Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Today in Comics History, August 15: Happy birthday, Kingpin!

Born on this day: the bouncing baby boy (23 pounds 8 ounces) who would grow up to become the Kingpin, Wilson Fisk! How old is he? Well, until somebody cuts him in half and counts the rings, he's not telling.


from Marvel Age #104 (Marvel, September 1991), text by Chris Eliopoulis and Barry Dutter, pencils and inks by Ron Zalme; colors by Renee Witterstaetter

There's no actual canon source within a comics story to assign this date, but the Marvel Age Calendar assigns this date, so until there's a scene in Daredevil where Fisk is blowing out candles, let's celebrate today with lots of cake! Happy birthday, big guy!

13,500.

1 comment:

Blam said...

And still no-one’s ever cast Daniel Benzali as him or Lex Luthor. Sigh.