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Marvel Comics fictional character

Bullseye
Bullseye, variant cover of Bullseye #1 (Sept. 2017) by Marco Checchetto
Publication data
Publisher	Curiosity Comics
First advent	As Bullseye: Daredevil #131 (March 1976) Every bit Daredevil: Daredevil #285 (October 1990) Equally Hawkeye: Nighttime Avengers #1 (March 2009)
Created by	Marv Wolfman (writer) John Romita Sr. (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Lester
Squad affiliations	Thunderbolts Dark Avengers
Notable aliases	Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter, Leonard, Daredevil, Hawkeye
Abilities	Skilful martial artist Exceptional concrete condition Utilize of edged/throwing weapons and conventional firearms Spinal column and various other bones laced with adamantium Innate ability to throw virtually any object every bit a projectile

Bullseye is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published past Marvel Comics. A psychopathic assassinator, Bullseye uses the opportunities afforded past his line of work to practice his homicidal tendencies and to piece of work out his own personal vendetta against Daredevil.^[one] He is likewise an enemy of the Punisher. Although he possesses no superpowers, Bullseye is able to use almost any object as a lethal projectile, be it weapons like shuriken and sai or seemingly harmless objects like playing cards and pencils. His marksmanship is uncanny, at a nearly supernatural level.

Bullseye was 20th in IGN'due south listing of the "Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time",^[ii] and 35th in their list of "The Top 50 Avengers".^[iii] The character has been adapted into diverse forms of media relating to Daredevil. He has been portrayed by Colin Farrell in the 2003 film accommodation and by Wilson Bethel equally Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter in the 2018 third season of the Curiosity Cinematic Universe Daredevil television adaptation, a name notably used in the Ultimate Curiosity Universe comics version of the character and was later on integrated into the mainstream comics.

Publication history [edit]

The character's kickoff advent is in Daredevil #131 (March 1976).^[iv] Although created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist John Romita Sr., the book features art by Bob Brown^[five] and Klaus Janson.

Bullseye'south existent name and origins are unknown. He has used the name "Benjamin Poindexter" on several occasions, first mentioned on Daredevil #159 (1979) where he goes past the name "Mr. Poindexter" which he later claimed that information technology is "just 1 of the many names he used" (Daredevil #181, 1982).^{[half dozen]} However, there are too instances where his name is given as "Lester". The miniseries Bullseye: Greatest Hits (2004) adult the grapheme's backstory, simply also revealed that some or all of it has been fabricated, probably past Bullseye himself. In this serial, Bullseye's name was Leonard and had a brother named Nate (whose real name was later revealed as Lester by Leonard).

Following Civil War, Warren Ellis took over writing Thunderbolts and Bullseye became one of the cadre members of the new team line-upwards.^[seven]

In the Hole-and-corner Invasion aftermath storyline Dark Reign, Bullseye becomes a member of the Dark Avengers nether the alias Hawkeye^[8] and features in a v-issue express series Dark Reign: Hawkeye, written by Andy Diggle, with art by Tom Raney.^[9] Equally a fellow member of the Dark Avengers, he has a major office in the crossover Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia, written past Matt Fraction.^[10] He appeared as a regular character in Nighttime Avengers #one-xvi (March 2009-June 2010).

Bullseye is killed by Daredevil in Shadowland #1, but is later confirmed alive in Daredevil vol. 3 #26.

Fictional character biography [edit]

Early life and backstory [edit]

Bullseye grew up in The Bronx, where he lived with his blood brother and their calumniating father. His brother'due south main form of recreation was playing with rifles, leading him to become an expert shot. When he was 10 years former, his brother started a fire in their home in an unsuccessful endeavor to kill their father. Soon thereafter, Bullseye was placed in a foster home, and became a baseball histrion in loftier schoolhouse. He was an extremely talented bullpen, and was offered a scholarship, but instead opted to enter the modest leagues. Later 3 games, he was called up to play a sold-out Major League game. He had surrendered no hits the entire game, and in the lesser of the ninth with 2 outs, he became bored and requested the coach pull him from the game. The coach refused, and insisted that he finish the game. The opposing team'southward batter mocked him, accusing him of cowardice. Bullseye threw the ball at his head, killing him. As the brawl struck, he said only 1 word: "Bullseye". He was barred from professional baseball game and bedevilled of manslaughter.

