in a Santa outfit ("I don't know, man. I mean, Santa Claus...") and protests that Turk didn't have to hit someone they both still think was a harmless bum bothering them so hard.
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: Beat the crap out of Matt Murdock during the Born Again storyline.
- Those Two Guys: With Turk during Frank Miller's run.
Hellspawn
Hellspawn
First Appearance: The Infinity War #1
"Where am I, Blind Man? Where? You have to do better, oh yes! An' who said anyt'ing about humanity? Weak an' desperate, you are...But sweet an' warm on dee tongue!"
Daredevil's Evil Counterpart created by the Magus during Infinity War.
- Become a Real Boy: He wants to be human and thus mortal... it kills him.
- Black Magic: How he's created
- Demon Lords and Archdevils
- Evil Counterpart
- Hollywood Voodoo: He's able to be summoned this way.
- Scary Black Man: Despite being a morally inverted demonic Matt Murdock, he talks with a West African accent.
Ikari
Ikari
Alter Ego: Unknown
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 3 #25 (April, 2013)
Ikari (Japanese for "fury") is a costumed martial artist hired by Bullseye to help Lady Bullseye kill Daredevil. Ikari wore a Japanese version of Daredevil's original costume and claimed to have a radar sense just like him.
- Always Someone Better: Presented as this trope to Matt, having all of his powers for much less time and being incredibly trained enough to trounce him regularly in one-one-one combat, leaving the Man Without Fear afraid for his life. He's never beaten by Matt outright and outside intervention needed to take him down. Not to mentioned unlike Matt, he has the ability to see which gives him advantages that Matt lacks.
- Sinister Scythe: Carries a pair of kama as his weapons.
- Super-Senses: Equal to Daredevil's.
Insomnia
Insomnia
First Appearance: Daredevil #363 (April, 1997)
"How do you like it—Hanging off my off my special transmitter some forty floors above street level? Where angels fear to tread, huh—Especially when they've got no wings! Think you're scared now? Wait till you get a whiff of this!"
Former manager of WFSK radio station. Mr. Fear agent, with superhuman vision.
- Cool Shades: To compliment her vision.
- Green and Mean: Her costume is green and she's an enforcer of Mr. Fear.
- The Insomniac: Her body produces an excess of adrenaline, leaving her in mental and physical overdrive constantly. The combination of her powers leaves her unable of sleeping well or for protracted periods of time.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Her real name was never revealed.
- Super-Senses: Chemical mutations left Insomnia with a heightened sense of sight.
- Thrill Seeker: Takes a lot of risks for no reason other than the adrenaline high.
- Toxic Waste Can Do Anything: Claims she gained her powers from a chemical accident as a child.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: She hasn't returned since 1997.
Jaguar
Jaguar
Alter Ego: Ramon de Rico
First Appearance: Daredevil #120
"¡Caramba! Daredevil! You dare to threaten… me? I’ll slice you open from end to end!"
Latin-American criminal who had razor-sharp claws. He served as a troop leader of a fraction of HYDRA, which was runned by the mobster known as Silvermane. This brought him into conflict the Daredevil whom eventually defeated him. He is one of many villains to die by the hand of the Scourge.
- Animal-Themed Superbeing: The jaguar.
- Beard of Evil: Has a goatee.
- Evil Redhead: Red haired and he's an enforcer of HYDRA.
- Gratuitous Spanish: Peppers his speech with (grammatically incorrect) Spanish.
- Killed Off for Real: He was one of the many villains killed by the Scourge, and he never came back.
- Pointy Ears: His ears are pointed for some reason.
- Tricked-Out Gloves: Wears gloves with artificial claws.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: Doesn't wear a shirt.
- Wolverine Claws: Wears gloves with artificial claws.
Jubula Pride
Jubula Pride
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 4 #14
Jubula Pride is the daughter of Leland Owlsley, also know as The Owl. After her father was kidnapped she set out to find him by fighting her way through New York's underworld, attracting the attention of Daredevil. Unfortunately for him, the apple never falls far from the tree, and she has a lot more in common with her father than initially appears.
- Ambiguously Brown: It presumably comes from her mother's side of the family.
- Daddy's Little Villain
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Is the Owl's daughter. This comes as a big shock to Matt, who didn't even know Owlsley had a daughter.
- Family Business: In the alternative timeline, she takes it over after Owlsley passes away.
- Flight: Jubula's body was genetically modified to make her capable of levitation and flying seemingly on her own volition.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: In the present she is portrayed as skilled, but not a serious challenge for Daredevil. When she grows up in the alternative future, however, she becomes much more dangerous.
- Taking Up the Mantle: In a story set in the alternative future, she takes up her father's role as the new Owl.
- Villainous Legacy: Especially in the alternative future storyline, where she starts physically modifying herself, much the same way her father did.
King of the Sewers
King of the Sewers
First Appearance: Daredevil #180
"You want the queen?! Got your nerve, don't you? She's mine...Everything down here is mine. Including you."
Ruler of the New York's sewer dwellers.
- Adipose Rex: Quite heavyset and a self-proclaimed king.
- Albinos Are Freaks: Pale skin and lives in a sewer, besides being quite disturbing.
- Bald of Evil: Completely bald and is pretty creepy.
