“ | You think I do this for money?! I've been gettin' paid for high-end jobs since... forever. Have you ever seen me spend any of it? Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if I have more money than you, at this point. No, Norman...I stopped doing this for money a long time ago. I do it because it's fun. | „ |
~ Bullseye telling Norman Osborn why he kills people. |
“ | You know, it's too bad I killed my mother in high school... She would have loved this. Joking. She wouldn't a' cared. | „ |
~ Bullseye |
“ | Did you expect a tear-filled apology? Do you have no idea who I am? What I do? Asking me to feel bad about killing someone is like asking you to feel bad for breathing. | „ |
~ Bullseye to Agent Joy Jones. |
Bullseye is a major enemy of both Elektra and Daredevil and an antagonist in Marvel Comics, serving as the secondary antagonist of the Daredevil franchise. He is a psychopathic assassin who is able to use almost any object as a lethal weapon.
He is also the titular protagonist villain of the miniseries Bullseye: Greatest Hits.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- Overall, Bullseye is a murderous and psychopathic hitman with no redeeming qualities and easily the worst out of Daredevil's rogue's gallery. Furthermore, his backstory is unclear, unverified, ambiguous and at times just completely made up since he gives a different one every time (like Joker) and he doesn't even spend the money he earns for his incalculable assassinations because he just likes to kill for fun. His claim of having more money than Norman Osborn also heavily implies that his kill count is remarkably high.
- In his debut comic, he:
- Kills a random man who was unable to pay him $100,000. He later threatens an elderly couple in another attempt to get the same amount of money, and then nearly kills them both for calling the cops.
- Uses thousands of people in a circus as bargaining chips to fight Daredevil, before leaving said fight anyway by using the people as distractions. Specifically, he fires a cannon with a man inside and then turns a water tank into steam for the crowd to panic and nearly trample themselves.
- He goes on a brief killing spree while under the influence of a brain tumor, hallucinating everybody as Daredevil. Although he was declared insane because of said tumor, it's made clear that this doesn't excuse his actions, especially since the tumor was later removed and he just kept on killing anyway.
- Personally, admitting to Norman Osborn that he doesn't even kills for money anymore, but rather because it's "fun", demonstrating how much he loves killing.
- He brutally fights and murders Elektra Natchios, slitting her throat with a playing card before stabbing her in the heart with her own sai. His goal? Hurting Daredevil, while also getting into Kingpin's good graces again. Worse still, this was after Daredevil saved him from getting run over by a train, making Bullseye an ingrate on top of everything else.
- While ambiguous, it's at least possible that he was the true indirect influence of Chuckie Jurgens bringing a gun to school to shoot a bully, as he would always watch a tape of him and Daredevil fighting on TV.
- He kills Karen Page, throwing one of Daredevil's Billy clubs into her heart before his very eyes. Furthermore, while this kill was accidental since he clearly meant to hit Daredevil instead and Karen just took the hit for him, Bullseye shows no remorse for it and is only mad that he missed his target for once.
- In this specific story, he also massacres six nuns and five indigents in a church while kidnapping a baby girl for Mysterio.
- While disguised as Hawkeye working for Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers, Bullseye uses the opportunity to go out of his way and slaughter innocents for kicks. Examples are:
- Strangling Sentry's wife, Lindy, to death and then lying that she committed suicide by jumping into the ocean. Worse still, this kill plays a direct part in Sentry losing control of the Void and thus partaking in a disastrous war on Asgard in Siege.
- Disabling a Hulkbuster robot after killing its pilot, which then falls backwards and crushes 36 people. And Bullseye's reaction to this? Nothing but a sarcastic "oops".
- Shooting two out of three thugs who attack a random woman, only to then kill the woman himself anyway. He then pins the last thug to a van while driving it off a roof, thus crash-landing on two driving police cars. When a news crew spots Bullseye doing this from their helicopter, he blows it up and kills them too.
- Blowing up an apartment building with 107 people, including children.
- After being killed by Daredevil but later revived by the Hand, Bullseye masterminds a plot to slowly drive Matt Murdock insane by sending Ikari and various other supervillains to terrorize/threaten both him and his loved ones.
- In his titular spin-off comic, he kills an intersection of people with nothing but paper clips. He also deliberately starts a turf war by killing Fabian Losani's father as payback for shooting him previously.
Trivia[]
- He is, alongside his film incarnation, one of the two versions of Bullseye to be Pure Evil. His MCU incarnation however is a far less evil version and more of a tragic figure given his concrete backstory and his genuine love and care for Julie Barnes, a therapist who worked with him at a suicide hotline but is still nearly if not just as a heinous as his comic counterpart.
- Bullseye is sometimes shown being vitriolic best friends with Deadpool, sharing stories with each other and Bullseye even shows up to his funeral one time to pay respects. However, the Deadpool comics in general are inconsistent with Bullseye's usual portrayal as a wanton homicidal sadist without empathy, so he still qualifies as Pure Evil.
External Links[]
- Bullseye on the Villains Wiki
- Bullseye on the Marvel Wiki
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