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* 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. He also devolves into panic when at a disadvantage or when Matt finally lashes out and abandons his restraint. When Daredevil blocks all his shots in Chip Zdarsky’s run, Bullseye instantly flees.
** This is probably best exemplified in his fight with Daredevil in Gangwar. Bullseye is choking Daredevil, and in respones, Daredevil says he going to [[TakingYouWithMe take Bullseye with him]], and then starts chocking him putting both in a GameOfChicken. Despite being the one to choke Daredevil first, meaning that he would have the advantage, Bulleye lets go of Daredevil's neck, and desperately tries to pry Daredevil off his neck, causeing him to lose the fight.
** This is probably best exemplified in his fight with Daredevil in Gangwar. Bullseye is choking Daredevil, and in respones, Daredevil says he going to [[TakingYouWithMe take Bullseye with him]], and then starts chocking him putting both in a GameOfChicken. Despite being the one to choke Daredevil first, meaning that he would have the advantage, Bulleye lets go of Daredevil's neck, and desperately tries to pry Daredevil off his neck, causeing him to lose the fight.
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* 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. He also devolves into panic when at a disadvantage or when Matt finally lashes out and abandons his restraint. When Daredevil blocks all his shots in Chip Zdarsky’s run, Bullseye instantly flees.
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This is probably best exemplified in his fight with Daredevil in Gangwar. Bullseye is choking Daredevil, and in respones, Daredevil says he going to [[TakingYouWithMe take Bullseye with him]], and then starts chocking him putting both in a GameOfChicken. Despite being the one to choke Daredevil first, meaning that he would have the advantage, Bulleye lets go of Daredevil's neck, and desperately tries to pry Daredevil off his neck,causeing causing him to lose the fight.
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This is probably best exemplified in his fight with Daredevil in Gangwar. Bullseye is choking Daredevil, and in respones, Daredevil says he going to [[TakingYouWithMe take Bullseye with him]], and then starts chocking him putting both in a GameOfChicken. Despite being the one to choke Daredevil first, meaning that he would have the advantage, Bulleye lets go of Daredevil's neck, and desperately tries to pry Daredevil off his neck,
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* TeethFlying: During the siege that led to Karen Page'a death in "ComicBook/GuardianDevil", Daredevil hit Bullseye in the jaw so hard with his billy club that it loosened two teeth. Bullseye then yanked out his own teeth and chucked them at Matt with enough force to embed themselves in the other club when Matt used it to block them.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: It's safe to say that when he talks with Elektra in a casually flirty tone that she is not flattered since he's the one who famously gutted her.
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* AxCrazy: Nuke is the end result of a military project designed to create a super soldier. The procedure twisted his mind and reduced him to a delusional maniac who would unhesitatingly kill anyone whom he perceived to be a threat to him or his home country.
* {{BFG}}: Nuke carries a massive gun, "Betsy," which he uses to blow away a large portion of Hell's Kitchen.
* BodyCountCompetition: Nuke carries an assault rifle that is somehow able to keep count of the people it kills. For each mission, he tries to break his own record.
* BodyCountCompetition: Nuke carries an assault rifle that is somehow able to keep count of the people it kills. For each mission, he tries to break his own record.
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* KillItWithFire: During ''Siege'', John Walker tried doing this to him. It didn't work.
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* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: Nuke is a genetically engineered SuperSoldier whose actions alone lead to the deaths of hundreds of innocents in Hell's Kitchen.
* KillItWithFire: During''Siege'', ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}'', John Walker tried doing this to him. It didn't work.
* KillItWithFire: During
* PsychoForHire: The Kingpin hires Nuke, a SuperSoldier driven insane from years of harsh experiments and being pumped full of drugs, to draw out Daredevil and hopefully kill him.
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* SociopathicSoldier: He's totally off his rocker, thinks he's still fighting The Vietnam War, and will slaughter anyone he thinks is threatening "our boys"; his gun keeps a count of his kills.
* SuperSoldier: A near-failed one, as whilst he is a physically superhuman warrior, he's also dangerously unstable.
* SuperSoldier: A near-failed one, as whilst he is a physically superhuman warrior, he's also dangerously unstable.
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* SociopathicSoldier: Nuke is a genetically modified super soldier -- who is also completely insane and needs a steady intake of drugs just to function.
* SuperSoldier: Nuke is a product of an attempt at making another ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. He's a SuperSoldier with heightened reflexes, drug-fuelled rage, and hardened plastic under his skin. He's also totally off his rocker, thinks he's still fightingThe Vietnam War, and UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, will slaughter anyone he thinks is threatening "our boys"; boys", has his gun keeps a count of his kills.
* SuperSoldier: A near-failed one, as whilst he iskills, and needs a physically superhuman warrior, he's also dangerously unstable.steady intake of drugs just to function.
