Kingpin & Doctor Doom Could Be Marvel’s Deadliest Team Up

Kingpin & Doctor Doom Could Be Marvel's Deadliest Team Up

After he was ousted as mayor, Wilson Fisk fled to Latveria, and nobody gets in there without being chummy with Doctor Doom himself.

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In terms of villains in the Marvel Universe, they don’t get more powerful than the Kingpin Wilson Fisk and Dr. Doom, which is why it’s shocking that, based on recent events, it may seem like the two were about to team up.

Wilson Fisk was just recently a part of a large Marvel crossover series with Devil’s Reign. As the mayor of New York, Wilson took drastic measures by outlawing vigilantism and seeking to take down New York’s heroes. This led Kingpin to hunt various superheroes such as The Avengers. Eventually, he was ousted from the position by Matt Murdock, Elektra, and others. Luke Cage took his place as mayor and Wilson fled the country to avoid prosecution for the crimes he committed while in office. But Matt Murdock wasn’t stopping there. He wanted the Kingpin to be held accountable for what he did.

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In Devil’s Reign Omega, which was written by Chip Zdarsky and illustrated by Rafael De Latorre, Murdock turns to the Fantastic Four’s Reed Richards for help. Reed tracks Fisk to Lisbon and then to Zagreb before the trail goes dark. Reed suspects that this means Kingpin is hiding in none other than Doctor Doom’s home country, Latveria. He comes to this assumption because neither magicians nor telepaths are able to track Fisk, and Dr. Doom would be able to shield his country and those within its borders from both of them. While it is possible that Kingpin has outsmarted Reed Richards and that he isn’t in Latveria, the comic is clearly setting up a partnership between Kingpin and Doctor Doom.

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Because Doom is such a strict tyrant and dictator, there is no way anybody would be able to gain entry into his country without his knowledge. Therefore, Fisk most likely appealed to Dr. Doom, seeking asylum and refuge from Earth’s heroes. Doom might be callous and cold-hearted, but he is also a tactical strategist. He wouldn’t let the Kingpin into his country out of the kindness of his heart. He would have an ulterior motive or agenda. In short, he would need some reason to keep Kingpin safe. Together they are two of Marvel’s most successful villains ever, meaning their shared resources could be almost unbeatable.

Right now there is not much to go on what that reason is, but fans can certainly speculate as to what it would mean. Dr. Doom is notorious for seeking world domination, as he had during the crossover event Secret War. Kingpin’s aspirations are more grounded and focused on street-level crime. Together, with these two different approaches, the duo can be a formidable force when working as one. Of course, they both have enormous egos that might clash with one another. But if Dr. Doom and Kingpin are ever able to coincide, then Marvel’s heroes will be in big, big trouble.

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Devil’s Reign Omega #1 is available now from Marvel Comics!

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Frank Martin is a comic writer and author who is not as crazy as his work makes him out to be. He’s written the one-shot comics Macabre Motel and Grimm Space as well as the 2-part stories Polar Paradox, Pipe Creepers, and The Last Homicide. Frank’s novels include the YA sci-fi thriller Predestiny published by Crossroads Press, the lake monster tale Oscawana published by Severed Press, among others. His work on Screen Rant primarily focuses on comics. Frank currently lives in New York with his wife and three kids.

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