Bullseye (Marvel Comics)

"Bullseye (character)" redirects here. For the animated character in Toy Story, seeList of Toy Story characters § Bullseye.For the dog from Oliver Twist, seeBill Sikes.

Bullseyeis asupervillainappearing inAmerican comic bookspublished byMarvel Comics.The character was created byMarv WolfmanandJohn Romita Sr.Depicted as apsychopathicassassin, Bullseye uses the opportunities afforded by his line of work to exercise his homicidal tendencies and to work out his own personal vendetta againstDaredevil.He is also an enemy of thePunisher.Although he possesses nosuperpowers,Bullseye is able to use almost any object as a lethal projectile, be it weapons likeshurikenandsaior seemingly harmless objects like playing cards and pencils. Hismarksmanshipis uncanny, at a nearly supernatural level.

Bullseye
Bullseye on the variant cover ofBullseye#1 (Sept. 2017). Art by Marco Checchetto.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	As Bullseye: Daredevil#131 (March 1976) As Daredevil: Daredevil#285 (October 1990) As Hawkeye: Dark Avengers#1 (March 2009)
Created by	Marv Wolfman(writer) Bob Brown(artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Lester (last name unknown)
Team affiliations	Thunderbolts Dark Avengers
Notable aliases	Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter, Leonard,Daredevil,Hawkeye
Abilities	Master marksman Expert martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant Peak human physical and mental condition Use of edged/throwing weapons and conventional firearms Spinal column and various other bones laced withadamantium Innate ability to turn any object he can throw into a deadly weapon

Bullseye has been adapted into various forms of media relating to Daredevil, such as the latter'sself-titled filmin which he was portrayed byColin Farrell,and thethird seasonof theMarvel Cinematic Universe(MCU)self-titled television seriesportrayed byWilson Bethelunder the nameBenjamin"Dex"Poindexterthat was previously used by theUltimate Marvelincarnation of the character which would later be integrated into the mainstream comics.

Publication history

The character's first appearance is inDaredevil#131 (March 1976).Although created by writerMarv Wolfmanand artistJohn Romita Sr.,the book features art byBob BrownandKlaus Janson.

Bullseye's real name and origins are unknown. He has used the name "Benjamin Poindexter" on several occasions, first mentioned onDaredevil#159 (1979) where he goes by the name "Mr. Poindexter" which he later claimed that it is "just one of the many names he used" (Daredevil#181, 1982).However, there are also instances where his name is given as “Lester". The miniseriesBullseye: Greatest Hits(2004) developed the character'sbackstory,but also revealed that some or all of it has been fabricated, probably by Bullseye himself. In this series, Bullseye's name was Leonard and had a brother named Nate (whose real name was later revealed as Lester by Leonard).

Following "Civil War",Warren Ellistook over writingThunderboltsand Bullseye became one of the core members of the new team line-up.

In theSecret Invasionaftermath storylineDark Reign,Bullseye becomes a member of theDark Avengersunder the aliasHawkeyeand features in a five-issue limited seriesDark Reign: Hawkeye,written byAndy Diggle,with art byTom Raney.As a member of the Dark Avengers, he has a major role in the crossoverDark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men:Utopia,written byMatt Fraction.He appeared as a regular character inDark Avengers#1-16 (March 2009-June 2010).

Bullseye is killed by Daredevil inShadowland#1, but is later confirmed alive inDaredevilvol. 3 #26.

Fictional character biography

Early life and backstory

Bullseye was raised inThe Bronx,New York City, New York, residing with his brother and their abusive father. His brother's main form of recreation was playing withrifles,leading him to become an expert shot. When he was 10 years old, his brother started a fire in their home in an unsuccessful attempt to kill their father. Shortly thereafter, Bullseye was placed in a foster home, and became abaseballplayer inhigh school.He was an extremely talented pitcher, and was offered a collegeathletic scholarship,but he opted to enter the minor leagues. After three games, he was called up to play a sold-out Major League game. He had surrendered no hits the entire game, and in the bottom of the ninth with two outs, he became bored and requested the coach pull him from the game. The coach refused and insisted that he finish the game. The opposing team's batter mocked him, accusing him of cowardice. Bullseye threw the ball at his head, killing him. As the ball struck, he said only one word: "Bullseye". He was barred from professional baseball and convicted ofmanslaughter.