* SuperSoldier: Nuke is a product of an attempt at making another ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. He's a SuperSoldier with heightened reflexes, drug-fuelled rage, and hardened plastic under his skin. He's also totally off his rocker, thinks he's still fighting
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* WouldHitAGirl: Tried shooting [[Characters/AntManHeroes Stature]] during the events of ''Siege''.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Tried shooting [[Characters/AntManHeroes Stature]] during the events of ''Siege''.''ComicBook/{{Siege}}''.
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A former sergeant in the US Army, Frank Simpson lost what was left of his sanity (already fractured by a traumatic childhood) when he was captured in Vietnam and tortured by a Russian intelligence liaison. After the war, Frank was inducted into the Weapon VII program, meant as an attempt to create a new Captain America. The program enhanced his physiology by grafting a bulletproof sub-dermal mesh into skin and giving him a secondary heart that, working in conjunction with some Adrenaline Pills, controlled his aggression, giving him an addiction that would (in theory) make him an effective puppet for his handlers. He eventually became too violent to control, and struck out on his own as a mercenary and terrorist, intent on destroying anyone he perceives to be "enemies of America."
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A former sergeant in the US Army, Frank Simpson lost what was left of his sanity (already fractured by a traumatic childhood) when he was captured in Vietnam and tortured by a Russian intelligence liaison. After the war, Frank was inducted into the Weapon VII program, meant as an attempt to create a new Captain America. The program enhanced his physiology by grafting a bulletproof sub-dermal mesh into his skin and giving him a secondary heart that, working in conjunction with some Adrenaline Pills, controlled his aggression, giving him an addiction that would (in theory) make him an effective puppet for his handlers. He eventually became too violent to control, and struck out on his own as a mercenary and terrorist, intent on destroying anyone he perceives to be "enemies of America."
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* BadBoss: As leader of the Thunderbolts, tending to threaten them in order to keep them in-line. Unlike the others, who are either don't want to be there, punching a clock or plain [[PsychoForHire Psychoes for Hire]], Scourge is determined to do as he's told.
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* BadBoss: As the leader of the Thunderbolts, tending he tends to threaten them in order to keep them in-line. in line. Unlike the others, who are either don't want to be there, are punching a clock clock, or plain [[PsychoForHire Psychoes for Hire]], Scourge is determined to do as he's told.
* TheLeader: Norman Osborn makes him the Thunderbolts' leader.
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* MyCountryRightOrWrong: The really, ''really'' dark version. He'll do whatever his superior officer tells him, morality be damned, because those are ''orders''. People who disagree with him get shot.
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* MyCountryRightOrWrong: The really, ''really'' dark version. He'll do whatever his superior officer tells him, morality be damned, damned because those are ''orders''. People who disagree with him get shot.
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* RoguesGalleryTransplant: While he was introduced as a new Daredevil rogue, he's since become more associated with ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, the latter of which kidnapped Nuke when he was a child on behalf of the Weapon Plus Progrm. 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.
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* RoguesGalleryTransplant: While he was introduced as a new Daredevil rogue, he's since become more associated with ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, the latter of which kidnapped Nuke when he was a child on behalf of the Weapon Plus Progrm.Program. 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.
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* ScienceVersusMagic: Because of his spooky motif, he also fought the Comicbook/GhostRider and Comicbook/DoctorStrange; strangely, he could actually see Strange's astral form, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane suggesting that his powers were not entirely science-based]].
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* ScienceVersusMagic: Because of his spooky motif, he also fought the Comicbook/GhostRider ComicBook/GhostRider and Comicbook/DoctorStrange; ComicBook/DoctorStrange; strangely, he could actually see Strange's astral form, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane suggesting that his powers were not entirely science-based]].
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* InTheBlood: His daughter [[Comicbook/AlphaFlight Kara/Persuasion]] inherited his powers but, fortunately, she went the opposite way in terms of morality.
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* InTheBlood: His daughter [[Comicbook/AlphaFlight [[ComicBook/AlphaFlight Kara/Persuasion]] inherited his powers but, fortunately, she went the opposite way in terms of morality.
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* RedeemingReplacement: His daughter Kara, better known as [[Comicbook/AlphaFlight Persuasion]], is very much his DistaffCounterpart, having inherited his purple skin and powers. But she's nothing like him and uses her power to help people, not to have them cater to her every whim or to corrupt them into evildoing.
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* RedeemingReplacement: His daughter Kara, better known as [[Comicbook/AlphaFlight [[ComicBook/AlphaFlight Persuasion]], is very much his DistaffCounterpart, having inherited his purple skin and powers. But she's nothing like him and uses her power to help people, not to have them cater to her every whim or to corrupt them into evildoing.
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* PunchClockVillain: According to Franchise/SpiderMan, he was a pretty nice guy -- apart from the whole "bank robbery" thing.
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* PunchClockVillain: According to Franchise/SpiderMan, ComicBook/SpiderMan, he was a pretty nice guy -- apart from the whole "bank robbery" thing.
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* TheDreaded: For Marvel's street-level superhuman community due to her bloodlust and psychic powers. New York's criminal underworld panics when they heard she was 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.
