History Characters / DareDevilCentralRoguesGallery

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: A minor case, but he was one of the many armored criminals to be targeted by ComicBook/IronMan during the Armor Wars. (This led to Stilt-Man appearing in [[WesternAnimation/IronMan the 1994 IM animated series]] when it adapted the Armor Wars arc (no Daredevil in sight; Daredevil did appear [[WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries in the partner Fantastic Four series]], though).

* KnifeNut: He's an expert marksman and uses firearms on occasion but prefers to use blades and improvised weapons instead.

A chemically unbalanced man who suffers from occasional various psychotic episodes. Sometimes they take form of a delusion that he is an ancient Roman gladiator (or at least one as [[PopculturalOsmosis viewed through the lens of modern pop culture]]), Melvin Potter has been an ally and enemy of Daredevil depending on the state of his sanity, and whether he is taking his medication. Normally a non-violent individual, Melvin is easily manipulated by those who can persuade him that they serve the same "emperor" that he does.

Max Dillon was a human mutate who developed the power to maniuplate electricity after a freak accident. Dillon decided to use these powers for personal gain, becoming the costumed supervillain Electro. Though powerful, his lack of ambition or imagination, coupled with extreme neuroses, generally tend to keep him from becoming anything more than a super-powered thug. Traditionally a foe of Spider-Man, Electro has the distinction of being the first super-powered villain that Daredevil has ever faced. Unsurprisingly, Electro harbors a grudge against the "normal" hero that was "lucky" enough to beat him.

Similarly to the [[Creator/DCComics distinguished competition]]'s [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker Joker]], Bullseye's true origin isn't known, and his [[MultipleChoicePast multiple-choice past]] is part of the character's appeal. In the past, he has answered to the names Lester, Leonard, and Benjamin Poindexter, but none of them have ever truly been established as his real one. Instead, he is defined by his trademark skill: [[ImprobableWeaponUser the ability to use anything as a projectile weapon]].

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: While he was introduced as a new Daredevil rogue, he's since become more associated with ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. In fact, he and Matt have not had any further run-ins ''at all'' outside of their initial one. What really helped in his transition to becoming a Cap rogue was that Captain America was present in the story where he made his introduction so they were tailor-made to interact with each other from the start.

* MoralityPet: Subverted. Learning he has a daughter seems to have made him worse, since he thinks she'll love him if he can conquer the world.

* HeCanReallyAct: An InUniverse example. He apparently swallowed his pride and took acting lessons at some point, because he pulled off a mesmerizing Cyrano performance in ''Daredevil'' #218. It was so good, not only did Daredevil impersonate him to keep the police from arresting him, he voluntarily turned himself in once he was finished.

* HeReallyCanAct: An InUniverse example. He apparently swallowed his pride and took acting lessons at some point, because he pulled off a mesmerizing Cyrano performance in ''Daredevil'' #218. It was so good, not only did Daredevil impersonate him to keep the police from arresting him, he voluntarily turned himself in once he was finished.

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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: While weaker than Daredevil, he is actually quite close to him in strength, and at times has showings like [[NeckLift neck lifting]] people easily with one hand and breaking their necks, and impaling them with him fingers, or impaling a Swat helmet with a truncheon, in addition to throwing his improvised weapons with extreme piercing power

* DirtyCoward: Beneath his sadism and psychopathy, Bullseye is ultimately this. American Eagle pointed out that he’s only fought against Daredevil and killed anyone weaker than him or who couldn’t fight back because he knows he’ll get his ass kicked if he fights anyone stronger. When Daredevil blocks all his shots in Chip Zdarsky’s run, Bullseye instantly flees.

* TheDreaded: At the start of Brubaker's run, he is transferred from the Raft to Ryker's Island. Absolutely ''everyone'' in Ryker's -- even a guard and a prisoner in the middle of a savage brawl -- [[MassOhCrap drops what they're doing and stares blankly in horror when they find out.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: He loves acting friendly and humorous to taunt Matt, whom he knows won't kill him.

* KickTheDog: Where to even begin? In the interest of saving time, we'll only mention his murder of a church full of nuns and Karen Page in Kevin Smith's run.

* ImmuneToMindControl: He runs into this because his powers don't work on ''everyone'', and when that happens he's just an ordinary man with normal durability and no fighting skills. DareDevil, Doctor Doom, the Kingpin, Captain America, and Frank Castle have all shown they can resist him through sheer willpower. Spider-Man's spider-sense sets up so much interference that Killgrave's power just can't get through. Deadpool's brain cells are in such a constant state of flux that Killgrave attempts to control him just don't register.

* HeReallyCanAct: An InUniverse example. He apparently swallowed his pride and took acting lessons at some point, because he pulled off a mesmerizing Cyrano performance in one issue. It was so good, not only did Daredevil impersonate him to keep the police from arresting him, he voluntarily turned himself in once he was finished.

