Kingpin vs. Captain America!

[flint_marko]

This is from Captain America #147 by Gary Friedrich and Sal Buscema.

Comments

[dcbanacek]

I believe its been shown here before, but the Red Skull (when he had a cloned Captain America body) squared off against the Kingpin too. And found out the hard way that Fisk was NOT someone to mess with.

Interesting to see how the real thing fared against him.

[crinos]

Yeah, Wilson Fisk is top tier. I make my fair share of fat jokes about the guy, but he is a freaking beast.

I mean look that, he beat Captain America. I'm sorry, but I'm counting that as a loss for Steve there. He would have been dead if Falcon hadn't made the last minute save. There aren't many guys who can say they beat the crap out of Captain America in a straight up one on one fight.

[drtechnobabel]

Now see, this is what was missing from The Winter Soldier. Imagine: Cap and Bucky, locked in heated combat in the helicarrier, appearing to be evenly matched... and then a fucking hawk bursts in and starts clawing the shit out of Bucky's eyes. Truly, that is the scene that America, nay the whole WORLD, deserved to see!

[writeofway]

I guess Steve hadn't learned to either box Kingpin's ears or jab his throat from both ends or bite his nose or or even kiss his lips (as a distraction to throw him off) or bury his thumbs in Fisk's eyes or cover his nose and mouth with his hands or any number of things he could've done with his hands. He probably was caught off guard with how skilled Fisk was, but still, he had opportunities to escape.

I understand he couldn't use the shield because he had little to no leverage to properly brain him in the skull and if he hurled the shield to try and ricochet it off to smack Fisk in the head, it would've embedded itself in the wall.

[cyberghostface]

Red Skull tried most of those and it ended with the Kingpin falling on top of him and crushing him with his stomach.

[violetclm.livejournal.com]

The Kingpin makes a career of being underestimated, doesn't he? And looking damn good while doing it. I bet that suit isn't even wrinkled.

[norj]

Well this is a guy who considers a demonic invasion to be a minor inconvenience.

[perpetuity]

You know, the only thing that worries me about Sam being Cap is that nobody saves Captain America like Sam Wilson does. :(

[icon_uk]

When I think of the number of heavily built, overweight men who are very light on their feet, this works fine for me. (Anyone ever see Oliver Hardy or Sydney Greenstreet dance?)

[night4345]

Awesome fight but Falcon made me laugh. "And Falcon! Can you dig it, or what?!"

[arilou_skiff]

CAN YOU DIG IT!?!

[thatnickguy]

I'm just gonna say it: Wilson Fisk is the Brock Lesnar of the Marvel Universe.

[halloweenjack]

I've always liked Sal Buscema's art; he tends to draw faces as if everyone's an angry Romulan, but his fight scenes are incredibly dynamic.

[bruinsfan]

Not that I think it's a bad match-up, as they should be in the same strength range and Fisk's greater momentum might counter Cap's agility, but...

"He's as quick as any foe I've ever faced... and probably at least as strong."

I'm pretty sure Cap has faced off against Quicksilver and the Hulk by this point in his career.

[mirage_delgado]

A couple of thoughts:

1) I like the blue suit Kingy's wearing. It looks good on him! And it's a definite improvement over the "white-tux-with-stickpin” thing he usually goes with.

2) Gotta love how Cap goes from "I'ma trash talk your punk ass!" to "Thank God! Saved by the sidekick!" in the course of three pages. ;)

3) In the same vein, Fisk's panic over his ruined scalp, after mopping the floor with a super soldier, is also comedy gold.

4) Motto on how good Sal Buscema is. (Ditto for John and Stephanie, too, as it doesn't get said enough.)