- The Bus Came Back: He actually debuted in 1982, and it would be over twelve years before he reappeared in 1994.
- Carry a Big Stick: His weapon is a spiked club.
- No Name Given: His real name is never revealed.
Kruel
Kruel
Alter Ego: Victor Krueller
Notable Aliases: Krule, Vic Krueller
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 1 #338 (March 1995)
"It's about me and the fat man—And it's about payback! Don't do the crime if you can't do the time, hero! And don't play the innocent—We're all guilty in some way!"
Vic "Kruel" Krueller betrayed his boss, the Kingpin, by skimming profits from the crime lord's enterprises. Attempting to escape the Kingpin's thugs, Kruel crashed his car into a diner, setting it ablaze. Beaten to near death by his pursuers in public view, he was left for dead, no witnesses coming forward in his defense. Years later, he returns to New York, now scarred and deformed, to take revenge on the Kingpin and those who witnessed his assault.
- Covered with Scars
- Facial Horror: After his beating, his face is left broken and burned near to the bone, leaving him with a mangled skull-like face.
- It's Personal:
- While he does have a personal vendetta against the Kingpin and wants him dead, he is arguably more obsessed with the witnesses to his attempted murder, both for not coming to his aid and as they are now the only living people who can identify him.
- After he kills Gloriana, he becomes personal for Daredevil.
- Nightmare Face
- Serial Killer
Lady Killer
Lady Killer
"Bad girl. Shouldn't have screamed. Have to punish you."
Alter Ego: Michael Reese
First Appearance: Daredevil #173
Michael Reese was a psychopathic dead ringer for Melvin Potter.
- Bald of Evil: Has a shaved head beneath his leather mask.
- He-Man Woman Hater: A misogynist who only attacked women.
- Identical Stranger: For Melvin Potter/Gladiator.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Only appeared in one issue and hasn't reappeared since 1981.
Lady Stilt-Man
Lady Stilt-Man
Alter Ego: Callie Ryan
First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man #611 (January, 2010)
"To hell with you, insect! This is the dawn of a new age of crime!"
A female criminal who adopted her codename in Stilt-Man's honor. Participated in Purple Man's Villains for Hire.
- Butt-Monkey: Laughed at by Spider-Man and beaten with a manhole cover by Daredevil. That's just what others do to her.
- Distaff Counterpart: Of the original Stilt-Man.
- Gender-Blender Name: She's dropped the lady part and insists on being called Stilt-Man solely.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: Summed up best by Headhunter when she learns this version of Stilt-Man is getting the best of Purple Man's hirelings.Headhunter: The female one? I thought she was a joke?!
- Telescoping Robot: Not a robot, but has telescoping legs.
- Took a Level in Badass: In the Villains for Hire miniseries she clearly has better control of her suit, takes Silver Sable by surprise and puts up a fight before being defeated by Black Panther in the 0.1 issue. She's regarded as one of the more competent fighters throughout the duration of the book. At the end she's one of the few villains who manages to get away.
- What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: Stilts is not a very impressive superpower. Until you know how to use it.
Larks
Larks
First Appearance: Daredevil: The Man Without Fear #4 (January 1994)
A deadly and cruel killer, Larks serves as Wilson Fisk's right-hand man while he is still establishing himself as New York's Kingpin of Crime. Not long before first putting on the tights, Matt Murdock comes into direct confrontation with him while trying to rescue a friend of his, a young girl named Mickey, from a child-slavery racket.
- Comicbook Fantasy Casting: See Expy below.
- Expy: Is Derrick O'Conner with a ponytail.
- Hollywood Silencer: Averted; after ambushing one of his victims outside their apartment, the gun shot can clearly be heard from the bottom of the staircase next to them. He instantly looks down and starts shooting at the eavesdropper.
- Killed Off for Real: Dies at the end of The Man Without Fear.
- Karmic Death: After establishing himself as a cold, merciless killing machine hidden behind dark sunglasses, he meets a pre-Daredevil Matt Murdock, who establishes himself as a cold, merciless fighter hidden behind a dark mask as he easily makes his way through all of Larks' goons. With his cold exterior melted away, he breaks down and tries to shoot Matt, only to have his own bullets deflected back at him, hitting right between the eyes, shattering his sunglasses.
- Pretty Little Headshots: Specializes in these, executing several targets in quick succession after ambushing them at their homes. See Karmic Death.
- Psycho for Hire: Of the cold-and-collected variety, though this is most likely an act.
- Sinister Shades: Never removes his sunglasses, and is as cold-blooded as they come.
- Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: Oversees the Kingpin's slave rackets, including the kidnapping and selling of children. When he is inspecting the warehouse's "stock", the kids begin to sing, tears in their eyes, in a vain attempt to keep their spirits up;
he seems to enjoy it. - Why Won't You Die?: Says this almost verbatim after Matt plows though a warehouse full of thugs, chases him halfway across the city, and shrugs off several stab wounds.
- Would Hurt a Child: Oh, very much so.
Le Concierge
Le Concierge
Alter Ego: Unknown
First Appearance: Daredevil #378
"I am called Le Concierge—The deadliest assassin all of Paris!"
An agent of the Kingpin who served as a member of the Emissaries of Evil.
- Beard of Evil: Has a goatee and he's an assassin.