This is aretconof a previous origin story, which depicts Bullseye growing up as a below average student in atrailer parkwith an alcoholic, physically abusivefather.In this version of events, Bullseye fakes his father's suicide using a handgun set off by a toy arrow.It is unclear how many elements of this version are actually true.

Bullseye's cold demeanor and unique skills subsequently led to recruitment by theNational Security Agencyas an assassin. He was soon assigned to trainContrasinNicaragua.By the time he arrived, however, he claimed to have already been planning to leave the NSA. He had planned on robbing the Contras and fleeing, but he discovered they were desperately poor. Bullseye made the best of the situation: within seven hours of being informed of their poverty, he had led the Contras in seizing a landing strip thatColombiancocainesmugglers were using as a staging area before transporting the drugs to the US. Without use of the airfield, the smugglers were unable to send new shipments. Bullseye set up his hapless Nicaraguan translator Paolo as the leader of the new force controlling the airfield, and let the word spread around; however, Paolo was nothing but apatsy.Bullseye planned to invite severalorganized crimeheads to the airfield to broker a new deal with him as Paolo's supposedright-hand man.He would take their money and disappear, presumably leaving Paolo to suffer the wrath of theMafia,Russian mafia,yakuza,and various other criminal elements. However, before the deal could be finalized, thePunisher(Frank Castle) arrived.

Castle killed all the organized crime leaders in a fiery explosion from which Bullseye barely escaped. The two engaged in a fierce battle in which Bullseye was able to wound the Punisher and evade or disable several of his weapons. Bullseye then used some blood-reddened mud to paint a bull's-eye on his forehead, mocking Castle's inability to hit him. The fight concluded whenDrug Enforcement Administrationagents arrived, and the Punisher fled. Bullseye turned himself in to the D.E.A. agents and soon was assigned to infiltrate theKingpin's criminal empire. He obtained a costume, fled yet again, and became one of the most dangeroushitmenin the world.

All of the above information is given by Bullseye during a subsequent interrogation by US intelligence. Just prior to escaping from custody, Bullseye confesses he made up some or all of his story to amuse himself; for example, he claims that he was really the one who started the fire which burned down his childhood home. The whole capture was a plan by the assassin to gain access to the prison where his father is being held. Bullseye finally gets revenge on his father, leaving him to burn as the prison's security systems torch everything inside.

Costumed criminal career

Bullseye battles (and defeats)Daredevilat a circus to establish his reputation as anextortionist.Shortly after, Daredevil by chance overhears him in the midst of an extortion attempt and captures him.Bullseye is later hired by Maxwell Glenn to killMatt MurdockandFoggy Nelson,and Daredevil interferes. Although Bullseye wins again, Daredevil escapes death,and Bullseye's professional reputation is damaged as a result. Seeking to regain his credibility, he challenges Daredevil on live television, but is soundly defeated.

Smarting from this even harsher blow to his reputation, Bullseye hires Eric Slaughter's gang and kidnaps theBlack Widow(Natasha Romanoff) to bait Daredevil into a revenge bout.Daredevil defeats him again, and the despair of this repeated humiliation drives him to a mental breakdown.It is later revealed that this breakdown was in part caused by abrain tumor,which begins causingmigraines,paranoiaandhallucinationsthat everyone he meets is Daredevil.He escapes from prison, but is recaptured by Daredevil, and the tumor is successfully removed.The tumor's symptoms quickly disappear, and defense lawyers are able to have him freed on the argument that his criminal behavior was caused solely by the brain tumor. He is hired to assassinate the Kingpin, but meets with repeated failure.Inexplicably, this convinces the Kingpin to employ him as a chief assassin, but he is fired the same day he witnesses the Kingpin's humiliating defeat at Daredevil's hands.Bullseye's repeated failed attempts to regain this briefly-held position became arunning jokeof theDaredevilseries.

While in prison, he learns that the Kingpin has employedElektra(Daredevil's former lover) as a new chief assassin. After escaping prison, Bullseye attacks and impales Elektra on her ownsai.This fails to convince the Kingpin, who says he will only be rehired if Bullseye kills Daredevil.Bullseye attempts to ambush Daredevil, but their battle ends with his arch-foe dropping him from atop a telephone wire. The multi-story fall breaks Bullseye's back,paralyzinghim.