This is a retcon of a previous origin story, which depicts Bullseye growing upwardly every bit a below boilerplate educatee in a trailer park with an alcoholic, physically abusive male parent. In this version of events, Bullseye fakes his male parent's suicide using a handgun set up off past a toy pointer.^[11] It is unclear how many elements of this version are actually true.

His cold demeanor and unique skills, yet, meant subsequent recruitment by the National Security Agency equally an assassin was inevitable, and he was presently assigned to train Contras in Nicaragua. Past the time he arrived, however, he claimed to have already been planning to go out the NSA. He had planned on robbing the Contras bullheaded and fleeing, only soon discovered they were desperately poor. Bullseye made the best of the situation: within seven hours of beingness informed of their poverty, he had led the Contras in seizing a landing strip that the Colombian cocaine smugglers were using as a staging surface area before moving on to the United States. Without use of the airfield, the smugglers were unable to send new shipments. Bullseye prepare up his hapless Nicaraguan translator Paolo equally the leader of the new force decision-making the airfield, and let the give-and-take spread effectually; even so, Paolo was nothing but a patsy. Bullseye planned to invite several organized criminal offence heads to the airfield to banker a new deal with him as Paolo's supposed "right-hand man". He would have their money and disappear, presumably leaving Paolo to suffer the wrath of the Mafia, Russian Mafia, Yakuza, and various other criminal elements. However, earlier the bargain could be finalized, the Punisher (Frank Castle) arrived.

Castle killed all the organized crime leaders in a fiery explosion from which Bullseye barely escaped. The two engaged in a vehement boxing in which Bullseye was able to wound the Punisher and evade or disable several of his weapons. Bullseye then used some blood-reddened mud to paint a bull's-eye on his forehead, mocking Castle's inability to hit him. The fight concluded when Drug Enforcement Assistants agents arrived, and the Punisher fled. Bullseye turned himself in to the D.E.A. agents and soon was assigned to infiltrate the Kingpin's criminal empire. He obtained a costume, fled yet again, and became one of the most dangerous hitmen in the world.

All of the above information is given by Bullseye during a subsequent interrogation past U.s.a. intelligence. But prior to escaping from custody, Bullseye confesses he made up some or all of his story to amuse himself; for case, he claims that he was really the one who started the burn which burned down his babyhood dwelling. The whole capture was a programme by the assassin to gain access to the prison where his father is being held. Bullseye finally gets revenge on his male parent, leaving him to burn down equally the prison's security systems torch everything inside.

Costumed criminal career [edit]

Bullseye battles (and defeats) Daredevil at a circus in gild to institute his reputation as an extortionist.^[12] Shortly after, Daredevil by risk overhears him in the midst of an extortion try and captures him.^[13] Bullseye is afterward hired by Maxwell Glenn to kill Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson, and Daredevil interferes. Although Bullseye wins again, Daredevil escapes decease,^[14] and Bullseye'due south professional reputation is damaged as a result. Seeking to regain his brownie, he challenges Daredevil on alive tv, only is soundly defeated.^[xv]

Smarting from this fifty-fifty harsher blow to his reputation, Bullseye hires Eric Slaughter's gang and kidnaps the Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) to bait Daredevil into a revenge bout.^[16] Daredevil defeats him again, and the despair of this repeated humiliation drives him to a mental breakup.^[17] Information technology is afterwards revealed that this breakdown was in function caused by a brain tumor, which begins causing migraines, paranoia and hallucinations that everyone he meets is Daredevil.^[18] He escapes from prison, but is recaptured by Daredevil, and the tumor is successfully removed.^[18] The tumor's symptoms chop-chop disappear, and defense lawyers are able to have him freed on the statement that his criminal beliefs was caused solely by the brain tumor. He is hired to assassinate the Kingpin, simply meets with repeated failure.^[19] Inexplicably, this convinces the Kingpin to employ him as a principal assassin, just he is fired the same day he witnesses the Kingpin's humiliating defeat at Daredevil'south hands.^[20] Bullseye's repeated failed attempts to regain this briefly-held position became a running joke of the Daredevil serial.

