Kingpin (Spider-Man: The Animated Series)

**Wilson Fisk**, better known as **the Kingpin**, is the secondary antagonist of *Spider-Man: The Animated Series*(as the main antagonist of the first season, the main antagonist of the second season, the secondary antagonist of the third season, the main antagonist of the fourth season and a major antagonist of the fifth season). He is Spider-Man's secondary arch-enemy and the arch-nemesis of Daredevil, Black Cat and Silvermane.

He was voiced by Roscoe Lee Browne.

## Biography

### Imprisonment & Becoming Kingpin

Wilson Fisk was born as an obese child, and often mocked by the children of the neighbourhood. Wilson discovered his cruel father was a bank robber and eventually joined him in his crimes. His father considered him incompetent and abandoned him on one robbery, leading to his imprisonment. As he grew older, he made contacts in prison and trained himself to peak human strength. Upon release, he grew the world's largest criminal empire and turned the Chrysler Building into his secret headquarters Crime Central. He made his public reputation as that of a noble businessman and executed his treacherous father for abandoning him.

### Spider Slayers

Kingpin tasked industrialist Norman Osborn and scientist Spencer Smythe with getting rid of the vigilante Spider-Man to rid his threat to the Kingpin's criminal empire. Osborn met with Kingpin and informed him Smythe was working on the Spider Slayer robots which he would use to kill Spider-Man and that the Kingpin had nothing to worry about. As Osborn left, Kingpin told him that if the Spider-Slayers failed then he would take Osborn's company OsCorp. In the battle at Norman's headquarters between Spider-Man and the Spider-Slayers, it was exploded and the Spider-Slayers and Spencer were vanquished. As his handicapped son looked on the area, Kingpin arrived and promised Alistair that if he worked for him he would help him get revenge on Spider-Man. Within the next few months, Alistair sent the new Spider-Slayers after Spider-Man and made a deal with Kingpin that if Spider-Man was destroyed then Kingpin would let him go. When the Spider-Slayers were unsuccessful, Kingpin told Alistair he would continue to work for him until the web-crawling vigilante was no more.

### Gaining Promethium X

When the news came that John Jameson's space shuttle was due to land on New York, Kingpin panicked and told Alistair they would evacuate before it destroyed Crime Central but Alistair assured him it was miss them. Alistair was correct and it narrowly missed Crime Central, crashing into the Hudson River. Kingpin sent the Rhino to retrieve the Promethium X. Upon obtaining it, Alistair claimed that he wished to study it but Kingpin brought a buyer with the intention to sell it. Alistair told Kingpin that they would need tools from the government to demonstrate the Promethium X's power, so Kingpin sent Rhino to infiltrate the government and retrieve it. They then began showing the Promethium X to potential buyers. Upon learning that the journalist Eddie Brock was at the site, Kingpin had Alistair send the Shocker to take care of Brock. Spider-Man followed Shocker to Crime Central where he stole the Promethium X, so Kingpin had John Jameson kidnapped and held him at ransom from the Promethium X. Spider-Man returns the Promethium X and saves John, but when Kingpin and Alistair display it to buyers they realise that Spider-Man rendered it useless before returning it, angering Kingpin.

### Conflict with Hobgoblin

Kingpin arranged for a public speaking to inaugurate the Wilson Fisk School of Criminology to uphold his public reputation to the media, despite Alistair's protests. While at the speaking, he was fired at by the mysterious Hobgoblin but saved by the journalist Peter Parker, who pushed him off the stage. Kingpin retreated to Crime Central where he was confronted by the Hobgoblin once more. Kingpin's guards surrounded the Hobgoblin but called them off when the Hobgoblin revealed he knew his true identity as Wilson Fisk. Hobgoblin revealed he was hired by Osborn to assassinate, causing Kingpin to angrily slam his telephone. Kingpin decided to test Hobgoblin's loyalty and had Alistair equip the latter with a personal glider and an array of weapons. He then sent the Hobgoblin to kidnap Osborn's son Harry, and when he brought him back and demanded payment Kingpin reminded Hobgoblin that he worked for him and that he would be payed later. Kingpin discovered Hobgoblin's true intentions to overthrow him and take over Crime Central when he discovered him sitting in his chair. Hobgoblin began throwing pumpkin bombs at Kingpin, who dodged them and sent his guards after him. Eventually, Kingpin and Alistair retreated to OsCorp, where he taunted Osborn over Hobgoblin betraying him before forming an uneasy alliance with him to destroy the Hobgoblin. Kingpin informed Osborn of the tunnels below Crime Central, so Osborn decided to get rid of his other enemy Spider-Man by sending him in to kill Hobgoblin. Spider-Man defeated the Hobgoblin and Kingpin was restored to Crime Central, claiming he would repair the damaged building.