During Bullseye's extended hospital stay following the fall, Daredevil breaks into his hospital room and forces him to participate in a two-man variation onRussian roulette.The revolver used in the game is secretly unloaded, but Daredevil has Bullseye take the even-numbered turns so that he would feel sure that the last shot is going to kill him.Bullseye has repeatedly cited this incident as his greatest grudge against Daredevil.

Japanese scientistLord Dark Windliberates Bullseye and has him brought to Japan, lacing his bones withadamantiumand thus restoring his mobility. Lord Dark Wind did this so that Bullseye would work as an assassin in return, but in spite of this favor being done for him, Bullseye refuses to work for free.He instead makes another play to regain the position of the Kingpin's chief assassin once again if he kills Daredevil, knowing he would fail.Bullseye is imprisoned for several years.

Bullseye eventually escapes prison,and then battlesCaptain America.He battlesCrossbonesin an attempt to assassinate theRed Skullto regain his old position with the Kingpin.

After encountering the amnesiac Daredevil,he takes advantage of this by committing robberies while impersonating Daredevil in an attempt to destroy his nemesis's image.In one of his early heists, he is caught by his mark's disillusionedtrophy wife.He becomes enamored of the wife who pleads with him to be taken away by him, but he keeps the wife in his derelict hideout as his lover, attempting to flatter her by showering her with stolen money and jewelry. However, the woman realizes that he is mentally fragile and, frightened by one of his psychotic outbursts, leaves him.Gradually, Bullseye becomes so immersed in his Daredevil impersonation that he believes himself to truly be Daredevil, a confusion which the real hero takes advantage of to defeat him.

Bullseye later has another run-in with the Punisher when he is part of Frank's frame-up scheme that ends with Bullseye getting both of his hands shot and losing a finger to the Punisher's brutality. Bullseye encountersDeadpoolandGambitduring another long interval in which the character was seldom used.

Bullseye is hired by the villainMysterioto attack and confuse Daredevil. In the course of their battle, Bullseye killsKaren Page(Daredevil's long-time love interest) with one of Daredevil's own billy clubs.

Bullseye is recruited to steal theIdentity Disc,purported to be in possession ofAIMand have vital information on the world's superheroes, along with Deadpool,Sabretooth,Vulture,andJuggernaut.

Bullseye again offers to kill Daredevil for Kingpin, later entering Daredevil's apartment and attempting to killMilla Donovan(Daredevil's new girlfriend). Enraged and already near the breaking point, Daredevil attacks Bullseye and throws him out the window. During the fight, the hero reveals to Bullseye that he knows his real name Lester, his mother was aprostitute,and that he never knew his father.He mocks the assassin's new 'Bullseye' tattoo and carves a new one over it with a rock.

Bullseye seeks purported documents confirming Daredevil'ssecret identity.After a brutal fight with Daredevil and Elektra, Bullseye flees into open traffic where he is hit by a truck, sustaining severe injuries.

Thunderbolts

Main articles:Thunderbolts (comics)andSecret Invasion

Bullseye, along with many other villains, is recruited into the Thunderbolts byIron ManandMister Fantasticto hunt down anti-registration superheroes in theCivil Warstoryline.Afterwards, he is recruited byNorman Osborninto the reformed team led byMoonstone.He operates invisibly and is not seen by the public. He is used as a last resort and has a nano-chain fed into his system, so if he disobeys orders, he will receive an electrical shock.

Bullseye fightsAmerican Eagleafter having been deceived bySongbirdand told that his nano-chain is disabled. During the fight, he simultaneously receives an electrical shock from the nano-chain in his system on order of Moonstone and is attacked by American Eagle. American Eagle beats him severely, mocking him throughout for purposely avoiding fights with superpowered foes, and finally breaks Bullseye's neck. As a result of the damage sustained from both being attacked by a man with superhuman strength and being shocked by the nano-chain, Bullseye is paralyzed, is unable to speak, and has incurred severe brain injuries.Bullseye is later shown walking due to nanomechanical surgery, then goes on a killing spree using scalpels to "get some target practice in".Later, he joins the Thunderbolts in their efforts to assassinateMoon Knight.