* ManipulativeBastard

* NormalFishInATinyPond: Any A-list or B-list hero with psionic abilities could crush him effortlessly (he's no threat to the likes of ComicBook/JeanGrey or ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, and he'd be an amoeba next to [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Charles Xavier]]). However, he's a significant threat because he's pitted against "street level" heroes like Daredevil and Jessica Jones, being smart enough to avoid drawing the attention of the larger fish in the sea.
* NoSell: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, the Kingpin, and Dr. Doom have all proven able to resist his powers. Daredevil's non-conventional senses allow him to concentrate on resisting his commands, Jessica Jones received psionic shielding from Jean Grey, and the Kingpin was able to resist through sheer force of will (albeit with some obvious struggle). Dr. Doom however takes the cake, as he was able to easily ignore his power without any visible effort, all while he was connected to a device that amplified his ability to planet-influencing levels.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Writers have turned him from a camp, one note bad guy to a full-fledged ''monster''.

* ''VideoGame/ThePunisher'' (2005), voiced by Steven Blum

** When he tried to retire from villainy, {{Big Bad}}s like the Kingpin and Doctor Doom kept pulling him back in. Well, ''overt'' villainy anyway. He has ''never'' stopped committing crimes or being evil; he just stopped picking fights with superheroes or trying to TakeOverTheWorld. Temporarily. He still conned, brainwashed, robbed, and murdered his merry way through life.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: He's done some stuffing in his time. Running tally of hero's girlfriends gruesomely murdered: [[spoiler:Daredevil - 2 (Elektra and Karen Page), The Sentry - 1 (Lindy Reynolds)]]. He also attempted to do this to Milla Donovan.

* WTHCostumingDepartment: There's a good reason for her HotterAndSexier "leather jacket with tank top/no shirt" look. When she first debuted in 1988, her costume was already a dated relic from the NewWaveMusic era with her fishnet stockings mixed with a glowing pink baggy blouse and huge spiky '80s porn hair that looked like it used a whole can of hairspray to stiffen. Also her weapon of choice were a pair of machetes, rather than the katanas she favors these days.

* ALoadOfBull: He's been turned into a humanoid minotaur.

As one of Marvel's most popular villains, Bullseye has appeared frequently in other media. He was portrayed by Creator/ColinFarrell in the 2003 ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' movie, and Creator/WilsonBethel plays him in the third season of Creator/{{Netflix}}'s ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}''.

!!Bullseye provides examples of the following tropes:

%%* BrooklynRage

* KilledOffScreen [[spoiler: How his death in ''Civil War II'' was handled]].

-->'''Nuke:''' Because of you, Americans are ASHAMED of themselves! ASHAMED OF OUR BOYS!
-->'''Captain America:''' [[ShutUpHannibal I'm an American -- And you sure as HELL don't speak for me!]]

* {{Cyborg}}: He's been taken apart and pieced back together so much that he's become little more than a ''[[{{Franchise/TheTerminator}} Terminator]]''-esque Skelebot9000 covered in flesh.

He is also well-known as one of Daredevil's most frequent rogues, often antagonizing the Man Without Fear. He infamously killed both [[Characters/MarvelComicsElektraNatchios Elektra]] ''and'' Karen Page -- two of Daredevil's most prominent love interests. After the [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion Skrull invasion of Earth]], he even (briefly) became the "new" ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, as part of [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]]'s ComicBook/DarkAvengers.

* TheBrute

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* CreateYourOwnVillain: When Daredevil was just starting out he raided a brothel to catch the criminal running it. Much to his shock the girls began attacking him, and he accidentally knocked one out a window, seemingly to her death. She would recover but the incident proved to be the final straw, and she suffered a total psychotic break becoming Typhoid Mary. However, when Mary confronts Daredevil about it, he refuses to take responsibility for what she became, telling her that no matter what happened to her, she ultimately made her own choices. This causes Mary to suffer a complete mental collapse.

* TheDreaded: For Marvel's street-level superhuman community .New York's underworld panics when they heard she is coming back, trying to hire any muscles available in case she comes to kill them, one even tried calling Bullseye but he didn't pick up the phone.

* TheMentallyDisturbed: Mary's one of the rare supervillains to be genuinely legally insane. DependingOnTheWriter, Typhoid Mary is depicted ether constantly switched between persona, unable to stop herself; or singing down the street burning people alive.

* TattooedCrook: She'a adorned with tattoos.

* WTHCostumingDepartment: There's a good reason for her HotterAndSexier "leather jacket with tank top/no shirt" look. When she first debuted in 1988, her costume was already a dated relic from the NewWaveMusic era with her fishnet stockings mixed with a glowing pink baggy blouse and huge spiky '80s porn hair that looked like it used a whole can of hairspray to stiffen. Also her weapon of choice were a pair of machetes, rather than the katanas she favours these days.

-->'''Bullseye''' What was done to me was not a setback, but a '''gift.''' When my body could move, could feel, I was merely a weapon. Now my mind has been freed. To do nothing but think and plot and '''plan.'''

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