While in prison house, he learns that the Kingpin has employed Elektra (Daredevil'south former lover) as a new primary assassin. After escaping prison, Bullseye attacks and impales Elektra on her own sai. This fails to convince the Kingpin, who says he will merely be rehired if Bullseye kills Daredevil.^[21] Bullseye attempts to ambush Daredevil, but their battle ends with his arch-foe dropping him from atop a telephone wire. The multi-story fall breaks Bullseye's dorsum, paralyzing him.^[21]

During Bullseye's extended infirmary stay following the fall, Daredevil breaks into his hospital room and forces him to participate in a two-homo variation on Russian roulette. The revolver used in the game is secretly unloaded, just Daredevil has Bullseye take the even-numbered turns so that he would feel sure that the concluding shot is going to kill him.^[22] Bullseye has repeatedly cited this incident as his greatest grudge against Daredevil.^{[23] [24]}

Japanese scientist Lord Dark Air current liberates Bullseye and has him brought to Japan, lacing his bones with adamantium and thus restoring his mobility. Lord Dark Current of air did this so that Bullseye would work as an assassin in return, only in spite of this favor being washed for him, Bullseye refuses to work for free.^[25] He instead makes another play to regain the position of the Kingpin'due south chief assassin once over again if he kills Daredevil, knowing he would fail.^[23] Bullseye is imprisoned for several years.

Bullseye eventually escapes prison,^[26] and and then battles Captain America.^[27] He battles Crossbones in an try to assassinate the Ruby-red Skull to regain his sometime position with the Kingpin.^[28]

After encountering the amnesiac Daredevil,^[29] he takes reward of this by impersonating Daredevil and committing robberies in an attempt to destroy his nemesis's paradigm.^[xxx] In one of his early on heists, he is caught past his mark's disillusioned trophy married woman. He becomes enamored of the wife who pleads with him to be taken away by him, but he keeps the wife in his derelict hideout as his lover, attempting to flatter her by showering her with stolen money and jewelry. However, the woman comes to realize that he is mentally weak and, frightened by one of his psychotic outbursts, leaves him.^[31] Gradually, Bullseye becomes then immersed in his Daredevil impersonation that he believes himself to truly be Daredevil, a confusion which the real hero takes advantage of in lodge to defeat him.^[32]

Bullseye later has another run-in with the Punisher when he is role of Frank's frame-upwardly scheme that ends with Bullseye getting both of his hands shot and losing a finger to the Punisher'due south brutality. Bullseye encounters Deadpool^[33] and Gambit^[34] during another long interval in which the character was seldom used.

Bullseye is hired past the villain Mysterio to attack and confuse Daredevil. In the course of their boxing, Bullseye kills Karen Page (Daredevil'due south long-time love interest) with one of Daredevil's ain billy clubs.^[35]

Bullseye is recruited to steal the Identity Disc, purported to be in possession of A.I.One thousand. and have vital information on the world'south superheroes, along with Deadpool, Sabretooth, Vulture, and Juggernaut.^[36]

Bullseye offers to impale Daredevil for Kingpin, afterwards entering Daredevil's apartment and attempting to impale Milla Donovan (Daredevil'due south new girlfriend). Enraged and already near the breaking point, Daredevil attacks Bullseye and throws him out the window. During the fight, the hero reveals to Bullseye that he knows his existent name Lester, his mother was a prostitute, and that he never knew his father.^[37] He mocks the assassin'south new 'Bullseye' tattoo and carves a new i over it with a stone.^[38]

Bullseye seeks purported documents confirming Daredevil's hugger-mugger identity. After a brutal fight with Daredevil and Elektra, Bullseye flees into open traffic where he is hit by a truck, sustaining severe injuries.^[39]

Thunderbolts [edit]

Bullseye, along with many other villains, is recruited into the Thunderbolts by Iron Man and Mister Fantastic to hunt down anti-registration superheroes in the Civil War storyline.^[40] Later, he is recruited by Norman Osborn into the reformed team led by Moonstone. He operates invisibly and is non seen past the public. He is used as a last resort and has a nano-chain fed into his system, and so if he disobeys orders, he will receive an electric stupor.^[24]