- French Jerk: He's a french assassin.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: His real name was never revealed.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Only appeared in a few issues and has never returned since 1998.
Lord Dark Wind
Lord Dark Wind
Alter Ego: Kenji Oyama
First Appearance: Daredevil #196
A Kamikaze pilot who survived but was horribly scarred, Lord Dark Wind became obsessed with restoring his honor.
- Honor Before Reason: Obsessed with restoring his lost honor.
- Secondary Color Nemesis: His clothes have purple, and while not a long-lasting nemesis, his influence it's still felt even to this day.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He might have only appeared in a few issues, but he's the inventor of the adamantium-bonding process, and his death is the reason behind his daughter Yuriko's grudge against Wolverine.
Micah Synn
Micah Synn
First Appearance: Daredevil #202 (January 1984)
"It is not the television...the electricity...the airplanes and the cars. It is the lie! The wonderful lie! In the jungle there was no lie. We were hungry...In danger...Only truth was possible. Here, you say. People believe. Very useful. The lie."
Micah Synn is the leader of The Kinjorge, a group of British settlers that, due to being stranded on a remote island for many years, reverted to a savage kill or be killed Machiavellian existence.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Foggy Nelson's wife Debbie falls hard for him.
- Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Is the leader of the Kinjorge tribe because he is the toughest warrior.
- Beard of Evil: Has a full beard and is evil.
- Corrupted Character Copy: Is a twisted version of Tarzan.
- Human Sacrifice: Attempted to sacrifice Matt Murdoch's secretary Becky and the Kingpin's wife Vanessa to his god Mow.
- A Lady on Each Arm: First appears entering a party with his wives M'tha and Sra on either arm.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Brutalizes women, mocks the disabled, etc.
- The Social Darwinist: Believes in 'might makes right'.
Mind-Master
Mind-Master
Alter Ego: Ruffio Costa
First Appearance: Daredevil Annual #4 (October 1976)
One of the shortest super-villain careers in comic book history. Ruffio Costa becomes the Mind Master when thrown into machinery at an old research lab only to lose those powers panels later.
Muse
Muse
Notable Aliases: Vincent Van Gore
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 5 #11
A more recent addition to Daredevil's rogue's gallery, the Muse is a serial killer who turns his victims into works of art. He attracts the attention of Daredevil and Blindspot when he begins kidnapping Inhumans and turning them into his latest "masterpieces".
- Arch-Enemy: For Blindspot, which he acknowledges, calling their fight in Daredevil #600 "the latest exciting twist in the saga of Muse and Blindspot."
- Bald of Evil: Not a single hair on his head.
- Catchphrase: "You're only as good as your last performance."
- Driven to Suicide: Blindspot, empowered by the Beast, subjects Muse to a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown, but at the last minute refuses to kill him, prompting Muse, who was already experiencing a Villainous Breakdown, to take his own life via Self-Immolation.Muse: No, I don't like this. I'm the story. I'm the story. I'm the song. Not you, Blindspot. Not you. I won't allow it. I... had so much... beauty left.
- Eye Scream: Gouges Blindspot's eyes.
- Faux Affably Evil: Almost never drops his pleasant demeanor, which is exemplified by him thanking his guards for their hospitality ("Art supplies, television, even the food's been good. The humanity you Inhumans show your prisoners... it's beyond reproach") right before killing a dozen of them during his escape from New Attilan. Later on, he takes a selfie with a pair of female admirers, but then at the drop of a hat decides to make them his next pieces, declaring that while they're both pretty, he can make them "beautiful."Admirer: Are you actually Muse?Muse: I just signed my name to this piece, didn't I? I would never take credit for someone else's work. That's a crime.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: Breaks his own fingers to avoid getting a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown from Daredevil.
- Lightning Bruiser: Singlehandedly dispatched six armed opponents with frightening speed.
- Looks Like Orlok: When unmasked, with a bald head, red eyes, black scarred eye sockets, and fanged teeth.
- Mad Artist: Complete with Motive Rant:Muse: There's this mystique about art. A shared fiction, if you will. An artist presents a piece to the world in its finished form, and pretends that it simply appeared that way, effortlessly birthed from his genius. Both artist and audience prefer to believe that's the truth. It's nice to think that the really good creators have some direct connection to the divine. But it's a lie. In reality, it's hours and hours of missteps, frustration, and bad ideas that get sliced away to reveal some kind of truth. It's never easy. In fact... It's agony.
- Make Way for the New Villains: Killed Ten Fingers prior to confronting Daredevil and Blindspot.
- Man of Kryptonite: A living black hole that can suck in every bit of sensory information around him, making Daredevil's enhanced senses hard to target him. He even appears distorted in photographs.
- Punny Name: Uses the alias "Vincent Van Gore" at one point.
- Refuge in Audacity: Goes back to the site of his original crime and replaces most of it with the above mentioned catchphrase.
- Tears of Blood: His mask is designed to create this effect.
- Villainous Breakdown: As Blindspot beats him to near-death, he asks Muse why he does what he does, causing Muse to give another, much more manic Motive Rant.Muse: It's the same reason you want to kill me right now. It makes you better it makes you strong it shows them your power it says something it means something it solves your problems it gives you control you're big they're small it's art it's art IT'S ART! IT'S ART! IT'S ART!
