You don't know about nothin'! You gotta take risks. You want something out of life, you gotta put yourself out there. 
- —Bill Fisk[src]
History
Bill Fisk was the alcoholic and abusive father of Wilson Fisk. Bill was a highly ambitious man, albeit indebted, using money mostly in an attempt to win the elections for 3rd council district, believing it could change his life for the better. Bill heavily abused Wilson primarily verbally and emotionally, wanting him to make something of himself, incentivizing drinking, and forcing Wilson to partake in an assault on a neighbor who had insulted both of them. Wilson had the most emotional support from his mother, something Bill disapproved of.
Unfortunately despite his efforts, Bill failed to win the election, which demoralized him greatly and amplified his already bitter and abusive nature tenfold. One night, as Bill was going to meet the man to whom he owed money, Mr. Rigoletto, he forced Wilson to stare at a blank wall in their house until he returned, to think of the man he wanted to be. Before leaving, Marlene scolded Bill for their monetary problems he brought home. Bill reacted by punching Marlene, and proceeded to whip her with his belt repeatedly. Listening to his father's abuse towards his mother while being forced to stare at the wall pushed the child to the breaking point. Wilson, grabbed a hammer from a table and tried to confront his father, begging him to stop. Bill responded by taunting Wilson, who seemingly lost the will to stand up for a moment. Almost as soon as Bill turned his back, his son struck the rear of his skull, incapacitating him. Wilson then proceeded to slam Bill's skull with the hammer repeatedly until he was dead.
Once Marlene recovered from Bill's aggression, she decided to dispose of her husband's corpse. Using a saw, she cut him to pieces. Over the next week, Wilson and Marlene carried bags with the remains down to the river. As people in the neighbor knew Bill owed money to Rigoletto, they believed he had left town to avoid paying his debt. After his father's death, Wilson kept Bill's cufflinks.
Years into the future, when Wilson had become a criminal mastermind who used his nefarious methods to control the city, so he could help it his way, he used his father's cufflinks with every single one of his suits to remind himself the cruelty of his actions wasn't for the sake of cruelty, and that he wasn't a monster like his father was.[1]Notes
- Domenick Lombardozzi portrays Bill Fisk in Marvel's Daredevil.
See Also
- 1 appearance(s) of William Fisk (Earth-199999)
- 9 mention(s) of William Fisk (Earth-199999)
- 2 image(s) of William Fisk (Earth-199999)
- 2 quotation(s) by or about William Fisk (Earth-199999)