Marvel’s X-Men have a new villain who breaks immigration laws: Kingpin

As a super villain, Wilson Fisk – aka Kingpin – knows no loyalty, even to his enemies. Despite being created from the pages of a Spider-Man comic, he also has no qualms about threatening Daredevil or the Punisher or Luke Cage or just about any street superhero in Marvel’s New York City. But in the past week, he’s taken his gaze much further afield by seeking asylum on Krakoa, the paradise island that only exists for mutants.

If you’re confused, there’s a good reason: the Kingpin isn’t and never was a mutant in Marvel continuity. So where does he get from claiming Krakoan citizenship and all the benefits that come with it? It’s easy:

He is married to a mutant.

What else is happening on the pages of our favorite comics? We’ll tell you. Welcome to Monday Funnies, Polygon’s weekly list of books our comics editor has enjoyed over the past few weeks. It’s part society pages about the lives of superheroes, part recommended reading, and part look at this cool art. There may be some spoilers. There may not be enough context. But there will be great comics. (And if you missed the last issue, read this.)

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Image: Gerry Duggan, Stefano Caselli/Marvel Comics

Wilson and fellow Daredevil, Typhoid Mary, tied the knot in 2021 daredevil #36, a few months before they literally sailed into the sunset at the end of the year reign of the devil Case. And while it was never the most defining detail of her character, Mary’s are psychic powers Do come from their mutated gene.

I can only imagine how long X-Men writer Gerry Duggan has been waiting to pull that Chekhov’s gun off the wall — probably since at least Devil’s Reign: X-Men Tie-in series in which he penned a secret and testy encounter between Emma Frost and Wilson Fisk in the past.

What does all this mean for Marvel’s Merry Mutants? Does this mean Fisk gains access to Krakoan’s resurrection? Hard to say when the whole thing is a last-page reveal, but we’ll likely find out in the next issue.

We all know Batman likes to disappear while people are talking to him, especially when it’s (former) Police Commissioner James Gordon. It’s a popular character beat – which unfortunately means it’s also completely old hat and expected.

So I would like to commend Ram V and Stefano Raffaele (at least I do think it is Raffaele on this side; Dexter Soy and Miguel Mendonça are also credited for performing this melancholy variation on the old tune.

Image: Zeb Wells, John Romita Jr./Marvel Comics

Amazing Spider-Man #21 promised that we would finally find answers to the mystery set in Amazing Spider-Man #1: What did Peter Parker do six months ago that made him an outcast among all his friends and even Mary Jane? Well…we still don’t know, except that it has something to do with Benjamin Rabin, a white man who tried to summon a made-up Mayan god and supervillain Amazing Spider-Man Writer Zeb Wells introduced in… 2008.

I am exhausted. “Do you remember ASM #555-557?” NO!! I don’t!! Because when it came out I was still in college!

It’s early days to judge the story of Joshua Williams’ new Superman, but it begins with strong bones. A sneaky Lex Luthor, a sprawling superfamily, and of course the superstar talent of Jamal Campbell, who has been arguing for inclusion in a Superman book since the very first home page of his first DC title. Naomi.

A two-page portrait of Superman from birth to heroism is a huge hit, and Campbell pulls it off with grace.