The Kingpin is an all-time great Marvel villain, originating as a Silver Age Spider-Man villain and transitioning easily with the times into a darker Daredevil archnemesis.
Below you’ll find a complete guide to Kingpin comics in the Marvel Universe, from his origins, solo series, and recent appearances in Marvel Comics.
Related Reading Orders:
Kingpin Origins in Spider-Man
Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Spider-Man No More
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Collects: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #39-52 And Annual #3-4
The Kingpin’s first appearance and story arc occurs in the pages of the classic Amazing Spider-Man #50 to #52
Amazing Spider-Man Masterworks Vol. 6
Collects: Amazing Spider-Man #51-61, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #4
Kingpin starring in issues #59 to #61
Amazing Spider-Man Masterworks Vol. 8
Collects: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #68-77, Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #14
AMS #68 to #70
Amazing Spider-Man Masterworks Vol. 9
Collects: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #78-87
AMS #83 to #85
Collects: Kingpin (2003 To 2004) #1 To #7
Miniseries looking at the Kingpin’s origins, with art by Sean Phillips.
Collects: Captain America #146 To #148
The Kingpin made to look the fool!
Collects: Amazing Spider-Man #163 To #164
The Kingpin is back, Webhead!
Collects: Amazing Spider-Man #195 To #197
Kingpin in Frank Miller’s Daredevil
Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Vol. 1
Collects: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #27-28, And Daredevil #158-161 And #163-172
Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Vol. 2
Collects: Daredevil #173-184
Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Vol. 3
Collects: Daredevil (1964) #185-191, #219; Daredevil: Love & War, And What If? #28
With the incredible rendition of Kingpin by artist Bill Sienkiewicz in the graphic novel “Daredevil: Love & War”
Spider-Man: Origin of the Hobgoblin
Collects: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #238-239, #244-245 & #249-251 And Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #43, #47-48 And #85
Peter Parker, Spectacular Spider-Man
Collects: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #96 to #100
Collects: Daredevil #226-233
Daredevil Epic Collection: A Touch of Typhoid
Collects: Daerdevil #253 To #270
Kingpin in the 90’s
Collects: Acts of Vengeance reading order
Punisher Epic Collection: Kingpin Rules
Collects: Vol. 3 Punisher (1987) 11-25, Annual 1-2
Daredevil: The Fall of the Kingpin
Collects: Daredevil (Vol. 1) #297-300
Punisher
Collects: Punisher #62 To #70
Wolverine/Punisher: Damaging Evidence
Collects: Wolverine And The Punisher: Damaging Evidence #1 To #3
Daredevil: The Man Without Fear
Collects: Daredevil: The Man Without Fear #1 To #4
The Frank Miller and John Romita Jr miniseries that reimagined Daredevil’s origins (with a hearty side of Kingpin)
Kingpin in the 2000’s (Bendis & Brubaker Daredevil)
Daredevil by Bendis and Maleev Ultimate Collection Vol. 1
Collects: Daredevil #16-19 & #26-40
Daredevil by Bendis and Maleev Ultimate Collection Vol. 2
Collects: Daredevil #41-50 & #56-65
Daredevil by Bendis and Maleev Ultimate Collection Vol. 3
Collects: Daredevil (1998) #66-81
Daredevil By Ed Brubaker & Michael Lark Ultimate Collection – Book 1
Collects: Daredevil (1998) 82-93
Daredevil by Ed Brubaker & Michael Lark Ultimate Collection – Book 2
Collects: Daredevil 94-105
Amazing Spider-Man: Back in Black
Collects: Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #539-543, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2005) #17-23 And Annual #1
Daredevil by Ed Brubaker & Michael Lark Ultimate Collection Book 3
Collects: Daredevil (1998) #106-119 And #500
Collects: Daredevil #501 To #505
Collects: Shadowland #1 To #5
Kingpin Rehabilitated
Collects: Punishermax #1-5
Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business
Collects: Ogn
Graphic Novel by Mark Waid, James Robinson, and Gabrielle Del Otto
Collects: Civil War Ii: Kingpin #1-4
Collects: Kingpin (2017) #1-5
Collects: Daredevil #595 to #600
Daredevil – Back in Black, Vol. 7: Mayor Murdock
Collects: Daredevil 601-605
Daredevil Back in Black, Vol. 8: Death of Daredevil
Collects: Daredevil 606-611
Latest Additions:
Doctor Strange by Hopeless & Henrichon Vol. 5: Secret Empire
Collects: Doctor Strange (2015) #21 to #26
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Defenders by Bendis and Marquez Vol. 2: Kingpins of New York
Collects: Defenders #6 to #11
Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1: Into the Twilight
Collects: Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man (2017) #1 to #6, material from FCBD 2017 (Secret Empire) #1
Wolverine: Old Man Logan Vol. 8: To Kill For
Collects: Old Man Logan (2016) #36 to #40
War of the Realms: War Scrolls #3
Check out CBH’s full War of the Realms Reading Order!
The Punisher by Matthew Rosenberg Vol. 3: Street by Street, Block by Block
Collects: The Punisher (2018) #12 to #16
Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky Vol. 2: No Devils, Only God
Collects: Daredevil (2019) #6 to #10
Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky Vol. 3: Through Hell
Collects: Daredevil (2019) #11 to #15
Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky Vol. 4: End of Hell
Collects: Daredevil (2019) #16 to #20
Spider-Woman by Pacheco and Perez Vol. 4: Devil’s Reign
Collects: Spider-Woman (2020) #17 to #21
Collects: Devil’s Reign (2021) #1 to #6, Devil’s Reign: Omega (2022) #1
Check out CBH’s full Devil’s Reign Reading Order!
The Amazing Spider-Man by Spencer and Bagley Vol. 12: Shattered Web
Collects: Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #56 to #60
The Amazing Spider-Man by Spencer and Bagley Vol. 13: King’s Ransom
Collects: Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #61 to #65, Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man: King’s Ransom (2021) #1
Spider-Punk by Ziglar and Mason
Collects: Spider-Punk #1 to #5
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Dave, thanks as always, this is an informative read. One question that I do have is around the Mayor Fisk arc of Kingpin's "career". So, apart from the core Daredevil #595 to #600 issues, there appear to be the following tie-ins:
Old Man Logan #36-38
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #32-36
Do these issues have a place in the Daredevil reading order i.e. should they be intermingled? Or, on the other hand, should they be treated as tie-ins to be read as separate non-continuity stories in their own right?
I'll approach it as the latter but I'd be interested to hear your (or others') opinions on the matter.
Again, thanks for all the effort (from a guy who is plunging back into comics after a long hiatus)