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Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Sabretooth: The Dead Don’t Talk #3! Vincent D’Onofrio is about to make his return as Wilson Fisk aka the Kingpin in the MCU’s upcoming series Daredevil: Born Again, and right as he’s about to do so, Marvel Comics has decided to make a stunning change to the Kingpin’s established lore. It has just been revealed that the origin of the codename ‘Kingpin’ isn’t one Wilson Fisk made for himself, but rather something that’s been in his family for generations – and it’s all thanks to one brutal supervillain: Sabretooth.
In a preview for Sabretooth: The Dead Don’t Talk #3 by Frank Tieri and Michael Sta. Maria, Victor Creed (aka Mad Dog Murphy) is attending a World’s Fair in the year 1909 with his boss/partner-in-crime: Fisk.
Fisk was previously an inmate at Mister Sinister’s Ravencroft Institute where Sabretooth used to work. However, when Sabretooth ‘quit’, he busted Fisk out of there, and the two of them headed for New York City to rule the city’s criminal underworld. And, in this preview, it’s revealed that the two of them have effectively succeeded, as Fisk is now known as the Kingpin.
Marvel Comics’ New Kingpin Change Makes Wilson Fisk Less Impressive
Fisk’s Ancestor Already Did What He’s Known For: Starting from Nothing to Become the Kingpin
Part of what has always made Wilson Fisk such an intriguing character (in Marvel Comics and the MCU) is that he came from nothing and became one of the most powerful people in New York City – and even the world – as the Kingpin. Fisk schemed, trained, and amassed wealth most couldn’t even fathom, and he did all this after starting out as nothing more than a poor kid raised in New York. And now, it seems he isn’t the only Fisk who has done so.
‘Early 1900s Fisk’ had basically the same rise to power as Wilson Fisk, just decades earlier. Fisk started off as a low-level criminal after being raised in the city with nothing, and he eventually turned himself into the Kingpin. Sure, Sabretooth had a lot to do with that, but Fisk simply did what Wilson has done many times throughout his career: used people for his own gain. Fisk used Sabretooth to become the Kingpin, just as Wilson used countless others for the same end goal. Except, Fisk did it first, making Wilson’s accomplishments less unique – and, therefore, less impressive.
MCU’s Kingpin Shouldn’t Play Second Fiddle to His Ancestor
With Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin about to play a major part in the MCU with his upcoming appearance in Daredevil: Born Again, it would make sense for the MCU to dive deeper into his character – including and especially his family tree. However, in this case, the MCU should absolutely ignore Marvel Comics’ original Kingpin. Sure, it’s a cool link between the Kingpin and Sabretooth (who will also assuredly play a bigger part in the MCU once mutants are fully introduced), but D’Onofrio’s Kingpin should play second fiddle to no one, especially his own ancestor.
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But, whether the MCU decides to tell the story of the original Kingpin of the early 1900s, Marvel Comics already went ahead and pulled the trigger on that particular story arc. And, in doing so, utterly changed the origin of the Kingpin’s codename, and just in time for Vincent D’Onofrio’s MCU return.
Sabretooth: The Dead Don’t Talk #3 by Marvel Comics is available February 26, 2025.
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