Richard Fisk
Richard Fisk is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Richard Fisk was a male human who was born the son of Wilson Fisk and his wife Vanessa Fisk. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #85)
When Vanessa Fisk was pregnant with Richard, she pressed a needle against her stomach and considered ending her pregnancy rather than bring a baby into a world of violence. (Daredevil v2 #31)
Wilson Fisk watched his wife nurse their newborn son. Later, when she saw Wilson murder a man, she considered leaving him, but ended up staying. (Daredevil v2 #116)
As a child, Richard sometimes played with Sammy Silke, the son of another crime family. (Daredevil v2 #27) Young Richard and young Sammy saw their fathers violently killing a man, and they realized their fathers were criminals. Fisk regularly beat Richard as Vanessa begged him to stop. (Daredevil v2 #30)
Vanessa pressured Wilson to send Richard to private schools for his education, as she sought to protect him from his father's influence. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #86)
After finishing college, Richard told his father he wanted to stay in Europe, then he lost contact with his family for a time. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #83) In college, Richard befriended Alfredo Morelli, a man who would be at his side in the years to come. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #287) As a student in the Alps, Richard worked to be the best he could, studying hard and exercising regularly, trying to be as successful as his dad and bragging about his father constantly. When news that Wilson Fisk was the Kingpin of crime hit the papers, Richard was teased by the other students, and Richard rode despondently away on a ski lift, disappearing. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #85) Richard was believed dead in an accident, and authorities found a note he had left for his father. Kingpin got this news but kept it a secret from Vanessa for months. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #83) Richard used his family fortune to craft a costumed identity for himself, as well as weaponry, including a trick costume and a weaponized car. He put together a plot to go to New York and, with his men, overthrow the Kingpin. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #85)
The Rose
Resurrection
Fisk later came to seek amends with his deceased wife but felt that she would reject any efforts by him in resurrecting her. Thus, he decided to use his efforts to bring back his son where he used the Lifeline Tablet and the Tablet of Death and Entropy to bring back Richard Fisk. (Amazing Spider-Man v5 #65) He then welcomed the Rose back to the land of the living during a time when Wilson Fisk was the Mayor of New York City. (Amazing Spider-Man v5 #66)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He later came to adopt the name of the Rose when he operated as an up and coming crime boss. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #286)
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Richard Fisk was created by Stan Lee and John Romita, Sr. where he made his first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man v1 #83 (April, 1970).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Richard Fisk appeared in the 1990s animated series in the two part episode "Framed" and "The Man Without Fear" where he was voiced by actor Nick Jameson. He was shown as the loyal son of the Kingpin Wilson Fisk and managed a front company called Fisktronics. In the episodes "Framed" and "The Man Without Fear", Wilson hires Peter Parker to work under Richard, who subsequently frames the latter for selling government secrets with the Chameleon's help. Parker as Spider-Man joins forces with Daredevil to successfully clear his name, resulting in Richard being arrested. In "Guilty", Richard works with Tombstone to frame Robbie Robertson and escape prison, but Spider-Man and J. Jonah Jameson prove Robertson's innocence while the web-slinger thwarts Richard and Tombstone's escape attempt. In a flashback depicted in "The Prowler", Hobie Brown saved Richard's life, leading to Wilson arranging for the former to be released from prison and hiring him as an enforcer.
Films
- In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Richard Fisk appeared in the setting of the 2018 animated film. He was the young son of Wilson Fisk and Vanessa Fisk with him being unaware of his fathers double life as the criminal Kingpin.
Appearances
- Amazing Spider-Man v1: (1970)
- Amazing Spider-Man v5: (2021)
- Amazing Spider-Man v6:
- Devil's Reign: Spider-Man v1:
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