Bullseye was with the Thunderbolts when they fought theSkrullsin Washington DC.He took advantage of the clone ofAndrea von Struckerbeing distracted by Moonstone to kill Andrea, and nearly killed Moonstone in the process.Bullseye travels along with the other Thunderbolts to Central Park and joins the final battle against the main Skrull force. Obtaining a missile launcher from the Zeus, he fires a rocket through the SkrullYellowjacket's right eye, thus disabling the Skrull from engaging with other heroes.Osborn orders Bullseye to kill Songbird, finally giving Bullseye the chance for revenge.Bullseye nearly succeeds, but is incapacitated by theSwordsmanhelping Songbird escape.

Dark Avengers

Main article:Dark Reign (comics)

As a reward for his role during the Skrull invasion, Bullseye is placed on theDark Avengersand given the costume and codename ofHawkeye.

On the Dark Avengers' first mission, he killsMorgana le Feyonly for the sorceress to return yet again with an army of demons.

When the Dark Avengers fight a rogueHulkbusterrobot, "Hawkeye" disables the robot after killing its pilot. When the robot falls and kills 36 civilians, Osborn reprimands Bullseye for his part in the deaths, to which Bullseye demands credit for his kills. "Hawkeye" then goes out and saves a woman from being attacked by three men. He kills the men, and the woman inadvertently infuriates him by referring to Osborn as "his Boss". After he kills the woman, he notices a news crew in a helicopter filming the action.He silences the news crew by blowing up the helicopter.

Bullseye is used to take out his old partner Deadpool. Deadpool eventually gains the upper hand and stabs Bullseye through the chest with a meat hook, who later wakes up in a hospital and goes after Deadpool again. Deadpool easily avoids Bullseye's attacks, then runs Bullseye down, stopping with one of the vehicle's tires on Bullseye's leg. Bullseye pays off Deadpool (under the pretense that Osborn told him to do so) to save himself.

Elektra stabs Bullseye with his own arrow.

Bullseye is later given the order by Osborn to eliminate Daredevil, who has been discovered leading theHand.Daredevil (who is going through the trials needed to join the Hand) and Bullseye clash. Bullseye booby-traps a building with 100 people in it. Daredevil continues to battle Bullseye unaware that the building is rigged and that Bullseye has the detonator. When the building explodes, Bullseye escapes and leaves Daredevil to his grief, mocking that if Daredevil had chosen to kill him the people in the building might have been saved.

Molecule Manturns Bullseye into a pool of water to subdue him; however, as a liquid he still tries to attack Molecule Man.He is restored bythe Sentry.He is also part of the team when they go to Manhattan to look for Noh-Varr. The Sentry finds him first but is distracted and leaves the battle later to find Noh-Varr gone.

Osborn later assigns Bullseye with the duty to kill Lindy Reynolds (Sentry's wife).He takes Lindy for a helicopter ride, and strangles and dumps Lindy's body in the ocean. When the Sentry questions him about Lindy's whereabouts, Bullseye claims Lindy committed suicide over the countryside by jumping out of the copter, and the Sentry flies off to find Lindy.

Shadowland

In the aftermath ofSiege,Bullseye is incarcerated and sent to the Raft. But in the process of being transferred there, he manages to kill his captors and escapes. He returns to Hell's Kitchen and arrives at Shadowland, Daredevil's fortress, and is confronted by Daredevil and a legion of Hand ninjas. Bullseye is unprepared for his enemy's newfound ruthlessness as Daredevil dislocates both his shoulders and then stabs him through the heart with his own sai, killing him in a similar way to how Bullseye had killed Elektra years before.Later, a group of Hells Bikers put together an unauthorized funeral service (asJ. Jonah Jamesonhad expressly forbade) for Bullseye;Ben Urichis dragged along, as well as Danny Deaver. Deaver continually sees visions of Bullseye; it is not clear whether or not it is Bullseye's spirit or simply part of Deaver's psychosis. Bullseye's funeral service is interrupted by Daredevil and the Hand which results in a massive brawl. Urich is nearly killed.Daredevil later exhumes Bullseye's corpse, intending to resurrect him as a soldier loyal to the Hand.The heroes interrupt the ceremony — Spider-Man explicitly noting that the only thing worse than killing Bullseye is the idea of bringing him back — preventing Bullseye's resurrection.