The Nameless One
The Nameless One
First Appearance: Daredevil #243 (June 1987)
The Nameless One is a native tribesman who was resurrected from death with High Priestess Mambo's Voodoo magic. His life before dying remains a mystery.
- One-Steve Limit: Shares his title with the leader of the race of demons called the Undying ones.
- Super Smoke: Can transform into an acrid mist to transport himself.
- Super-Strength: Strong enough to lift a forklift over his head and toss at a group of cops.
- Voodoo Zombie: Resurrected from death with High Priestess Mambo's Voodoo magic.
- You Can't Kill What's Already Dead: Mambo stated the Nameless One could not be killed.
Plastoid
Plastoid
First Appearance: Daredevil #49
Robot assassin created by Samuel "Star" Saxon.
- Back for the Dead: After not being seen since 1994, a second Plastoid appeared in Daredevil Annual Vol 3 #1 in 2012, awakened and possessed by the disembodied spirit of Vincent Destine and ran amok, but was destroyed in an explosion triggered by Daredevil.
- Killer Robot: A humanoid robotic assassin, created by Samuel Saxon, whose programming granted it some degree of autonomous operation.
- Secondary Color Nemesis: Most of its body is purple.
- Sizeshifter: Normally standing about 7 feet tall, the Plastoid grew to about 10 feet tall at power level 50. In its final moments of operation, the Plastoid grew to about 20 feet tall, but this may have exceeded its operating parameters and contributed to its eventual downfall.
- Super-Strength
- Super-Toughness: Durable enough to absorb physical blows and gunfire.
Ramrod
Ramrod
Alter Ego: Unknown
First Appearance: Daredevil #103 (September, 1973)
- "Ha! You think that’s gonna hurt...the RAMROD!? I’m a man of steel, just like in the funnies!"
Ramrod was a foreman on an off-shore oil rig who was gravely injured in a work related accident. As part of a plot of Kerwin J. Broderick to rule San Francisco, Broderick and Moondragon transformed this crew boss into a powerful cyborg. Broderick coerced Ramrod to destroy Daredevil and aid him in his quest to seize power in Los Angeles. Ramrod was defeated by Daredevil, and has returned several times looking for revenge.
- Cyborg: Ramrod is a cyborg with his bones having been replaced by bands of steel and portions of his body and head are covered with steel plates.
- Dumb Muscle: He’s daft, arrogant, brutal, petty and small-minded. Often used as hired muscle by other villains.
- Hard Head: His skull is encased in a metal case.
- Power Fist: Has built in brass knuckles.
- Super-Strength: Can lift approx. 10 tons.
- Super-Toughness: His cybernetic enhancements grant him superhuman endurance, durability and resistance to injury.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: He just wears a broad black leather belt, green trousers and work boots.
Richard Fisk
Richard Fisk
Notable Aliases: Blood Rose, Richie Fisk, The Schemer
First Appearance: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #83 (April, 1970)
Son of Wilson and Vanessa Fisk. Took up the identity of The Rose to become a rival to his father, and later became Blood Rose to act as a vigilante who openly fought against his father.
- Antagonistic Offspring: First as a rival and then as a vigilante, but he has opposed his father.
- Back from the Dead: One of the many people cloned by the Jackal during Dead No More, only to die once more due to unspecified means. He went to hell and received a high ranking place. Then in Nick Spencer's run on Spider-Man, Wilson uses the Lifeline Tablet to resurrect him again as amends to both him and Vanessa.
- His Story Repeats Itself: Richard Fisk first wore the "Schemer" disguise back in the late-1960s to oppose his father. Then he went on to assume the mantle of "The Rose" to further oppose his father's operations and to establish himself as the New York crime lord.
- Purple Is Powerful: His mask was purple.
- Rogues' Gallery Transplant: When not dealing with Daredevil, he is seen often tangled with Spider-Man in the Spider-titles.
- Two Aliases, One Character: In Web of Spider-Man, during "The Name of the Rose" arc (issues #84-89), he ditches the Rose identity and supposedly becomes his father's replacement, but at the end of the same arc a character named "Blood Rose" appears and shoots Richard in the back. In the sequel arc, "My Enemy's Enemy" (issues #97-100), it is revealed that "Blood Rose" is simply Richard Fisk under a new moniker, and that the "Richard" he shot before was actually his former friend Alfredo Morelli, who has undergone plastic surgery to look like him.
- Villain in a White Suit: While he's more of an Anti-Villain, he wore a white suit.
Roscoe Sweeney
Roscoe Sweeney
Alter Ego: The Fixer
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 1 #1 (April 1964)
Roscoe Sweeney, or "the Fixer", was a crooked fight promoter who was famous for tricking in boxing matches, extortion and gambling. He won lots of money doing this, and became a influential figure in the criminal scene in New York. When Jack Murdock, Matt Murdock's father, refused to take a dive, Roscoe had him killed.
- Ascended Extra: His role is expanded upon in Frank Miller's Daredevil: The Man Without Fear miniseries and the "Battlin'" Jack Murdock prequel comic.
- It's Personal: To Matt, for killing his father.
- Nothing Personal: For him, killing Jack Murdock is this.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Dies in DD's first appearance, and has stayed dead since, but it's because of him Matt became Daredevil in the first place.
