He was married to Vanessa Fisk, who frequently expressed her disapproval of his criminal activities, and later to Typhoid Mary Fisk, and is the father of Richard Fisk and Butch Pharris, the latter of whom succeeded him as the Kingpin following his retirement.
One of the most feared, dangerous and powerful crime lords in the Marvel Universe, usually depicted as New York City's crime overlord, the Kingpin was introduced as an adversary of Spider-Man, but later went on to be the archenemy of Daredevil, as well as a recurring foe of the Punisher and his adoptive daughter Echo. The 'Kingpin' name is a reference to the crime lord title in Mafia slang nomenclature. The character was created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr., and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #50 ( cover-dated July 1967). The Kingpin ( Wilson Grant Fisk) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Use of a laser gun-equipped cane and a hollow ornamental diamond stick-pin filled with sleeping gas.Highly skilled martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant.