Return

Bullseye's body was later stolen by Lady Bullseye and The Hand from SHIELD custody, but a botched resurrection left him an invalid who had to rely on a life support system to survive. To get revenge, he is revealed to be the mastermind behind Klaw, Coyote, and Ikari's actions against Daredevil.He is later found by the hero who defeated Ikari and Lady Bullseye. The warehouse where they were is subsequently destroyed, and Bullseye is nearly drowned in radioactive waste, leaving him scarred and blind.

Bullseye would go on to have his body fully repaired by the Hand in an encounter with Elektra.

During the "Secret Wars"storyline, Bullseye is among the villains attending the Kingpin's viewing party of the incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610.

During the "Infinity Wars"storyline, Bullseye is among the villains that accompanyTurk Barrettto his meeting with theInfinity Watchat Central Park.

When Daredevil's protégé Blindspot was left blinded by the villain Muse, Matt Murdock put out a bounty on himself out of guilt, attracting the attention of Bullseye and several other supervillains. Daredevil beat Bullseye and then revealed that he had put the contract out in hopes of luring Bullseye, as Blindspot's condition reminded Daredevil of the murder of Karen Page.

Hired bythe Hood,Bullseye impersonatesRoninto commit crimes to ruin Hawkeye's reputation, however,Clint Bartonuses Bullseye's identity and defeats the psychotic killer.

After "The War of the Realms",Bullseye steals Dragonfang, a mystical sword of the deceasedValkyrie,and uses it to mortally woundHeimdall.This earns him the enmity of the current ValkyrieJane Fosterwho stops Bullseye by destroying Dragonfang.

While accompanied by an unnamed female ninja, Bullseye heads into an abandoned karate dojo and places an article aboutSpider-Boyon the wall. He tells the ninja to throw her shurikens and she successfully lands a bullseye on them.A flashback revealed that Spider-Boy crashed Daredevil's match with Bullseye and ended up winning the Golden Fang Trophy. When Spider-Boy takes Daredevil to the top of the Daily Bugle to retrieve the trophy, they are ambushed by Bullseye and his followerSpider-Girl.After catching one of Spider-Girl's shurikens, Daredevil finds that it is covered in a non-lethal poison. After a brief fight with Spider-Boy, Spider-Girl webs up Spider-Boy and Daredevil with her barbed webbing before she and Bullseye get away with the Golden Fang Trophy. Daredevil and Spider-Boy follow them to Madripoor.

Powers and abilities

Bullseye has an innate ability to throw virtually any object as a projectile with incredible accuracy and with enough force to be lethal. Some of his accomplishments include lacerating a person's throat with a thrownplaying cardor with adrinking straw,spitting his own tooth through a human skull,tossing apaper airplaneto a distant rooftop,cutting a person's throat, killing people with screws,and killing a person with atoothpickthrown through a window from a hundred yards away.Aside from his ability to throw projectiles with lethal accuracy, Bullseye is also a skilled hand-to-hand combatant and has been trained inkarate.He is also extremely talented in the use of edged/throwing weapons and conventional firearms. Bullseye has exceptional physical conditioning, with the agility, reflexes, stamina, and speed of a professional athlete. Bullseye also has a high pain tolerance.

After falling from a building, many of Bullseye's bones were reinforced with strips of adamantium.This has increased his resistance to injury in unarmed combat and allows him to perform acrobatic maneuvers that would fracture ordinary human bones. UnlikeWolverine,whose adamantium was implanted using stolen and incomplete notes on the bonding processand who survived only because of hismutanthealing factor, Bullseye's surgery was performed properly byLord Dark Windhimself, and thus included the special herb treatment which prevents the body from being destroyed by the implantation.

Bullseye has a compulsive need to study his targets' histories, abilities, and relationships before engaging them. He employs this information to attempt to anticipate his opponents' movements in combat. This compulsion often crosses from the professional into the personal, such as Bullseye's obsession with Elektra. Due to a mutual head injury, Bullseye was able to sense Daredevil's presence psychically for a brief time.

Reception

Bullseye was 20th inIGN's list of the "Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time",and 35th in their list of "The Top 50 Avengers".