Rotgut
Rotgut
First Appearance: Daredevil #239
"Junkies. Dirty needles. Coffin nails. I should do them a favor and pound in the last nail."
Rotgut is basically a clean freak who at a very young age was raised to think that pretty much all things were poison to the body.
- Disposable Sex Worker: Rotgut's victim is a hooker who solicits him on the street.
- My Beloved Smother: His mental problems stem from his incredibly overprotective mother.
- Neat Freak: The reason of his crimes is the uncleanliness of everything.
- No Name Given: His real name was never revealed.
- One-Shot Character: He only appeared in a couple of issues, and after being defeated by Daredevil and carted off to a mental institution, he's never been seen again since 1987.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Rotgut's delusions also make him a racist.
Her eyes slant. Foreign devils are the worst. She came here to infect the gene pool. Her seed is poison and she seeks to mix it with ours, with America's. She pollutes life before it is born."
- Water Source Tampering: Attempts to murder everyone in his building by putting poison into the water supply.
Sammy Silke
Sammy Silke
Alter Ego: Samuel "Sammy" Silke
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 2 #26 (December 2001)
"You know why? Because the Kingpin isn't a made man. He's just a big pain in. A big bully. Or was—I should say. He was a big, bad supervillain. Now? He's just a cripple. He's nothing."
Sammy Silke is the childhood friend of Richard Fisk, the Kingpin's son. Being a son of a mob boss himself, he was raised to expect certain privileges in his home city of New Jersey. After an undisclosed "error" back home, Sammy is invited to work under the Kingpin in New York, as a favor to his father. Reuniting with Richard, Sammy learns that Matt Murdock is Daredevil. Infuriated by this betrayal to their family honor, Sammy orders the Kingpin murdered in a grab for power. When his co-conspirators are all unexpectedly killed, Sammy has nowhere else to turn but the cops. In an attempt to gain protection, Sammy outs Daredevil's identity, revealing Murdock's secret to the world.
- Ambition Is Evil: Wants to run the Kingpin's territory, and tries to murder him in order to do it.
- He Knows Too Much: Ultimately ends up getting him killed. He would never rat on his own father, but the crime family just can't take the risk.
- Klingon Promotion: Seems to think murdering a crime boss makes him the new boss. As Vanessa Fisk makes very clear, it doesn't work that way.
- Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: After betraying the Kingpin his associates are all killed, the cops refuse to give him protection, and he's eventually murdered in prison.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He is the one who outs Daredevil's secret identity to the public, something that would loom over Matt Murdock's life for years to come.
- The Starscream: Seems to think murdering a crime boss makes him the new boss.
- Trauma Conga Line: Lets see:
- After murdering the Kingpin, he sends his men after Daredevil, only for Daredevil to beat the crap out of him instead.
- His co-conspirators all get murdered, courtesy of Vanessa Fisk, meaning he has no one backing him as the new boss.
- Daredevil, as well as every criminal in New York, is out for his head. When he tries to call his dad for help, he tells him he isn't welcome in Chicago anymore and hangs up.
- He turns himself into the police for protection; they proceed to belittle him, as well as deny him protection despite him telling them Daredevil's identity, breaking the deal they had made.
- In prison, nobody comes to see him, not even his father. When somebody finally does come, it's to kill him.
Shock
Shock
Alter Ego: Ariel Tremmore
Notable Aliases: Fearmaster
First Appearance: Daredevil #314
"You think you're afraid now...Wait 'til we really get started!"
The illegitimate daughter of Alan Fagan, the costumed criminal known as Mr. Fear.
- Back for the Dead: Shock, now going by Fearmaster, reappears in Punisher (2023) #3, which ends with her being killed by Joe Garrison.
- Distaff Counterpart: Can be seen as one for Mister Fear. One of her aliases is even Mistress of Fear.
- Even Bad Women Love Their Mamas: She commits her crimes to pay for her sick mother's medical care.
- Evil Redhead: Both her mask and real hair are red, and she's just as dangerous as her father and great-uncle.
- Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: As Daredevil points out, her miserable life experiences don't justify Mind Raping innocent people to rob them blind.
- Glass Cannon: She can drive her opponents nearly crazy with fear, but if they can get past it she's not much of a fighter. Once Daredevil overcame his panic, he easily force-fed her the serum that returned her to her human form.
- Hates Their Parent: She utterly despises her father Mr. Fear. He had a one-night stand with her mother which led to her conception and never contributed to her care. Her mother was critically injured in a fire at the poultry plant where she worked, and Shock blamed her father for it all. She hates him so much she hired some of his fellow prison inmates to partially skin him alive to get ingredients for her Super Serum.
- Hell-Bent for Leather: The prison inmates she hired to mutilate her father also made her a skintight leather costume that she wore as Shock.
- I'm a Humanitarian: The chemicals Alan Fagan used in his fear gas soaked into his skin. Shock got the fear chemicals she needed for her Super Serum by paying several of his fellow inmates to partially skin him alive. To Daredevil's horror, he could actually smell the bits of Fagan's flesh in Shock's serum.
- Like Parent, Like Child: She's just as spiteful and evil as her father and grand-uncle.