Bullseye fights American Eagle after having been deceived by Songbird and told that his nano-chain is disabled. During the fight, he simultaneously receives an electrical shock from the nano-chain in his system on guild of Moonstone and is attacked past American Eagle. American Eagle beats him severely, mocking him throughout for purposely fugitive fights with superpowered foes, and finally breaks Bullseye's neck. As a effect of the damage sustained from both existence attacked by a man with superhuman force and being shocked past the nano-chain, Bullseye is paralyzed, is unable to speak, and has incurred severe encephalon injuries.^[41] Bullseye is subsequently shown walking due to nanomechanical surgery, then goes on a killing spree using scalpels to "get some target practise in".^[42] Afterwards, he joins the Thunderbolts in their efforts to electrocute Moon Knight.^[43]

Bullseye was with the Thunderbolts when they fought the Skrulls in Washington DC.^[44] He took advantage of the clone of Andrea von Strucker being distracted by Moonstone to kill Andrea, and nearly killed Moonstone in the process.^[45] Bullseye travels along with the other Thunderbolts to Cardinal Park and joins the final battle against the main Skrull force. Obtaining a missile launcher from the Zeus, he fires a rocket through the Skrull Yellowjacket'due south right eye, thus disabling the Skrull from engaging with other heroes.^[46] Osborn orders Bullseye to kill Songbird, finally giving Bullseye the chance for revenge.^[47] Bullseye nearly succeeds, merely is incapacitated by the Swordsman helping Songbird escape.^[48]

Night Avengers [edit]

As a advantage for his role during the Skrull invasion, Bullseye is placed on the Dark Avengers and given the costume and codename of Hawkeye.^[49]

Osborn hires Bullseye to eliminate Deadpool, from whom Norman stole information well-nigh "how to kill a Skrull queen" but Bullseye is unsuccessful.^[50]

On the Nighttime Avengers' first mission, he kills Morgana le Fey merely for the sorceress to render yet once again with an ground forces of demons.^[51]

When the Dark Avengers fight a rogue Hulkbuster robot, "Hawkeye" disables the robot after killing its pilot. When the robot falls and kills 36 civilians, Osborn reprimands Bullseye for his part in the deaths, to which Bullseye demands credit for his kills. "Hawkeye" then goes out and saves a woman from being attacked by three men. He kills the men, and the adult female inadvertently infuriates him past referring to Osborn as "his boss". Subsequently he kills the woman, he notices a news crew in a helicopter filming the action.^[52] He silences the news coiffure by blowing upwardly the helicopter.^[53]

Bullseye is used to take out his old partner Deadpool. Deadpool eventually gains the upper hand and stabs Bullseye through the chest with a meat hook, who later wakes up in a hospital and goes later Deadpool once again. Deadpool easily avoids Bullseye's attacks, and so runs Bullseye down, stopping with 1 of the vehicle's tires on Bullseye's leg. Bullseye pays off Deadpool (nether the pretense that Osborn told him to practice and then) to save himself.^[54]

Elektra stabs Bullseye with his own pointer.^[55]

Bullseye is later given the order by Osborn to eliminate Daredevil, who has been discovered leading the Hand.^[56] Daredevil (who is going through the trials needed to bring together the Hand) and Bullseye clash. Bullseye booby-traps a building with 100 people in it. Daredevil continues to battle Bullseye unaware that the building is rigged and that Bullseye has the detonator. When the building explodes, Bullseye escapes and leaves Daredevil to his grief, mocking that if Daredevil had chosen to impale him the people in the edifice might have been saved.^[57]

Molecule Man turns Bullseye into a pool of water to subdue him; however, every bit a liquid he still tries to set on Molecule Human.^[58] He is restored by the Sentry.^[59] He is also part of the team when they go to Manhattan to wait for Noh-Varr. The Lookout finds him first but is distracted and leaves the battle later to find Noh-Varr gone.^[sixty]

Osborn later assigns Bullseye with the duty to kill Lindy Reynolds (Sentry's wife).^[61] He takes Lindy for a helicopter ride, and strangles and dumps Lindy'south body in the bounding main. When the Sentry questions him about Lindy'due south whereabouts, Bullseye claims Lindy committed suicide over the countryside by jumping out of the copter, and the Sentry flies off to notice Lindy.^[62]

Shadowland [edit]

