The Kingpin's family drama!

[flint_marko]

I'll be posting the three-part story about the Kingpin's conflict with Schemer, which is notable for introducing Vanessa and Richard Fisk, the Kingpin's family.

The story begins in Amazing Spider-Man #83.







After Spidey defeats the criminals and they run away...







In #84, Spidey sees in the Daily Bugle that there's a five-thousand dollar reward for the Schemer's capture.






Later...












The story concludes in #85.










Spider-Man manages to find and capture the Schemer, and takes him to the address given for the reward, only to find out it's a trap.




Kingpin drops a  steel-cable net from the ceiling, capturing Spider-Man.

Comments

[halloweenjack]

I don't know what's sillier, Fisk sitting there in complete shock, or Spidey getting jobbed for the plot's sake. "Oh noes, he's pulling the rug away! If only I had some alternative to standing on the floor!"

[crinos]

To be fair, the rug pull seems to be Fisk's signature move. Its how he took out Captain America in that fight posted a while ago.

[drtechnobabel]

To be double fair, his Spider-Sense really should have seen that coming.

[cainofdreaming]

Richard Fisk really had a thing for masks, didn't he?

[crinos]

Yeah, this is like what, the second time he masqueraded as a new crime lord to try and usurp his father and get revenge. Wasn't he also The Rose? And I think he had another persona as well.

[donnblake]

Wasn't it a Fisk who ran the Secret Empire for a while?

[cainofdreaming]

Blood Rose, yes. He also had others masquerade as himself, as both Rose and Richard. You might think the guy had some identity issues.

[flint_marko]

This was actually his first appearance.

[starwolf_oakley]

Did they actually give the Kingpin's full name in this story? I *think* Frank Miller's Daredevil run was when we found out his real name was Wilson Fisk.

[skemono]

These issues were in 1970, and from what I've read Kingpin didn't have a name as late as '77.

[starwolf_oakley]

Indeed. I don't think Richard and Vanessa get last names in this story.

Richard also doesn't look like John Cazale, which is how he apparently looked in the Bendis/Maleev Daredevil run. I thought it was more Young Bela Legosi, personally.

[crinos]

Also: How long did catatonic Kingpin last?

[flint_marko]

Two years, he was revived in Captain America.

[leoboiko]

"Look out… it's Spider-man!" hheheh