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* TheDreaded: For Marvel's street-level superhuman community due to her bloodlust bloodlust, unpredictability and psychic powers. New York's criminal underworld panics when they heard she was 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.
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* CrazyInTheHeadCrazyInTheBed: Typhoid Mary is a PsychForHire villainess with [[SplitPersonality dissociative identity disorder]], with her two "insane" personas being far more sexualized than her "normal" one, often acting like a sexually agressive and unhinged seductress with a wild libido. And despite how blatant "bad news" she is, men still keep falling for her. She even managed to seduce Kingpin (who's usually very loyal to his wife) and impress him with her passion and sexual prowess.
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* CrazyInTheHeadCrazyInTheBed: Typhoid Mary is a PsychForHire PsychoForHire villainess with [[SplitPersonality dissociative identity disorder]], with her two "insane" personas being far more sexualized than her "normal" one, often acting like a sexually agressive and unhinged seductress with a wild libido. And despite how blatant "bad news" she is, men still keep falling for her. She even managed to seduce Kingpin (who's usually very loyal to his wife) and impress him with her passion and sexual prowess.
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* CrazyInTheHeadCrazyInTheBed: Typhoid Mary is a PsychForHire villainess with [[SplitPersonality dissociative identity disorder]], with her two "insane" personas being far more sexualized than her "normal" one, often acting like a sexually agressive and unhinged seductress with a wild libido. And despite how blatant "bad news" she is, men still keep falling for her. She even managed to seduce Kingpin (who's usually very loyal to his wife) and impress him with her passion and sexual prowess.
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->''"You think you're a patriot?! You think you can wrap yourself in the flag -- and justify your madness?! You're everything that's wrong! You're the American nightmare!"''
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Originally a spy, Zebediah Killgrave got into an accident with chemicals which... well... turned his skin purple. As a side effect though, the chemicals gave him the power of mind manipulation, able to have people believe him or follow his commands without much effort on his part. Now able to take whatever he wanted, Killgrave gave up being a spy, instead taking up a full life of crime. Though he pragmatically chose to stay under the radar to avoid the attention of the Punisher or the Avenger, he nevertheless found himself on the losing end of turf wars with Kingpin and Doctor Doom. After being put out of commission by the ComicBook/SubMariner in the ''Emperor Doom'' storyline. He resurfaced years later as the archenemy of ComicBook/JessicaJones.
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Originally a spy, Zebediah Killgrave got into an accident with chemicals which... well... turned his skin purple. As a side effect though, the chemicals gave him the power of mind manipulation, able to have people believe him or follow his commands without much effort on his part. Now able to take whatever he wanted, Killgrave gave up being a spy, instead taking up a full life of crime. Though he pragmatically chose to stay under the radar to avoid the attention of the Punisher or the Avenger, Avengers, he nevertheless found himself on the losing end of turf wars with Kingpin and Doctor Doom. After being put out of commission by the ComicBook/SubMariner in the ''Emperor Doom'' storyline. He storyline, he resurfaced years later as the archenemy of ComicBook/JessicaJones.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"You're good, ''Daredevil'', I'll grant you that! But I'm better and I'll prove it!"]]
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' Daredevil (Vol. 1) #131 (March, 1976)
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' Daredevil ''Daredevil'' (Vol. 1) #131 (March, (March 1976)
->''"You're good, Daredevil, I'll grant you that! But I'm better and I'll prove it!"''
->''"You're good, Daredevil, I'll grant you that! But I'm better and I'll prove it!"''
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Daredevil'' #249(Vol. 1) #249 (November 1987)
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Daredevil'' Vol. 1 #39(Vol. 1) #39 (February 1968)
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (Vol. 1) #9 (February 1964)
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Daredevil'' ''Daredevil''( Vol. 1 #181) #18 (May 1966)
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* VillainousHarlequin: He wears and act like a classic jester. He used a variety of modified toys and gimmicks as weapons.
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* VillainousHarlequin: He wears dresses and act acts like a classic jester. He used a variety of modified toys and gimmicks as weapons.
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 1 (Vol. 1) #50 (July, (July 1967)
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Daredevil'' Vol. 1 #25(Vol. 1) #25 (December 1966)
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Daredevil'' Vol. 2 #88
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Larry Lawrence Cranston
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Daredevil''Vol. 2 #88(Vol. 2) #88 (March 1972)
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!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Ludwig Reinhart, Nick Macarbe
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!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Dr. Ludwig Reinhart, Nick Macarbe
Nicholas Macabes
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man''Vol. 1 #13
(Vol. 1) #13 (March 1964)
->''"My dear Wilson -- I've no interest in an Olympic contest of strength and endurance with the man. I seek to drive him mad."''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man''
->''"My dear Wilson -- I've no interest in an Olympic contest of strength and endurance with the man. I seek to drive him mad."''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"They laugh at the law. But they don't laugh at '''me'''."'']]