In the backwash of Siege, Bullseye is incarcerated and sent to the Raft. But in the procedure of being transferred in that location, he manages to kill his captors and escapes. He makes his fashion back to Hell's Kitchen and arrives at Shadowland, Daredevil'southward fortress, and is confronted by Daredevil and a legion of Hand ninjas. Bullseye is unprepared for his enemy'southward newfound ruthlessness as Daredevil dislocates both his shoulders and and then stabs him through the centre with his own sai, in much the aforementioned way Bullseye had killed Elektra years before.^[63] Afterwards, a group of Hells Bikers put together an unauthorized funeral service (as J. Jonah Jameson had expressly forbade) for Bullseye; Ben Urich is dragged along, as well as Danny Deaver. Notwithstanding, Deaver continually sees visions of Bullseye; it is not articulate whether or not it is Bullseye'southward spirit or only part of Deaver'south psychosis. Bullseye's funeral service is interrupted past Daredevil and the Manus and a massive brawl breaks out, almost killing Urich.^[64] Daredevil later exhumes Bullseye'southward corpse, intending to resurrect him equally a soldier loyal to the Manus.^[65] The heroes interrupt the ceremony, preventing Bullseye's resurrection.^[66]

Return [edit]

It was afterward revealed that Bullseye was nonetheless barely live as his body disappeared after the battle, just he has become an invalid due to his injuries who has to rely on a metallic lung in order to survive. To become revenge, he is revealed to be the mastermind behind Klaw, Coyote, and Ikari's actions against Daredevil.^[67] He is later institute by the hero who defeated Ikari and Lady Bullseye. The warehouse where they were is subsequently destroyed, and Bullseye is nearly drowned in radioactive waste, leaving him scarred and blind.^[68]

Bullseye would go on to have his body fully repaired by the Mitt in an encounter with Elektra.^[69]

During the "Hush-hush Wars" storyline, Bullseye is among the villains attending the Kingpin's viewing party of the incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610.^[70]

During the "Infinity Wars" storyline, Bullseye is among the villains that accompany Turk Barrett to his meeting with the Infinity Watch at Central Park.^[71]

When Daredevil'southward protégé Blindspot was left blinded past the villain Muse, Matt Murdock put out a compensation on himself out of guilt, attracting the attention of Bullseye and several other supervillains. Daredevil crush Bullseye and so revealed that he had put the contract out in hopes of luring Bullseye, as Blindspot's condition reminded Daredevil of the murder of Karen Page.^[72]

Powers and abilities [edit]

Bullseye has an innate power to throw virtually any object every bit a projectile with incredible accurateness and with enough force to be lethal. Some of his accomplishments include lacerating a person's throat with a thrown playing card,^{[ volume & upshot needed ]} spitting his ain tooth through a human skull,^{[ volume & issue needed ]} tossing a newspaper plane to a distant rooftop,^{[ volume & result needed ]} cut a person'southward throat with a straw,^{[ volume & issue needed ]} killing four people with screws,^{[ volume & issue needed ]} and killing a person with a toothpick thrown through a window from a hundred yards abroad.^[73] Aside from his ability to throw projectiles with lethal accurateness, Bullseye is as well a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, and has been trained in Karate.^[74] He is as well extremely talented in the utilise of edged/throwing weapons and conventional firearms. Bullseye has exceptional physical conditioning, with the agility, reflexes, stamina, and speed of a professional athlete. Bullseye also has a high pain tolerance.

After falling from a building, many of Bullseye'southward bones were reinforced with strips of adamantium.^[75] This has increased his resistance to injury in unarmed combat and allows him to perform acrobatic maneuvers that would fracture ordinary human bones. Dissimilar Wolverine, whose adamantium was implanted using stolen and incomplete notes on the bonding procedure^[76] and who survived only considering of his mutant healing gene, Bullseye's surgery was performed properly past Lord Night Air current himself, and thus included the special herb treatment which prevents the body from being destroyed by the implantation.^[75]

Bullseye has a compulsive need to study his targets' histories, abilities, and relationships earlier engaging them. He employs this data to try to anticipate his opponents' movements in combat. This compulsion frequently crosses from the professional into the personal, such as Bullseye's obsession with Elektra. Due to a mutual head injury, Bullseye was able to sense Daredevil's presence psychically for a brief fourth dimension.^[77]

Other versions [edit]

Age of Apocalypse [edit]

In the 1994 arc of a different timeline, Bullseye is seen as 1 of the humans' greatest soldiers. Using a machine gun and hitting every enemy target, he fights on the side of adept. He does not wearable his original costume, and does not human action insane.^[78]

