Jigsaw (Marvel)
Jigsaw is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
William Russo
After the execution-style killing of Frank Castle's family at the hands of the Costas, Russo was hired by the latter to assassinate Maurice Howles, another hitman who had earlier failed to kill Frank Castle, Michael McTeer, a freelance reporter who was helping Castle fight the Costas, and Castle himself. Russo killed all of his targets but Castle, who narrowly avoided death in an explosion. Hours later, Castle, now turned into the Punisher, tracked down Russo to one of the Costas' nightclubs: Salvagno's. Several criminals were killed, and Russo was thrown through a glass pane head-first. (Punisher Year One v1 #4)
Billy had been lying low due to Spider-Man, which began to annoy his men. Under their pressure, he agreed to plan a heist. They attacked a boat and demanded that everyone turn over their possessions. Unlucky for them Peter Parker was on the boat and had time to slip away to become Spider-Man and defeated the crooks, but Jigsaw managed to take Liz Allen and Harry Osborn hostage. Not wishing his friends to be killed by Jigsaw, Spider-Man let them leave, but not before he could tag Harry with a Spider-Tracer. Spider-Man went on the hunt for Jigsaw, putting the crook into a state of fear during his pursuit. When Jigsaw finally got a bead on Spider-Man with his gun, Spider-Man called his bluff and the criminal found that he could not bring himself to shoot Spider-Man, and he was easily tied up for the police. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #188)
Billy was behind a plan to drug the Punisher, causing his enemy to behave erratically and attack any criminals, even for things as minor as littering. (Punisher v1 #1)
Billy was hired by the Hood to take advantage of the split in the superhero community caused by the Superhuman Registration Act. (New Avengers v1 #35)
A recovered Jigsaw was one of the criminals that the Kingpin had assembled to help him rebuild his New York empire. (Civil War II: Kingpin v1 #1)
After the Secret Empire incident, the Punisher was captured by Nick Fury and handed over to Baron Zemo, who was eager to exact punishment on the vigilante for targeting Hydra. Jigsaw accompanied Zemo by this point and was at Bagalia were he acted as one of the Baron's operatives. Zemo's plans were to publicly execute Frank Castle in Bagalia fell apart when the Punisher escaped leading to Jigsaw being sent to re-capture him. Commanding Zemo's Hydra agents, Jigsaw ultimately kills Sister Mercy who was a nun Frank befriended in Bagalia's prison. (Punisher v12 #10)
Overview
Personality and attributes
After his face was scarred, he came to take the name Jigsaw for himself. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #161)
He became fixated on getting revenge against the Punisher. Despite his hatred, he still feared Castle and would run to prevent Punisher from getting his hands on him again. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #161)
Powers and abilities
After surviving the Punishers attack, Jigsaw came to train himself for months in order to be more than a match for the vigilante. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #161)
In some cases, he made use of a special exo-skeleton that gave him the strength to fight certain superpowered foes. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #161)
Notes
- Jigsaw was created by Len Wein and Ross Andru where he made his first appearance in the Amazing Spider-Man v1 #161 (October, 1976).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In The Punisher, Billy Russo appeared in the live-action television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where he was portrayed by actor Ben Barnes.
Films
- In Punisher: War Zone, Jigsaw appeared in the setting of the 2008 live-action reboot film where he was portrayed by actor Dominic West.
Video games
- In The Punisher, Jigsaw appeared in the setting of the 2004 film tie-in video game where he was voiced by actor Darryl Kurylo.
- In Marvel: War of Heroes, Jigsaw appeared as a playable card in the video game.
Toys
Appearances
- Amazing Spider-Man v1: (1976)
- Punisher v1:
- Moon Knight v1:
- New Avengers v1:
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