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monition : Contains pillager forJoe Fixit # 2!As one of Marvel Comics ' most knock-down grapheme , there are few enemy that can afford to cross theHulk . With unparalleled long suit and a notoriously unstoppable pique , the Jade Giant seldom get along across an foe he ca n’t smash . But unlike the Hulk , one notorious Marvel villain fans will recognize from the MCU understands that strong suit is n’t everything .
Of the Hulk ’s multiple personas , his grizzly Joe Fixit persona is the most scheming , with a cunning edge that ’s almost as dangerous as his strength . But his problematic guy routine does n’t mean much to the one and only Kingpin of Crime . When they come side - to - face in the pages ofJoe Fixit # 2- by Peter David and Yildiray Çinar -Kingpin comes out on topusing his own greatest strength : his resource .
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Kingpin Doesn’t Fear Hulks
Joe Fixit # 2finds the titular Hulk in Las Vegas , working on behalf of Kingpin ’s rival , Michael Berengetti . attempt to pay Fixit off and steal him away from Berengetti ’s employ , Kingpin offer to reduplicate the Hulk ’s wage . When Fixit pass up , Kingpin bring his most grievous tool to bear and unleashes a chemical factor that provide him to mind command the Hulk into demolish the gambling casino and killing his gaffer . AlthoughSpider - Man finagle to interferein the Hulk ’s rampage , Kingpin ’s subtle attempt is still for the most part in force and proves just how dangerousanyonecan be in the Marvel Universe .
The Hulk is a being of limitless strength , and even at his weakest , he could squeeze Kingpin with one hand . Kingpin is staggeringly impregnable for a human , but he ’s nowhere near the strength class ofanyHulk . However , in a universe made up of trick , mad science , and alien engineering , he does n’t have to be . Kingpin ’s greatest strength is using the correct artillery against the good enemy . Confronted by someone too strong to fight directly , he pivots to destabilizing them and turn them against their own employer . From destroying Daredevil ’s spirit multiple times tohumiliating Iron Man during the superhero Civil War , the Kingpin is used to going up against opponent who could beat him easily in a fair conflict , but still find a way to conquer them - include the Hulk himself .
Hulk Can’t Simply Smash the Kingpin
The Kingpin is one of the most calculating scoundrel in the Marvel Universe , and his longstanding rivalries with more powerful characters like the Hulk and Spider - Man reenforce the classic comic book notion that power is relative . On paper , someone like theHulk should be invincible , and yet here the Kingpin manages to subject Joe Fixit to his will with little more than paying the right scientist to prepare the right intermixture . In this face-off , it ’s not about who ’s more potent , but rather who ’s more disposed , and that will always be the Kingpin .
Played with subtle menace by Vincent D’Onofrio in the MCU , theKingpin operates a fly high criminal empirein a city abound with superheroes . While he ’ll never be the strongest around , he ’s a vast threat , and one who just proved he can effortlessly puzzle the Hulk . On a good day , the Hulk is nearly unstoppable , but meeting the Kingpin is never a good day . While he ordinarily wants short more than to be allow for to his own devices , everyone knows Bruce Banner ’s alter ego is n’t afraid to get his hands dirty . And now that his Joe Fixit image is under the thrall of Marvel Comics ' Kingpin , there ’s a potent chance that theHulk ’s hands will before long be dirtier than ever .
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Joe Fixit # 2is available now from Marvel Comics .