Other versions

Age of Apocalypse

Main article:Age of Apocalypse

In the 1994 arc of a different timeline calledAge of Apocalypse,Bullseye is seen as one of the humans' greatest soldiers. Using a machine gun and hitting every enemy target, he fights on the side of good. He does not wear his original costume, and does not act insane.

Amalgam Comics

In theAmalgam Comicscontinuity, Bullseye is combined withDC Comics'sDeadshotto createDeadeye.

Daredevil Noir

InDaredevil Noir,Bullseye is a woman namedEliza.She is Daredevil's love interest until her identity as the Bullseye Killer is revealed in issue #3. Daredevil battles her and the two fall into the sea, but Daredevil still loves her and is unable to kill her. Eliza is left on the docks unconscious and taken into police custody.

House of M

A version of Bullseye who appears in theHouse of Mreality is in the employ of Wilson Fisk, alongside several other assassins. He is tasked with killingBlack Catwhen the Kingpin decides to reveal the Black Cat as a traitor. He also assists theBrotherhoodin taking out sapien groups throughout the city, specifically targetingShang-Chi's Dragons, killingSwordsmanin the conflict. In the confrontation with the Avengers,Hawkeyeshoots him in his hands.

Marvel 1602

In theMarvel 1602universe (Earth-311),Bull's Eyeappears as an assassin/first mate for the villainous Captain Wilson Fiske (The King's Pin). He is heavily tattooed around the face and arms, and possesses the mainstream Bullseye's abilities.He is sent by his captain with orders to killPeter Parquaghaka the 1602 version of Spider-Man. He is attacked by the 1602 version of theLizardand presumably perishes.

Marvel Zombies

InMarvel Zombies,a zombified Bullseye appears alongside several other undead supervillains attacking and attempting to eat the invadingGalactus.

Mutant X

A version of Bullseye appears in theMutant Xcontinuity, also a notorious supervillain. Bullseye shows up at the courthouse to assassinateThe Brutewhen The Brute is on trial for murder charges. He is beaten by Elektra.

Old Man Logan

InOld Man Hawkeye,a prequel to theOld Man Logancomic, Bullseye appears as a Marshal who works for the Red Skull and goes against his superior's orders to track down Hawkeye as he has missed the thrill of fighting a superhero for the last couple of decades. This version has a cybernetic eye implant that increases his aiming abilities.

In Old Man Logan's flashback,Mysterioused an illusion of Bullseye and other villains to trick Wolverine into killing his fellow X-Men. The Bullseye illusion was used on Jubilee by the time Wolverine unintentionally killed her.

PunisherMAX

Main article:PunisherMAX

A version of Bullseye appears inJason Aaron's run onPunisherMaxstarting with issue #6. This version of Bullseye is hired by the Kingpin to kill the Punisher. He does not wear a costume but has a bullseye tattooed on his forehead. Although his abilities are more realistic than in the mainstream Marvel continuity, he is still a very talented marksman and a deadly fighter, proficient with a variety of weapons.His real name isShelton Pendergrass.

This version ispsychopathic/sociopathicand shows extremeobsessive compulsivetendencies toward his targets. He is said to have gassed an entire elementary school when some children were witness to a mob hit and then killed the rest of the town with bombs at the mass funeral. Obsessing with getting inside the Punisher's head, Bullseye kills the father of a suburban family and takes the wife and children hostage, putting himself in the role of their new husband and father. He then arranges for gunmen to kill the family in front of him to recreate The Punisher's origin. He fails to feel why The Punisher was upset by this occurrence.Off-panel Bullseye repeats the same experiment with three more families.

Eventually, Bullseye realizes what was the last thing the Punisher said to his wife. This realization sends the Punisher into shock and sends a near-death Bullseye into a smiling coma.Later, Punisher finds Bullseye's coma bed and shoots him in the head.