Mutant X [edit]

A version of Bullseye appears in the Mutant X continuity, also a notorious supervillain. Bullseye shows upwards at the courthouse to assassinate The Brute when The Beast is on trial for murder charges. He is beaten by Elektra.^[79]

PunisherMAX [edit]

A version of Bullseye appears in Jason Aaron'south run on PunisherMax starting with issue #half-dozen. This version of Bullseye is hired by the Kingpin to kill the Punisher. He does non wear a costume only has a bullseye tattooed on his forehead. Although his abilities are more realistic than in the mainstream Curiosity continuity, he is withal a very talented marksman and a mortiferous fighter, expert with a variety of weapons.^[80] His existent name is Shelton Pendergrass.^[81]

This version is psychopathic/sociopathic and shows extreme obsessive compulsive tendencies toward his targets. He is said to accept gassed an entire elementary school when some children were witness to a mob hit and then killed the rest of the town with bombs at the mass funeral. Obsessing with getting inside the Punisher's head, Bullseye kills the male parent of a suburban family and takes the married woman and children earnest, putting himself in the part of their new married man and begetter. He then arranges for gunmen to kill the family in front of him to recreate The Punisher's origin. He fails to feel why The Punisher was upset by this occurrence.^[82] Off-panel Bullseye repeats the same experiment with three more families.^[83]

Somewhen, Bullseye realizes what was the terminal matter the Punisher said to his wife. This realization sends the Punisher into stupor and sends a near-death Bullseye into a smiling blackout.^[84] Later, Punisher finds Bullseye's coma bed and shoots him in the head.^[84]

Marvel 1602 [edit]

In the Curiosity 1602 universe (World-311), Bull's Eye appears as an assassinator/first mate for the villainous Helm Wilson Fiske (The King's Pin). He is heavily tattooed around the face and arms, and possesses the mainstream Bullseye's abilities.^[85] He is sent by his helm with orders to impale Peter Parquagh aka the 1602 version of Spider-Man. He is attacked by the 1602 version of the Lizard and presumably perishes.^[86]

House of M [edit]

A version of Bullseye who appears in the House of M reality is in the employ of Wilson Fisk, alongside several other assassins. He is tasked with killing Blackness Cat when the Kingpin decides to reveal the Black True cat as a traitor. He as well assists the Brotherhood in taking out sapien groups throughout the metropolis, specifically targeting Shang-Chi's Dragons, killing Swordsman in the disharmonize. In the confrontation with the Avengers, Hawkeye shoots him in his hands.^[87]

Marvel Zombies [edit]

In Marvel Zombies, a zombified Bullseye appears alongside several other undead supervillains attacking and attempting to swallow the invading Galactus.^[88]

Ultimate Marvel [edit]

The Ultimate Marvel version of Bullseye is named Benjamin Poindexter. He works every bit the Kingpin's prime assassin until Elektra beats him in direct paw-to-hand combat. He employs disguises on his hits and dons a variation of his regular Marvel Universe incarnation'south costume (sans mask) at 1 point. He has a bulls-centre tattoo on his forehead, like to his mainstream counterpart's tattoo and later scarring and his movie counterpart's brand. He also has a bulls-centre tattoo on his breast over his heart.^[89] Benjamin was also alluded in the issue of Ultimate Spider-Human being on the list of known true cat burglars in Daily Bugle database.^[90]

Amalgam Comics [edit]

In the Constructing Comics continuity, Bullseye is combined with DC'southward Deadshot to create Deadeye.^[91]

Daredevil Noir [edit]

In Daredevil Noir, Bullseye is a woman named Eliza. She is Daredevil's love involvement until her identity as the Bullseye Killer is revealed in consequence #three. Daredevil battles her and the ii fall into the bounding main, but Daredevil notwithstanding loves her and is unable to kill her. Eliza is left on the docks unconscious and taken into police custody.^[92]

1872 [edit]