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A master manipulator with purple skin and the power to force others to do his bidding, Zebediah Killgrave is a professional criminal with a long list of nasty habits. One of Daredevil's oldest foes, Killgrave has found the Man Without Fear's HeroicWillpower to be a source of unending annoyance; as his hypnotic powers do not effect the vigilante to the same degree that they do the general populace. Created by writer Creator/StanLee and artist Joe Orlando, he first appeared in ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' #4 (October 1964). His body produces pheromones which allow him to verbally control the actions of others. Initially a recurring enemy of Daredevil, he later emerged as the archenemy of ComicBook/JessicaJones.
Originally a spy, Zebediah Killgrave got into an accident with chemicals which... well... turned his skin purple. As a side effect though, the chemicals gave him the power of mind manipulation, able to have people believe him or follow his commands without much effort on his part. Now able to take whatever he wanted, Killgrave gave up being a spy, instead taking up a full life of crime.
A master manipulator with purple skin and the power to force others to do his bidding, Zebediah Killgrave is a professional criminal with a long list of nasty habits. He's clashed with Daredevil repeatedly and has always been frustrated by the fact that his commands do not effect the vigilante to the same degree that they do the general populace.
Originally a spy, Zebediah Killgrave got into an accident with chemicals which... well... turned his skin purple. As a side effect though, the chemicals gave him the power of mind manipulation, able to have people believe him or follow his commands without much effort on his part. Now able to take whatever he wanted, Killgrave gave up being a spy, instead taking up a full life of crime.
A master manipulator with purple skin and the power to force others to do his bidding, Zebediah Killgrave is a professional criminal with a long list of nasty habits. He's clashed with Daredevil repeatedly and has always been frustrated by the fact that his commands do not effect the vigilante to the same degree that they do the general populace.
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* MultipleChoicePast: Ask him for his backstory and he'll give a different story each time. The only thing that ever remains consistent any time he talks about his past is that he had AbusiveParents, that he kills his parents, and that he was a baseball player before becoming a Killer for Hire.
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* MultipleChoicePast: Ask him for his backstory and he'll give a different story each time. The only thing things that ever remains consistent any time he talks about his past is that he had killed his AbusiveParents, that he kills his parents, and that he was a baseball player before becoming a Killer for Hire.
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-->'''Bullseye:''' ... Instead of a toilet, I got this little hole in the floor--which could be a problem, except they got me on a liquid diet... and a lotta laxatives. See, they're afraid that if I have a solid bowel movement, I might just kill somebody with it. [[ProperlyParanoid And I would, too...]] if for no other reason than just to say that I did. Because I'm like that.
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-->'''Bullseye:''' ... Instead of a toilet, I got this little hole in the floor--which could be a problem, except they got me on a liquid diet... and a lotta laxatives. See, they're afraid that if I have a solid bowel movement, I might just kill somebody with it. [[ProperlyParanoid And I would, too...]] too]]… if for no other reason than just to say that I did. Because I'm like that.
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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: One of the more baffling villains of his era, writers gave up on revamping him into a serious threat a long time ago. Since then, whenever you needed a really pathetic villain to beat up, Stilt-Man was your guy. Eventually, the Punisher killed him.
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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: One of the more baffling villains of his era, writers gave up on revamping him into a serious threat a long time ago. Since then, whenever you needed a really pathetic villain to beat up, Stilt-Man was your guy. Eventually, the Punisher killed him.him (though he was brought back).
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* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: He's a [[ZigZaggedTrope complicated equivalent]] to DC's Deadshot. Deadshot came first by publication date but looked and acted nothing liks his modern incarnation and would go on a hiatus for a long time. A few decades later, Bullseye made his debut and established himself as Daredevil's ColdSniper ArchEnemy and a few years later, Deadshot would come back and fill the same niche to Batman as Bullseye did to Daredevil. So Deadshot ultimately came first but it's arguable that he might not have come back at all in his modern form if Bullseye wasn't created and found success in being the comic book bad guy with near-perfect aim.
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* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: He's a [[ZigZaggedTrope complicated equivalent]] to DC's Deadshot. Deadshot came first by publication date but looked and acted nothing liks like his modern incarnation and would go on a hiatus for a long time. A few decades later, Bullseye made his debut and established himself as Daredevil's ColdSniper ArchEnemy and a few years later, Deadshot would come back and fill the same niche to Batman as Bullseye did to Daredevil. So Deadshot ultimately came first but it's arguable that he might not have come back at all in his modern form if Bullseye wasn't created and found success in being the comic book bad guy with near-perfect aim.
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* WouldHitAGirl: He's not above carrying hits on women, and is most known for killing two of Matt'srimary love interests Karen Page and Elektra (though the latter got better). He also claimed that he killed his own mother along with his father.