Secret Wars (2015)

During theSecret Warsstoryline, different versions of Bullseye resided on the different domains ofBattleworld:

• AWild Westversion of Bullseye resides on the Battleworld domain of the Valley of Doom. He works for Governor Roxxon alongside Elektra,Grizzly,andOtto Octavius.Bullseye and his fellow crooks were first seen having been sent by Governor Roxxon to intimidate Judge Franklin Nelson into leaving town so that the latter would not preside overRed Wolf's trial. Sheriff Steve Rogers and Red Wolf later fight Bullseye, Elektra, Grizzly, and Octavius when they are ordered by Mayor Wilson Fisk into killing Red Wolf. While Sheriff Rogers was able to incapacitate Bullseye following Octavius's death, he briefly recovers where he manages to shoot Sheriff Rogers starting to expose Mayor Fisk's corruption.When Red Wolf faces off against Bullseye, Elektra, and Grizzly again, Red Wolf manages to defeat the three villains.
• A variation of Bullseye resides in the Battleworld domain of Killville. He was sent by the Assassin Guild to target Doctor Octopus only to be killed by MODOK.

Ultimate Marvel

TheUltimate Marvelversion of Bullseye is namedBenjamin Poindexter,first appearing inUltimate Elektra.He works as the Kingpin's prime assassin until Elektra beats him in direct hand-to-hand combat. He employs disguises on his hits and dons a variation of his regular Marvel Universe incarnation's costume (sans mask) at one point. He has a bulls-eye tattoo on his forehead, similar to his mainstream counterpart's tattoo and later scarring and his movie counterpart's brand. He also has a bulls-eye tattoo on his chest over his heart.Benjamin was also alluded in the issue ofUltimate Spider-Manon the list of known cat burglars inDaily Bugledatabase.

Ultimate Universe

During the "Ultimate Invasion"storyline,Makertraveled toEarth-6160and remade it into his own image.Lester is a bodyguard and assassin implied to be from the European Coalition and serves as an employee ofWilson Fisk,being present during a board meeting at the Daily Bugle, on the day whenJ. Jonah JamesonandBen Parkerresigned. When leaving, the limousine that Fisk and Lester were about to use was bombed by theGreen Goblin.Lester was later present when Wilson Fisk met withHenri Duggary,the new ruler of the East Coast.Spider-Mansaw Bullseye fighting Green Goblin. After they defeat him, Green Goblin has his glider take Bullseye to a secure location due to Fisk's control over the police force.

While tied up with his outfit removed, Bullseye afirms his loyalty to Henri Duggary and theMaker's Council.He relates that what happened to his eye at the hands ofIron Ladled to Lester and his siblings tearing out one of their eyes in solidarity. Then he questions Harry's resolve on being a hero. on which Harry just quotes "Am I a boy... or a man? Am I a hero... or something else? I guess we're about to find out".

What If?

InWhat If Daredevil Lived in Feudal Japan?,Matt "Bullseye" Murdock was a 19th-century sharpshooter and the great-great-grandfather of millionaire playboy and bestselling author Matthew Murdock. In 1857, Matt served as a cabin boy on the first American naval vessel to visit Japan. The entire crew besides Matt was killed byThe Devil Who Dares,a ronin forced into service by theGiant Shogunin return for restoring his blinded son's sight. The Shogun planned to steal the ship's cargo of gunpowder and ammunition; however, Matt detonated the explosives and destroyed the ship, escaping in a lifeboat. He returned to America and served in theCivil War,becoming an expert marksman. He was hired by the Shogun as a mercenary to kill the Devil's son, who had adopted his father's identity. Realising that the Shogun was the true architect of his friend's deaths and troubled when the Shogun ordered him to kill the Devil's partnerElektrain cold blood, Bullseye stood by and allowed Devil to kill him. Bullseye became the Devil's friend and was eventually appointed the first American ambassador to Japan. His great-great-grandson wrote a best selling novel based on the Devil's adventures.

In other media

Television

Wilson Bethelas Benjamin Poindexter masquerading as the titular character ofDaredevil.