During the Secret Wars storyline, a Wild West version of Bullseye resides on the Battleworld domain of the Valley of Doom. He works for Governor Roxxon alongside Elektra, Grizzly, and Otto Octavius. Bullseye and his fellow crooks were first seen having been sent past Governor Roxxon to intimidate Estimate Franklin Nelson into leaving town and so that the latter would not preside over Red Wolf'southward trial. Sheriff Steve Rogers and Ruby-red Wolf later on fight Bullseye, Elektra, Grizzly, and Octavius when they are ordered by Mayor Wilson Fisk into killing Red Wolf. While Sheriff Rogers was able to incapacitate Bullseye post-obit Octavius'south expiry, he briefly recovers where he manages to shoot Sheriff Rogers starting to betrayal Mayor Fisk's corruption.^[93] When Red Wolf faces off confronting Bullseye, Elektra, and Grizzly again, Red Wolf manages to defeat the three villains.^[94]

Onetime Human Logan [edit]

In Old Man Hawkeye, a prequel to the One-time Human Logan comic, Bullseye appears as a Marshal who works for the Red Skull and goes against his superior's orders to track downward Eagle as he has missed the thrill of fighting a superhero for the last couple of decades. This version has a cybernetic center implant that increases his aiming abilities.^[95]

What If? [edit]

In What If Daredevil Lived in Feudal Nihon?, Matt "Bullseye" Murdock was a 19th century sharpshooter and the great-cracking-grandfather of millionaire playboy and bestselling author Matthew Murdock. In 1857, Matt served as a cabin boy on the first American naval vessel to visit Nippon. The entire crew besides Matt was killed by The Devil Who Dares, a ronin forced into service by the Giant Shogun in return for restoring his blinded son's sight. The Shogun planned to steal the transport's cargo of gunpowder and ammunition; all the same, Matt detonated the explosives and destroyed the transport, escaping in a lifeboat. He returned to America and served in the Civil War, condign an expert marksman. He was hired past the Shogun as a mercenary to kill the Devil's son, who had adopted his father's identity. Realising that the Shogun was the true architect of his friend's deaths and troubled when the Shogun ordered him to kill the Devil'south partner Elektra in cold blood, Bullseye stood by and allowed Devil to kill him. Bullseye became the Devil's friend and was eventually appointed the first American ambassador to Japan. His great-great-grandson wrote a best selling novel based on the Devil's adventures.^[96]

In other media [edit]

Television set [edit]

Wilson Bethel equally Benjamin Poindexter in Daredevil. The character adopting Daredevil's suit and persona is a loose reference to the Daredevil: Born Again storyline, where the Kingpin let a mental patient loose in Daredevil's costume in social club to kill Foggy Nelson.

The graphic symbol makes his boob tube debut as Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter in season iii of the live-action Netflix serial Daredevil, portrayed by Wilson Bethel,^[97] with his young self portrayed past Cameron Isle of man and his teenage cocky portrayed by Conor Proft.^[98] Dex is an FBI amanuensis who draws Fisk's attention after killing Albanian assailants who ambushed a caravan taking Fisk to the Presidential Hotel. Dex had diagnosed mental wellness issues and, since he was a child, had a souvenir for marksmanship with any thrown object. He served in the Ground forces and joined the FBI as a sniper. Fisk orchestrated Dex'due south interruption and manipulated him into donning a replica Daredevil adapt and carrying out hits in an attempt to both impugn Daredevil'southward reputation and neutralize threats to Fisk's resurgence.

Dex carried out a mortiferous attack on the New York Bulletin and attempted to impale Karen Folio at Clinton Church, an attack that led to the murder of Father Paul Lantom. In both instances, he fought a masked Matt Murdock.^[99]

After Agent Ray Nadeem testified to a grand jury about Fisk's crimes, Vanessa Marianna, Fisk'south fiancée, told Dex to kill Nadeem, an gild with which Fisk concurred. He killed Nadeem in his lawn the same evening.

Dex was reinstated to the FBI and got a call from Murdock, who learned of Julie's murder and told Dex the location of a freezer where her body was being stored. Dex collection to the Presidential Hotel to crash Fisk'due south wedding reception. As the Fisks retreated to their penthouse apartment, Dex and Murdock followed. Murdock and Fisk defeated Dex, with Fisk ultimately breaking his back. Dex is later shown on an operating table, with doctors performing an experimental surgery to restore his spine.^[100]

Film [edit]