- Mind Rape: As Shock, she can emit powerful pheromones that induce fear and panic in her victims. Her typical modus operandi is to send her targets into a Freak Out and then rob them blind while they're helpless.
- Streetwalker: She did this to support herself and her sick mother when money was tight.
- Supernatural Fear Inducer: Shock was able to cause fear and hatred in those around her.
- Super Serum: She uses a chemical serum to transform between her normal human and monstrous Shock forms.
- Villainous Lineage: She's the daughter of the current Mr. Fear, and the grandniece of the third Mr. Fear, Larry Cranston.
Sinclair Spectrum
Sinclair Spectrum
First Appearance: Daredevil #326
Sinclair Spectrum is a skilled computer hacker. Originally seen working for System Crash. Daredevil helped her stay out of prison. In exchange Spectrum had to offer his services to the vigilante.
- Alliterative Name: Sinclair Spectrum.
- Hackette: She's a female hacker.
- Punny Name: Her name is an allusion to the ZX Spectrum computer, which was developed by Sinclair Research.
Sir
Sir
Alter Ego: Martha Paterson
First Appearance: Daredevil #345 (October 1995)
"That was quite a pleasure—Wrestling with you, high above the streets. Falling through space. Man against man. Let's play some more."
Martha Paterson was a young woman who hated being weak and soft. She had experiments done to her body giving her heightened reflexes, durability, and strength; these experiments also made her look like a giant of a man.
- Bald of Evil: Is either bald or shaves her head, and with thin (possibly drawn on) eyebrows.
- Costume Copycat: Stole Daredevil's costume and went on a rampage.
- Female Misogynist: Growing up, Martha Paterson believed that all women were soft and weak. Psychologically unbalanced after the treatments, she began to call himself Sir and began a crime spree against women.
- Lady Looks Like a Dude: Martha Paterson undertook various surgical implants and chemical treatments to become masculine.
- Rogues' Gallery Transplant: Sir's creator, J. M. DeMatteis, brought the character with him to his The Spectacular Spider-Man run in the late-1990s. After that, the character vanished.
- Scary Shiny Glasses: Sir wears a pair: partially to hide his own feminie eyes from himself.
Stunt-Master
Stunt-Master
Alter Ego: George Smith
First Appearance: Daredevil #58 (November 1969)
"...'Cause here's where the Stunt-Master spins out!"
Former villain that fought Daredevil that reformed and became part of the Initiative.
- Badass Biker: Stunt-Master is a skilled stuntman and motorcyclist.
- Cool Bike: Stunt-Master created a motorcycle which could fly through the air.
- Costume Copycat: After the original Stunt-Master retired, he worked with a new Stunt-Master in San Francisco, and gained a portion of his profits. In order to pull of a series of "back from the death" show-stoppers, the new Stunt-Master used a series of doubles, who had been homeless people drugged to inhibit their sense of fear.
- Disposable Vagrant: In order to pull of a series of "back from the death" show-stoppers, the new Stunt-Master used a series of doubles, who had been homeless people drugged to inhibit their sense of fear and dressed in the Stunt-Master costume.
- Flying Car: Stunt-Master created a motorcycle which could fly through the air.
- Heel–Face Turn: Reformed and became part of the Initiative. However, it didn't stick, and by Waid's run he's back to criminality.
Sunturion
Surgeon General
Surgeon General
Alter Ego: Angeline Kutter
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 1 #305
"Tell them to cool their jets, Mr. Addams! They'll get their pound of flesh, literally—and anything else the black market will support!"
A cold-blooded woman who would remove the organs of healthy-looking victims and then sell them on the black market for profit.
- Badass Bandolier: Wears a bandolier syringes loaded with various drugs.
- Battleaxe Nurse: An extreme example, as she not only abuses her patients, but is also a ninja, using scalpels as her main weapon.
- Blade Enthusiast: Uses scalpels and serrated bone-saws as her weapons of choice.
- Deadly Doctor: Steals the organs of healthy patients to sell on the black market.
- From Dress to Dressing: After Kutter accidentally slices the main artery in her left wrist while battling Daredevil, Daredevil rips a strip off the back of her scrubs and uses it to bandage her wrist.
- Improbable Weapon User: Uses scalpels and serrated bone-saws as her weapons of choice.
- Meaningful Name: Angeline Kutter
- Meatgrinder Surgery: Harvests the organs of her captured patients for money.
- Monster of the Week: Only appears in a single story arc. The only reason she is arguably more well know than other one-off characters is because of her design, and because she was
featured on Linkara's show. - Organ Theft: The Surgeon General would frequent bars and dance clubs to find victims. Once subdued, she would remove their organs so she could sell them on the black market.
- Playing with Syringes: Wears a Badass Bandolier loaded with syringes.
- Punny Name: Her name is a play on words, as she is a surgeon (kind of), and she runs her operation like a military unit, with her hench-women dressed in matching nurse uniforms.
- Purple Prose: Her speech can divulge into this sometimes.
- Trojan Ambulance: Uses an ambulance to travel to and from her criminal operations.
Tribune
Tribune
Alter Ego: Buck Ralston
First Appearance: Daredevil #70 (November 1970)
"For I—and all who follow me—shall cleanse thise evil from American soil! The New York Three will be just the beginning—an example—a warning to every commie pinko in this country...the time of retribution is here...Judgement Day is coming!"