• An original alternate timeline incarnation of Bullseye,Clint Barton,appears in theAvengers Assembleepisode "Planet Doom".
• TheBenjamin "Dex" Poindexterincarnation of Bullseye appears in thethird seasonofDaredevil(2015), portrayed byWilson Bethelas an adult,Cameron Mann as a child, and Conor Proft as a teenager.This version is anFBIagent with diagnosed mental health issues who previously served in the U.S. Army before joining the FBI as a sniper. After drawing theKingpin's attention while protecting the latter from assailants, he is manipulated into donning a replica Daredevil suit and carrying out hits in an attempt to both impugn the realDaredevil's reputation and neutralize threats to the Kingpin's resurgence as a crime lord. While operating as Daredevil, Poindexter battles the real Daredevil twice, forms a relationship with a civilian named Julie before the Kingpin has her killed to manipulate Poindexter further, and kills his former partner, Agent Ray Nadeem, onVanessa Marianna's orders.Upon learning from Daredevil that he was being manipulated, Poindexter crashes the Kingpin and Vanessa's wedding reception to seek revenge. He subsequently fights him and Daredevil before the Kingpin breaks Poindexter's back. Afterwards, Poindexter undergoes an experimental surgery to restore his spine.

Film

• Bullseye appears inDaredevil(2003), portrayed byColin Farrell.This version has an Irish background and his traditional costume was dropped in favor of abiker/metalheadstyle appearance and a shaved head with a bullseye branding on his forehead. Additionally, he primarily wieldsshurikens,though he also uses other small objects with as much ease. Prior to the film's release, the comic book version adopted a near-identical appearance, but has since reverted to the traditional look, retaining only the scar. DirectorMark Steven JohnsoncreditedJoe Quesadafor talking him out of using the traditional costume.Additionally, Farrell was encouraged to keep his Irish accent.He also had to readFrank Miller'sDaredevilcomics to understand Bullseye:

  "because the expression on the character's faces in the comic books, and just the way they move sometimes, and the exaggerations of the character I'm playing [...] he's so over-the-top that you do draw from that. But it's not exactly a character you can domethod actingfor... you know, running around New York killing people with paper clips. "

  After being hired by theKingpinto kill Nikolas Natchios, Bullseye fights Daredevil, who he sees as a personal challenge as the latter is the first target he ever missed, before successfully killing Nikolas andElektra Natchios.Daredevil and Bullseye's subsequent fight takes them to a church, where the former eventually maneuvers the latter into having his hands shot by an ESU sniper before throwing Bullseye out of a window and ontoBen Urich's car. Following this, Bullseye is hospitalized, but maintains use of his expert marksmanship skills.
• An alternate timeline variant of Bullseye appears inDeadpool & Wolverine,portrayed by an uncredited Curtis Small.

Video games

• Bullseye appears inThe Punisher,voiced bySteve Blum.This version is an enforcer for the Kingpin.
• Bullseye appears inLego Marvel Super Heroes,voiced byDave Boat.
• Bullseye appears inMarvel Heroes,voiced byRick D. Wasserman.
• The Old West incarnation of Bullseye appears as a playable character inLego Marvel Super Heroes 2.
• Bullseye appears inMarvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order,voiced again by Steve Blum.

Miscellaneous

• Bullseye appears in theHeroClixcollectible miniatures game.
• "Ben" Bullseyeappears in theAdi Shankar's Bootleg Universeshortfan filmVenom: Truth In Journalism,portrayed byDerek Mears.He agrees to allow a documentary film crew shadow him on hisassassinations.
• Bullseye was announced for theMarvel Crisis Protocolminiatures game.

Collected editions

Title	Material collected	Published date	ISBN
Bullseye: Greatest Hits	Bullseye: Greatest Hits#1-5	April 27, 2005	978-0785115120
Punisher Vs. Bullseye	Punisher Vs. Bullseye #1-5	June 21, 2006	978-0785117353
Punisher & Bullseye: Deadliest Hits	Bullseye: Perfect Game#1-2,Punisher: Trial of the Punisher#1-2, and material fromDaredevil#500	January 14, 2014	978-0785152347
Shadowland: Street Heroes	Shadowland: Bullseye,andShadowland: Daughters Of The Shadow#1-3,Elektra, Ghost Rider, Spider-Man	September 7, 2011	978-0785148883
Bullseye: Colombian Connection	Bullseye#1-5	September 12, 2017	978-1302905095

As Hawkeye

Title	Material collected	Published date	ISBN
Dark Reign: Hawkeye	Dark Reign: Hawkeye#1-5	May 12, 2010	978-0785138501

External links

• BullseyeatMarvel
• Bullseyeat theGrand Comics Database
• Bullseyeat the Comic Book DB (archived fromthe original)