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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 prostitutes began attacking him, and he accidentally knocked one out of 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.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: When Daredevil was just starting out, he raided a brothel to catch In Frank Miller's ''The Man Without Fear'', while chasing one of the criminal running it. men who killed his father, Matt Murdock found him in a brothel. Much to his shock the prostitutes began attacking him, and he accidentally knocked one out of a window, seemingly to her death. She death, something which he is wracked with guilt over.[[note]]The fact this this was never mentioned before 1993 was retconned away by claiming Matt repressed the memory[[/note]]. A few years later, Joe Kelly's Deadpool/Daredevil crossover would recover, retcon it so that she didn't actually die -in fact she recovered, 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.
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** This is probably best exemplified in his fight with Daredevil in Gangwar. Bullseye is choking Daredevil, and in respones, Daredevil says he going to [[TakingYouWithMe take Bullseye with him]], and then starts chocking him putting both in a GameOfChicken. Despite being the one to choke Daredevil first, meaning that he would have the advantage, Bulleye lets go of Daredevil's neck, and desperately tries to pry Daredevil off his neck, causeing him to lose the fight.
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* ExtremityExtremist: When not resorting to his usual ImprobableWeaponUser tricks, his fighting style mostly consists of kicking. Presumably this is because kicking leaves his hands free to grab a potential weapon.
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* NormalFishInATinyPond: He's extremely dangerous to civilians and street level heroes but not to anyone above that level, a fact he is aware of and why he almost exclusively sticks to that level.
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* PracticallyJoker: With his insanity, MultipleChoicePast and very personal attacks on Daredevil, he's considered Marvel's answer to the Joker.
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* PracticallyJoker: With his insanity, sadism, MultipleChoicePast and very personal attacks on Daredevil, Daredevil who is often considered the Marvel Universe's answer to Batman, he's considered Marvel's answer to the Joker.
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* FantasticPlastic: Is armored with a material called plastic that is both highly durable yet malleable enough to be shaped into weapons on the spot.
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* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: He's a [[ZigZaggedTrope complicated equivalent]] to DC's Deadshot. Deadshot came first by publication date but looked and acted nothing liks his modern incarnation and would go on a hiatus for a long time. A few decades later, Bullseye made his debut and established himself as Daredevil's ColdSniper ArchEnemy and a few years later, Deadshot would come back and fill the same niche to Batman as Bullseye did to Daredevil. So Deadshot ultimately came first but it's arguable that he might not have come back at all in his modern form if Bullseye wasn't created and found success in being the comic book bad guy with near-perfect aim.
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* 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.
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* 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. And Nate Grey was only vulnerable until he noticed and filtered it out (something later nodded to when Daken tried to use his admittedly weaker pheromone powers on Nate and got dismissed).
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* OhCrap: In the first ''New Avengers'' arc, he intends to use his powers to make Luke Cage attack the other assembled heroes. He also makes obvious threats toward Jessica Jones and her and Cage's unborn child. Cage then informs the unaware villain that his food contained special drugs designed to negate his powers. He has a look of sheer terror before Cage moved in on him and proceeded to deliver a brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, and from the looks of it, possibly might have killed him if ComicBook/CaptainAmerica did not interfere.
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** In the first ''New Avengers'' arc, he intends to use his powers to make Luke Cage attack the other assembled heroes. He also makes obvious threats toward Jessica Jones and her and Cage's unborn child. Cage then informs the unaware villain that his food contained special drugs designed to negate his powers. He has a look of sheer terror before Cage moved in on him and proceeded to deliver a brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, and from the looks of it, possibly might have killed him if ComicBook/CaptainAmerica did notinterfere.interfere.
** In general, someone powerful ''not'' being affected by his powers causes this, as demonstrated by his priceless expression when Nate Grey explained to him in small words complete with GlowingEyesOfDoom that his body was only vulnerable until his mind decided otherwise.
** In the first ''New Avengers'' arc, he intends to use his powers to make Luke Cage attack the other assembled heroes. He also makes obvious threats toward Jessica Jones and her and Cage's unborn child. Cage then informs the unaware villain that his food contained special drugs designed to negate his powers. He has a look of sheer terror before Cage moved in on him and proceeded to deliver a brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, and from the looks of it, possibly might have killed him if ComicBook/CaptainAmerica did not
** In general, someone powerful ''not'' being affected by his powers causes this, as demonstrated by his priceless expression when Nate Grey explained to him in small words complete with GlowingEyesOfDoom that his body was only vulnerable until his mind decided otherwise.
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** Later, during the period when the Emerald Warlock transformed him into a proper Minotaur, he became this for real.
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* TookALevelInBadass: When the Emerald Warlock enhanced him (apparently just for the hell of it) and let him wander Santorini, he was a full-blown Minotaur capable of taking on everything the Greek army could throw at him, including killing their national superhero. Eventually the Scarlet Witch stripped him of those powers, leaving him DrivenToSuicide.