Buck Ralston is an actor that took the law into his own hands when he dawned the guise of the Tribune. Using a belt sending off a low hum he was able to hypnotize a group of men that assisted him. He believed that "commies" should be kept out of America, this included a group of young protesters as he felt if you weren't for America you were against it.
- Enhanced Archaic Weapon: Wielded a gavel that could fire energy that put its victims in a deathlike state.
- Faking the Dead: Tribune faked his own death in a helicopter explosion while making a getaway. He was last seen back in California barking his ideals in his civilian guise, with no one the wiser as to his activities as Tribune.
- False Flag Operation: Tribune's agents set off a bomb at the New York Hilton to frame the protesters who were protesting the Vice President's presence.
- Improbable Weapon User: Weilded a gavel that could fire energy that put its victims in a deathlike state.
- Judge, Jury, and Executioner: He used his fortune to invest in his costumed identity of Tribune — a costumed judge/jury/executioner who dispensed laws according to his warped ideals.
- Malevolent Masked Men: He wore some sort of iron mask.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Buck Ralston greatly resembles John Wayne, whose anti-communist, pro-war stance was making the news at the time.
- My Country, Right or Wrong: He believed that "commies" should be kept out of America. This included a group of young protesters as he felt if you weren't for America you were against it.
- Right-Wing Militia Fanatic: Buck Ralston was an actor whose far right political bent leaned to the extreme. Ralston used his fame to speak to the public about his perception that America was being destroyed by the unpatriotic youth, usually terms as either pinkos, commies, or hippies in Ralston's own lexicon of terms.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Hasn't reappeared since 1970.
Trixter
Trixter
First Appearance: Daredevil #241 (April 1987)
I wonder—if I got up real close and looked into this Daredevil's heart—could I see what makes m=one man a hero and another a fool?"
A criminal stuntman who first appeared in Daredevil #241.
- Gale-Force Sound: Uses a mechanical device that releases chaotic force waves that weakens nearby objects such as bricks, causing them to fall.
- Noose Catch: Trixter fakes this: wrapping the end of his scarf around the highwire and pretending to fall and choke, then escaping in the other direction when Daredevil moves to catch him.
- One-Shot Character: Appeared and died on the same issue he was introduced.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: His real name was never revealed.
- Skeletons in the Coat Closet: Trixter steals a horned animal skull from a costume shop and wears it as a helmet in his fight with Daredevil, until Daredevil smashes it.
- Xtreme Kool Letterz: 'Trickster' spelled with an 'X'.
Trump
Trump
Alter Ego: Carlton Sanders
First Appearance: Daredevil #203
"I’ve always got a trump card up my sleeve."
Trump is a stage magician and criminal who would fleece his audiences of their valuables.
- All Webbed Up: Can entangle foes in ribbons shot from his Tricked Outgloves.
- Cane Fu: Uses his tricked-out cane as his principal weapon.
- Cloth Fu: Shoots ribbons from his gloves to entangle foes.
- Death Dealer: He can shoot playing cards from his gloves for distraction purposes.
- Shock Stick: His cane has an electrical stun-tip that can emit shocks strong enough to stun or even kill with a single strike.
- Stage Magician: Trump is a stage magician and criminal who uses his tricks to commit robberies.
- Sword Cane: Carries a cane of his own design that can fire concussion pellets from one end, and has a taser on the other.
- Tricked-Out Gloves: He can shoot playing cards from his gloves for distraction purposes as well as ribbons to entangle his enemies.
Turk Barrett
Turk Barrett
Alter Ego: Turk Barrett
Notable Aliases: Mauler, Stilt-Man, Santa Claus
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 1 #69 (October 1970)
"You ain't with us, Carver, that means you're against us! And here's what the Thunderbolts do to an Uncle Tom."
Turk was a small time crook who frequently clashed with Daredevil and Black Panther. And by clashed, we mean they would intimidate him into spilling whatever criminal operation his bosses were planning that week. Turk eventually stole a set of Mauler armor and fought Daredevil hand to hand, which did not go over very well. When he's not drowning his sorrows in a bar, he's planning his latest scheme to get in Kingpin's good graces.
- Ascended Extra:
- Has a prominent role in Kingpin's Civil War II arc.
- In Infinity Wars (2018) he manages to get his hands on the Mind Stone and ends up becoming a somewhat important player in the event before making a deal with Dr. Strange.
- Been There, Shaped History: When he was working for the Fixer, Turk gave Jack Murdock the offer to take a dive. Jack refused, and the rest is history.
- Big Bad Wannabe: Increasingly slipped into this during Frank Miller's run. The guy stole Powered Armor twice and still got treated as a joke by ol' hornhead.
- Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Was modeled after Carl Weathers' likeness.
- The Dragon: To Eric Slaughter, during Slaughter's introductory arc.
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
- The Informant: It eventually becomes a running joke throughout the superhero community.Winter Soldier: How do you hear about this stuff, anyway?Hawkeye: People come to me. They trust me. I'm part of a community, so they know I'll look out for them.Winter Soldier: That's great... but really, how?The Falcon: He pays Turk $400 a month to keep him in the loop.Hawkeye: No, I don't. (It's $500)
- Know When to Fold 'Em: In Infinity Wars, he willingly surrenders the Mind Stone to Dr. Strange after realizing that possessing an Infinity Gem tends to attract enemies that are WAY outside of his scope.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: Managed to stab Daredevil in the Born Again story line.