Colin Farrell portrayed Bullseye in the 2003 Daredevil film adaptation. This version has an Irish background, and his traditional costume was dropped in favor of a biker/metalhead style appearance: a reptile-skin squeegee (trench coat), leather pants, black tank top, dark goatee, tattoos, multiple earrings, and a shaved head with a bull'due south-eye branding on his brow (although he does jokingly request a costume from the Kingpin). Prior to the film's release, the comic book version adopted a most-identical appearance but has since reverted to the traditional expect, retaining but the scar. Director Mark Steven Johnson credited Joe Quesada for talking him out of using the traditional costume.^[101] In the picture, Bullseye uses shurikens carried in his chugalug buckle as his main weapon, although he uses many small objects, including peanuts, paperclips, playing cards, shards of cleaved glass, and a pencil with as much ease. He is hired by the Kingpin to kill Nikolas Natchios. Bullseye fights with Daredevil and kills Natchios with Daredevil's billy club, causing Elektra Natchios to believe Daredevil is the killer. Bullseye perceives Daredevil equally a personal claiming, because Daredevil is the only target he has ever missed. Elektra afterward seeks revenge on Daredevil but soon realizes Bullseye is Natchios's killer. Elektra and Bullseye boxing, and he brutally kills Elektra. Daredevil chases Bullseye to a church, and they battle until Daredevil maneuvers Bullseye's hands to be shot by an ESU sniper, leaving him with wounds resembling stigmata. Daredevil grabs and throws him out of a window, crashing onto the hood of Ben Urich's car. A terminal scene shows him hospitalized simply however able to motion picture a hypodermic needle with enough force and accuracy to impale a fly without killing it. Colin Farrell was attached to the role in December 2001.^[102] Farrell, adopting an American accent for near of his previous films, was encouraged to go on his Irish accent.^[103] Farrell had to read Frank Miller's Daredevil comics to understand Bullseye

"because the expression on the character's faces in the comic books, and just the way they move sometimes, and the exaggerations of the graphic symbol I'm playing […] he's so over-the-top that you lot do draw from that. Only it'south not exactly a character yous tin exercise method acting for... you know, running effectually New York killing people with newspaper clips."^[104]

Video games [edit]

• Bullseye appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes,^[105] voiced by Dave Boat.^[106] In a bonus mission at Fisk Tower, the Kingpin summons Bullseye and Elektra to assist henchmen into fighting Helm America, Daredevil and Spider-Man. He and Elektra are defeated by the heroes.
• Bullseye appears in Marvel Heroes, voiced by Rick D Wasserman.^[107]
• The Old West version of Bullseye appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.^[108]
• Bullseye appears in Curiosity Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order voiced again by Steve Blum.^[107]

Tabletop games [edit]

• Bullseye has been featured in Heroclix Collectible Miniatures Game.
• Bullseye has been appear for Marvel Crunch Protocol Miniatures Game.^[109]

Unofficial media [edit]

Derek Mears portrays "Ben" Bullseye in the 2013 Adi Shankar's Bootleg Universe brusk fan motion picture Truth In Journalism, in which they are depicted as being followed around on their assassinations by a documentary video crew (led past Adi Shankar) quite like to the documentary film crew following effectually Eddie Brock (portrayed by Derek Mears), the primary focus of the motion-picture show.^{[110] [111] [112]}

Collected Editions [edit]

Title	Material nerveless	Published date	ISBN
Bullseye: Greatest Hits	Bullseye: Greatest Hits #one-5	April 27, 2005	978-0785115120
Punisher Vs. Bullseye	Punisher Vs. Bullseye #1-5	June 21, 2006	978-0785117353
Punisher & Bullseye: Deadliest Hits	Bullseye: Perfect Game #1-two, Punisher: Trial of the Punisher #1-2, and material from Daredevil #500	January 14, 2014	978-0785152347
Shadowland: Street Heroes	Shadowland: Bullseye, and Shadowland: Daughters Of The Shadow #1-iii, Elektra, Ghost Rider, Spider-Man	September 7, 2011	978-0785148883
Bullseye: Colombian Connection	Bullseye #1-5	September 12, 2017	978-1302905095

Equally Hawkeye [edit]

Title	Material nerveless	Published engagement	ISBN
Dark Reign: Hawkeye	Dark Reign: Hawkeye #1-5	May 12, 2010	978-0785138501

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External links [edit]

• Bullseye at the Marvel Universe wiki
• Bullseye at the Yard Comics Database
• Bullseye at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

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