Kingpin Vol. 2

Kingpin is a standalone Marvel Comics series centered on Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin, Daredevil's arch-enemy and the king of crime in New York. Written by Matthew Rosenberg in 2017, it focuses on the Kingpin's business dealings and ambitions, bringing the "villain as protagonist" approach to the fore. In this series, the Kingpin is no longer merely the vast shadow in Daredevil stories but is placed at the center of the narrative: how he manages his dual legal and illegal identities, how he maneuvers between the media and politics and business, and how he uses those around him to achieve his aims are all core to the story. According to Marvel's official issue summaries for the series, the story also involves a biographer he funds; she writes his biography and gradually realizes she can no longer extricate herself from the partnership, while the Kingpin uses the biography to rebuild his reputation, with his true intentions saved for the end. This is Volume 2 of the series; the specific issues and plot collected here could not be verified for this entry, so nothing is invented on the author's behalf. It is best read as a standalone side story "starring the Kingpin and entangled with the world of Matt Murdock/Daredevil," with a tone close to the dark, realistic Daredevil series' focus on street power and urban corruption.