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* {{Pheromones}}: The Purple Man secretes pheromones that can be absorbed through the skin or inhaled. They allow him to control affected creatures with verbal commands. And for [[PowerPerversionPotential extra-special-squick]], he used it to father at least one daughter with a mind-controlled lady friend. That daughter, known as the Purple Girl, inherited the power, and used it to mind control ComicBook/{{Northstar}} in her first appearance (though unlike her father, she didn't take it past going swimming together).
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* {{Pheromones}}: The Purple Man secretes pheromones that can be absorbed through the skin or inhaled. They allow him to control affected creatures with verbal commands. And for [[PowerPerversionPotential extra-special-squick]], he used it to father at least one daughter with a mind-controlled lady friend. That daughter, known as the Purple Girl, inherited the power, and used it to mind control ComicBook/{{Northstar}} Northstar in her first appearance (though unlike her father, she didn't take it past going swimming together).
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->''"Jewels! Money! No matter how much I take, I want more--much more! And with my great power, nothing can stop me from getting it!"''
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->''"I have defeated the most deadly toros in a thousand bull-fights! ... Still you mock me!! Still you dare taunt the greatest matador of all time!!"''
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->''"You think you're a patriot?! You think you can wrap yourself in the flag -- and justify your madness?! You're everything that's wrong! You're the American nightmare!"''
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->''"Good news and bad news, General. I've reached the location the Monitor Team specified -- and I'm in position -- but there's no clear shot. Permission to put one through Mrs. Banner's back and finish this--"''
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* 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).
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* 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 [[WesternAnimation/IronManTheAnimatedSeries 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).
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* AxCrazy: One of the single most psychotic characters in the MU. [[UpToEleven Even being doped out on anti-psychotics didn't do much]], if anything, to curb his homicidal sadism.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He's been on the receiving ends of some absolutely devastating ones from Matt. Taken up to eleven in Bendis' run when he not only beats him nearly to death, but carves a bullseye symbol into his head and gives him a vicious TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. This was when Bullseye tried to kill Milla and caught Matt at the end of his tether.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He's been on the receiving ends of some absolutely devastating ones from Matt. Taken up to eleven in In Bendis' run when he not only beats does he beat him nearly to death, but carves a bullseye symbol into his head and gives him a vicious TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. This was when Bullseye tried to kill Milla and caught Matt at the end of his tether.
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!!The Punisher
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Frank Castle
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Johnny Tower, Charles Fort, John Smith
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 1 #129
--> '''Blindspot:''' Who is that guy?
--> '''Daredevil:''' His name is Frank Castle.
--> '''Blindspot:''' Hold on-- the Punisher? Isn't he, you know, a good guy? Goes out and catches the bad guys. [[NotSoDifferentRemark Just like you]]?
--> '''Daredevil:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne He is nothing like me]]. He's [[KnightTemplar damaged]], Blindspot. Castle doesn't '''catch''' the bad guys. He '''kills''' them.
Frank Castle was a career officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Force Recon Division who tragically lost his wife and children to gang violence. When the police failed to bring his family's killers to justice, Frank became the Punisher, using the skills he learned in the Corps, combined with the Mafia's own assassination tactics, to fight a one-man war of attrition against the criminal underworld. Though they fight for similar goals, Castle's use of lethal force is something that Daredevil cannot abide. Likewise, the Punisher sees Daredevil as naive for refusing to kill criminals that [[CardboardPrison cannot stay locked up]]. [[MyGreatestFailure Haunted by his failure]] to steer Castle toward a less lethal path, Daredevil believes [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou it is his responsibility]] to find a humane way to end Castle's violent crusade. With each ([[DependingOnTheWriter usually]]) seeing the other as a WorthyOpponent, the two have had a long history as bitter enemies, [[TeethClenchedTeamwork uneasy allies]], and [[FriendlyEnemy everything in between]].
!!The Punisher
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Frank Castle
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Johnny Tower, Charles Fort, John Smith
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 1 #129
--> '''Blindspot:''' Who is that guy?
--> '''Daredevil:''' His name is Frank Castle.
--> '''Blindspot:''' Hold on-- the Punisher? Isn't he, you know, a good guy? Goes out and catches the bad guys. [[NotSoDifferentRemark Just like you]]?
--> '''Daredevil:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne He is nothing like me]]. He's [[KnightTemplar damaged]], Blindspot. Castle doesn't '''catch''' the bad guys. He '''kills''' them.
Frank Castle was a career officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Force Recon Division who tragically lost his wife and children to gang violence. When the police failed to bring his family's killers to justice, Frank became the Punisher, using the skills he learned in the Corps, combined with the Mafia's own assassination tactics, to fight a one-man war of attrition against the criminal underworld. Though they fight for similar goals, Castle's use of lethal force is something that Daredevil cannot abide. Likewise, the Punisher sees Daredevil as naive for refusing to kill criminals that [[CardboardPrison cannot stay locked up]]. [[MyGreatestFailure Haunted by his failure]] to steer Castle toward a less lethal path, Daredevil believes [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou it is his responsibility]] to find a humane way to end Castle's violent crusade. With each ([[DependingOnTheWriter usually]]) seeing the other as a WorthyOpponent, the two have had a long history as bitter enemies, [[TeethClenchedTeamwork uneasy allies]], and [[FriendlyEnemy everything in between]].