- Oh, Crap!: Has this reaction when he realizes that he and The Punisher are both at the same prison.
- Right-Hand Attack Dog: Frank Miller's first issue (as writer) gave him one named "Brutus". He's never seen again after that issue, possibly because he moved on to a smarter master.
- Small Name, Big Ego
- Villain Decay: As an ordinary Mook, Turk was always pretty badly outmatched against Daredevil, but his first few appearances portrayed him as reasonably competent and pragmatic. Later issues had him taking levels in dumbass and ego to the point where he actually tried to team up with the Punisher just to make a rep.
Synapse
Synapse
Alter Ego: Max Mullins
First Appearance: Daredevil #377
"I can hardly wait to see the look on his oversized face! I'll teach him to smack Synapse around! I'll rewire his cellulite-thickened skull so he can't remember how to tie his shoes—which I doubt he can even see! Maybe I'll give him the memories of a Parisian dancing girl!"
A former S.H.I.E.L.D agent and an agent of the Kingpin who served as a member of the Emissaries of Evil.
- Alliterative Name: Max Mullins.
- Cool Shades: Wears red tinted glasses.
- Face–Heel Turn: Used to be a SHIELD agent but became an agent of the Kingpin.
- Fake Memories: Can rewrite human memories, stealing the memories of those he is replacing.
- One-Steve Limit: Several years after his debut, Emily Guerrero of the Avengers Unity Squad took his codename.
- Shock and Awe: Can send out small jolts of electricity.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Only appeared on three issues and has never reappeared since the late nineties.
- White Hair, Black Heart: He has silver hair and is an enforcer of the Kingpin.
Vanessa Fisk
Vanessa Fisk
Alter Ego: Vanessa Marianna Fisk
Notable Aliases: Vanessa Marianna
First Appearance: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #70 (March, 1969)
"You can't give birth to a child and walk away from his murder...The blood may wash off your hands, but it stains your soul..."
Wilson Fisk's beloved wife, and apparent Art connoisseur.
- Back from the Dead: First she was resurrected by The Hand with the purpose of killing her husband, only to be killed when Wilson broke her back. She was then cloned back to life by the second Jackal during Dead No More, only for Fisk to once more kill her, denouncing her as a worthless clone and claiming that whatever the Jackal did tainted his last memories of her.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: She's of average height while her husband is huge, both in height and width.
- Offing the Offspring: Killed her own son Richard.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Has shown shades of this in certain continuities. The novel Forever Young saw Vanessa make a deal with Peter Parker (unaware of his role as Spider-Man) to help her find the Tablet of Life and Death to help her husband recover from his current catatonia in exchange for Vanessa providing medical aid for May Parker's current condition. While Spider-Man found out that the Tablet wouldn't help to heal the Kingpin as it essentially trapped the subject in a rapid cycle of aging and de-aging rather than healing anything, Vanessa still covered May's medical bills as she recognised that Peter had lived up to his end of the deal and it wasn't his fault that the Tablet wouldn't work.
Vice Agent
Vice Agent
First Appearance: Daredevil #351 (April 1996)
"I am your key to better life. You keep me happy by being prolific, and doing bigger jobs. Then when someone like Electro or the Owl is looking for a gang and asks me who'd I'd recommend, you'll all move up to bigger and better things. Without me, you have no future. Tonight's lesson is going to cost you all of your earnings. It's bad form for you to be questioning a helping hand."
The Vice Agent was a costumed individual that had Turk and two of his men doing jobs for him.
- Arm Cannon: Has one on his left arm to shoot.
- One-Shot Character: Only appeared in one issue and has never reappeared.
- Secondary Color Nemesis: His costume was green and orange.
- Protection Racket: Was shaking down low level hoodlums for a percentage of their take.
- Weapon for Intimidation: His Arm Cannon was actually a fake intended to convince his targets he was a supervillain.
Willow the Phantasmagoric
Willow the Phantasmagoric
First Appearance: Daredevil Vol. 1 #193 (April 1983)
"You are good as the papers make you out to be. Makes things harder...But I'll just be you can't dodge bullets!"
Willow the Phantasmagoric is a trained stage magician, using pulleys, mirrors, and illusions to fool her audiance into believing she wields magic.
- Backwards-Firing Gun: Dies when she fires a gun with a blocked barrel that explodes and kills her.
- Combat Stilettos: Has no problems doing jumps, flips and kiicks in high heels.
- Lean and Mean: Describes herself as a 'beanpole' and has no issues with setting people up to be killed.
- She-Fu: Uses an acrobatic fighting style incorporating a lot of kicks.
- Stage Magician: Willow the Phantasmagoric is a trained stage magician, using pulleys, mirrors, and illusions to fool her audiance into believing she wields magic.
- Stocking Filler: Wears fishnets as part of her stage outfit.
- Submarine Pirates: Created the illusion of a pirate submarine attacking the SS Madagascar. The 'submarine' demanded the surrender of the diamonds, which the ship sent over on a raft, and which Willow retrieved with pulleys.
