23 thoughts on “A Friendly Reminder From Wilson Fisk

  1. Saying “fat chance” was just cruel (I actually think it wasn’t even an indirect taunt, it was a straight “you fat chancelor!” with a forgotten “you” and a censored “(chance)lor–oh shit I’m really falling!”).

    But his adorable fatty self raising up his leg was kick ass in a way only surpassed by his line.

  2. Man, that brings me back to when the Kingpin was somehow the baddest ass in town. For some reason.

    Seriously, he kicked everyone’s ass somehow. Possibly through defense-annihilating puns as demonstrated above.

  3. It was like every middle school argument abotu fights EVER… “He weights more, so he’d win in a fight…” Forget that Spidey can bench a school bus, forget his superhuman speed and reflexes… Put a white sumo in a pimp suit, and he can kick him in the face.

    I love the “Corner O’ Doom” button panel… “Ah ha, wretched wall crawler… You thought the only thing behind my love seat was bon bons and possibly the TV remote… But you were wrong!!”

    Also: To ratchet up the awesomeness level, he should have said “You can take the FALL!”

  4. Okay, yeah sure, he hired a sniper to shoot his beloved, elderly aunt, but on the other hand, Spider-Man did make about 40 years worth of fat jokes at the Kingpin’s expense. I think they’re about even.

  5. “A trap door button two feet above the ground?”

    It’s there just in case Fisk is on the floor rooting around for fallen ho-hos and suddenly has to dispatch an interloper. You don’t get to be Kingpin without planning for every contingency.

    I don’t even want to think about the standing height button pushing requirements for that panel. *shudders*

    Two things are missing though. Spidey’s Spidey-sense, maybe he’s deliberately getting knocked around just to pop back up and say “Fooled ‘ya, fatty!” (unlike Stark, Spidey is a funny dick,) and the ripping noise from Fisk getting his drumsticks raised that high. That much mass and inertia will not be kind to Sansabelt slacks.

  6. The first panel calls for,no DEMANDS, a Dance-Off between Wilson Fisk and Fred “Rerun” Berry from “What’s Happening”!

  7. Man, did Kingpin accidentally borrow Bruce Banner’s pants? How did they not rip?

  8. You know, I have no idea why the second panel made me think of Willy Wonka, or why it prompted me to replace the dialogue.

    But it did.

  9. Spidey Super Stories Spidey has completely different super-powers than your standard model.

    Like, for instance, the proportionate monosyllabic speech of a spider.

  10. It’s odd how the same man in the second panel who is obviously very comfortable laying on the ground reaching for things can also kick as high as he did in the first panel. There can be only one explanation. He’s a skrull!

  11. Heh. One of the many things I love about the Spidey Super Stories is how that legendary Marvel angst gets, uh, *simplified* for ten-year-olds. In a later issue (not making this up): “I am the Silver Surfer, but I am sad and *blue*!”

  12. Well, I think I remember hearing a lot of sumo wrestlers can kick that high.
    And as for the Kingpin, this is back in the day when Spiderman was new to being a superhero, I mean sure he’s got heightened reflexes but its not like he ever actually had any experience fighting before this.
    I believe that’s why he keeps underestimating the Kingpin’s speed and pretty close to human maximum strength. Then, experienced Spiderman, once he actually learned to fight, beats the snot out of the Kingpin, as we’ve all seen recently.

  13. The Kingpin has good self-esteem!
    When was the last time a Marvel hero said they liked being themselves? Who is the real role model here, is all I am saying.