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!!! '''First Appearance:'''''The Amazing Spider-Man'' ''Daredevil'' Vol. 1 #129
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-->'''Blindspot:''' Who is that guy?
--> '''Daredevil:''' His name is Frank Castle.
--> '''Blindspot:''' Hold on-- the Punisher? Isn't he, you know,''"A little wisdom can be a good guy? Goes out and catches the bad guys. [[NotSoDifferentRemark Just like you]]?
--> '''Daredevil:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne He is nothing like me]]. He's [[KnightTemplar damaged]], Blindspot. Castle doesn't '''catch''' the bad guys. He '''kills''' them.
Frank Castledangerous thing."''
Daredevil's [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] arch-nemesis, Leland Owlsley was acareer officer in Wall Street financier turned would-be crime lord, who ingested a special serum that gave him the U.S. Marine Corps Force Recon Division who tragically lost his wife power to glide. After years of experimenting on himself, and children to gang violence. When the police failed to bring his family's killers to justice, Frank became the Punisher, using the skills he learned in the Corps, combined a great deal of SanitySlippage, Owlsley has become a mutant birdman, with the Mafia's own assassination tactics, to fight talons, natural flying ability, and a one-man war of attrition against the criminal underworld. Though they fight hunger for similar goals, Castle's use of lethal force is something that Daredevil cannot abide. Likewise, the Punisher sees Daredevil as naive for refusing to kill criminals that [[CardboardPrison cannot stay locked up]]. [[MyGreatestFailure Haunted by his failure]] to steer Castle toward a less lethal path, Daredevil believes [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou it is his responsibility]] to find a humane way to end Castle's violent crusade. With each ([[DependingOnTheWriter usually]]) seeing the other as a WorthyOpponent, the two have had a long history as bitter enemies, [[TeethClenchedTeamwork uneasy allies]], and [[FriendlyEnemy everything in between]].live mice.
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* ArchEnemy: Stan Lee created him to fill this role for Daredevil, though he's fallen by the wayside since thanks to the presence of better known and more thematically appropriate candidates like Kingpin, Bullseye, and the Hand. That said, of the long-running Daredevil villains he's still consistently portrayed as the most dangerous, with even Kingpin treading lightly about him, and has the best claim to the title of any of them.
* AxCrazy: One thing that Daredevil and Kingpin both agree on is that The
* BadassLongcoat: Almost never without his trademark green one.
* BadBoss: His goons have an incredibly high turnover rate because of his explosive temper, constantly shifting and incredibly mercurial mood, and increasingly cruel and violently psychopathic tendencies.
* BeardOfEvil: Often sports a classic evil goatee.
* BeastMan: Has become one of these through experimentation. Unlike most mutation-based examples, his intelligence has ''not'' diminished, but his sanity has to the point where even Kingpin exercises great caution when dealing with him.
* BigBadWannabe: Imagines himself to be the next Kingpin. He is still very dangerous, but pigs will fly before this happens. Not only are his resources far more limited than Fisk's (still impressive, but not "rule most of the East Coast's underbelly" impressive), but his rapidly eroding sanity means that even if he did have comparable resources, he wouldn't be able to keep it together.
* CloudCuckooLander: DependingOnTheWriter, he's often portrayed as such due his inexplicable one-track obsession with owls and making himself similar to them, to the point of eating vermin recreationally.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: He was an excellent businessman before turning to crime, though he was quite crooked even before his troubles with the IRS forced him out.
* DependingOnTheWriter: If he's a vicious psychopath that other criminals are fearful of or an ineffective buffoon. His explosive temper and unstable emotions are pretty consistent, however.
* DiabolicalMastermind
* DoNotCallMePaul: In most portrayals, ''do not'' call him Owlsley. His ''name'' is '''The Owl'''.
* EvilCripple: For a time, Owlsley could not walk without the aid of leg braces and an exoskeleton.
* EvilGenius
* FatBastard: In the Silver Age.
* FatalFlaw: His bad temper and murderous mood swings, which derail his attempts at holding gangs together. While he has always had these problems, his various alterations have ''not'' helped.
* {{Flight}}: Can glide under his own power. Initially, he did so slowly enough that it was all but useless.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was a corrupt but otherwise unremarkable Wall Street mogul, but after charges of corruption were brought against him, Owlsley decided to become a criminal mastermind. He turned out to be exceedingly good at it.
* HairTriggerTemper: He's always had anger issues, but the treatments he's had have made him even more volatile over time.
* KnowledgeBroker: Oftentimes his specific niche in New York's crime scene is knowledge (as befitting the owl motifs). He controls the flow of information.
* LightningBruiser: After the treatments.
* MoodSwinger: Infamously unstable, and it's only getting worse.
* OminousOwl: Once again a character's owl theme portends bad things.
* TheOwlKnowingOne: He first became associated with owls due to his impressive financial skill, which was compared to the wisdom folklore gives to owls.
* SanitySlippage: Owlsley's sanity has deteriorated as he's become less and less human, rendering him correspondingly more dangerous.
* TookALevelInBadass: Has gone from a fat guy who could fly to a vicious, sewer-dwelling madman whom even Kingpin is wary of.
* TranshumanTreachery: He's lost more and more of himself as his body mutates.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: On the receiving end. Daredevil, more often than not, treats him as a minor nuisance and doesn't really give him his full attention. [[AxCrazy This always proves to be highly unwise]].
* UnskilledButStrong: He doesn't work out very much and his formal combat training is virtually nil, but his enhancements allow him to go toe-to-toe with people like Daredevil quite easily.
* VillainousBreakdown: Happens quite a lot with him.
* VillainsNeverLie: The Owl has an admitted distaste for lies, so he tends to be straight with Daredevil. Which of course doesn't impede him from using MetaphoricallyTrue statements.
* VillainTeamUp: Once recruited Stilt-Man, Gladiator and [[spoiler: a one-time Daredevil foe Copperhead who came back from the dead as a zombie]] in an attempt to overthrow Kingpin. This went about as well as you'd expect it to. He's been a part of several other team-ups before and since.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The various treatments and procedures he's had done on himself over the years have made him a highly dangerous physical combatant without diminishing his intelligence in the slightest. His sanity has not fared quite as well, however; while he's still highly functional, his bestial tendencies have become increasingly difficult for him to deal with.
* WolverineClaws: Possesses both steel gauntlets that roughly resemble those of Wolverine and implanted talons in place of his nails ala ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}.
* WouldHitAGirl: Threatened to torture and rape Dakota North to get information on Daredevil.
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!!The Punisher
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Frank Castle
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Johnny Tower, Charles Fort, John Smith
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 1 #129
--> '''Blindspot:''' Who is that guy?
--> '''Daredevil:''' His name is Frank Castle.
--> '''Blindspot:''' Hold on-- the Punisher? Isn't he, you know, a good guy? Goes out and catches the bad guys. [[NotSoDifferentRemark Just like you]]?
--> '''Daredevil:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne He is nothing like me]]. He's [[KnightTemplar damaged]], Blindspot. Castle doesn't '''catch''' the bad guys. He '''kills''' them.
Frank Castle was a career officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Force Recon Division who tragically lost his wife and children to gang violence. When the police failed to bring his family's killers to justice, Frank became the Punisher, using the skills he learned in the Corps, combined with the Mafia's own assassination tactics, to fight a one-man war of attrition against the criminal underworld. Though they fight for similar goals, Castle's use of lethal force is something that Daredevil cannot abide. Likewise, the Punisher sees Daredevil as naive for refusing to kill criminals that [[CardboardPrison cannot stay locked up]]. [[MyGreatestFailure Haunted by his failure]] to steer Castle toward a less lethal path, Daredevil believes [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou it is his responsibility]] to find a humane way to end Castle's violent crusade. With each ([[DependingOnTheWriter usually]]) seeing the other as a WorthyOpponent, the two have had a long history as bitter enemies, [[TeethClenchedTeamwork uneasy allies]], and [[FriendlyEnemy everything in between]].
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!!The Punisher
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Frank Castle
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Johnny Tower, Charles Fort, John Smith
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 1 #129
--> '''Blindspot:''' Who is that guy?
--> '''Daredevil:''' His name is Frank Castle.
--> '''Blindspot:''' Hold on-- the Punisher? Isn't he, you know, a good guy? Goes out and catches the bad guys. [[NotSoDifferentRemark Just like you]]?
--> '''Daredevil:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne He is nothing like me]]. He's [[KnightTemplar damaged]], Blindspot. Castle doesn't '''catch''' the bad guys. He '''kills''' them.
Frank Castle was a career officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Force Recon Division who tragically lost his wife and children to gang violence. When the police failed to bring his family's killers to justice, Frank became the Punisher, using the skills he learned in the Corps, combined with the Mafia's own assassination tactics, to fight a one-man war of attrition against the criminal underworld. Though they fight for similar goals, Castle's use of lethal force is something that Daredevil cannot abide. Likewise, the Punisher sees Daredevil as naive for refusing to kill criminals that [[CardboardPrison cannot stay locked up]]. [[MyGreatestFailure Haunted by his failure]] to steer Castle toward a less lethal path, Daredevil believes [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou it is his responsibility]] to find a humane way to end Castle's violent crusade. With each ([[DependingOnTheWriter usually]]) seeing the other as a WorthyOpponent, the two have had a long history as bitter enemies, [[TeethClenchedTeamwork uneasy allies]], and [[FriendlyEnemy everything in between]].
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-> See [[Characters/ThePunisherFrankCastle The Punisher]]
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