The First Appearances and Origin of Bullseye

In this week's look at the history of the Marvel Universe, we recap what we know about the origin of Bullseye, one of Daredevil's deadliest foes.
Sources:
Daredevil #131-132, 141-142, 171-172, 178-179, 181, 196-200
Alpha Flight #34
Elektra (1996) #2
Daredevil: The Target #1
Daredevil (1998) #48-49
Bullseye: Greatest Hits #1-5
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[@vincentfranklin17]

After The Kingpin, Bullseye is my favorite Daredevil foe. It's more than just hero versus villain with these two. They truly hate one another!

[@ComicBookGuy420]

Frank Millers take on bullseye and Daredevil went so dark, brilliant

[@Zurround]

Kingpin is boring, a big fat ugly guy in a suit who gives a lot of orders.

[@leavonfletcher4197]

I always enjoy your videos. What about an analysis of another Daredevil villain, the Jester?

[@charleshemphill6923]

The Frank Miller Bullseye is awesome. I loved how crazy he was.

[@ComicBookGuy420]

Bullseye vs Deadpool Insanity unchained if you're looking for another great read

[@Ameute]

0:50 “He demand the money immediately!” See this is why I always keep $100,000 in cash on me at all times.

[@sonnysantana5454]

from all of your lunch $$ being taken from you the experiences taught you well

[@TheVetoSkreeemer]

I love Bullseye a psycopath murder. My favorite stories of him are the one s made by Frank Miller on his first Daredevil run.

[@ComicBookGuy420]

When Daredevil dropped him off the roof😱

[@bobdole27]

I miss the more absurd nature of the older villians

[@glenndoleberry8418]

Where is all this Surplus Adamantium🤣 Bullseye,Hammerhead 🤣

[@antwan1357]

I've never seen the original costume it is way better then his modern costume it is way more menacing.

[@leaderstragg]

Calling Elektra a "Ninja Assassin" is technically redundant. "Ninja" is just another word for "Assassin"!

[@MerryMarvelite]

Probably true but it's fun to say.

[@n.b.l.5709]

ninja doesnt automatically imply assassin at all

[@DefinitelyNotBender]

Most real Ninjas were spies, not assassins. Idk where you got your information but it's wrong.

[@markmagician2471]

​@@DefinitelyNotBenderand poor farmers trying to fight oppression

[@srstriker6420]

I always love the idea that he been chosen by the angel of death.

[@MrPerson1234]

When someone makes hawkeye evil.

[@ComicBookGuy420]

And insane

[@n.b.l.5709]

was that Yuriko the same one from the "wolverine" movies aka logan starring hugh jacked man ?

[@skullyskaric7779]

well i can say his name is not pointdexter (or dex whatever) he's one..scary motherfucker i ever seen in season 3

[@MattRNewcomb]

I’m so glad you don’t do this dramatic voice anymore for your videos

[@panowa8319]

I've often wondered if Bullseye was a mutant all along?

[@plasticweapon]

would explain a lot.

[@ComicBookGuy420]

I liked the fact that they made a regular human so skilled, and then added his military training on top of that

[@primusfan87]

God i wish we could’ve seen more of bullseye in season 4

[@ComicBookGuy420]

Especially once they gave him the adamantium spine

[@primusfan87]

@@ComicBookGuy420 is that what they gave him? I’ve always wondered ever since the show ended, I felt like they ended the show in the middle of a plot

[@ComicBookGuy420]

@@primusfan87 in the comics, specifically Frank Millers Daredevil, Matt dropped bullseye off a roof after Bullseye killed elektra with her own sai, lord darkwind healed him and bonded strips of adamantium to his bones, including the spine Not a complete skeleton like wolverine though It very much is in the middle of a story, one I'm guessing would have continued in s4 Also worth noting, at the end of s4 Dr Oyama, the one doing the surgery It's Lord Darkwinds real name He's also lady deathstrikes father

[@primusfan87]

@@ComicBookGuy420 That’s nice to know, i wonder if that’s what will happen in The Disney plus series. Basically a continuation of where the Netflix series was cut off

[@ComicBookGuy420]

@@primusfan87 I'm hoping they're going to continue with it, after seeing matt in Spiderman, them continuing the show, albeit on Disney is an exciting prospect it also might be a new way to relaunch wolverine, considering his own connection to Dark Wind and Deathstrike With regards to Bullseye, I'm hoping as great as Bethel's portrayal is, that they inject a little more crazy humor into it (Bullseye in the comics is laugh out loud batshit insane)

[@thompsonm1a1]

"When she died in he's erms" 3:59

[@michelofelia7735]

I'm glad he was the main villain in daredevil it gave this character considerable recognition.

[@ComicBookGuy420]

I just wish they hadn't changed so much about him

[@ComicBookGuy420]

Bullseye The Colombia Connection Perfect game Bullseye vs deadpool Enjoy

[@plasticweapon]

columbia connections's a good one.

[@ComicBookGuy420]

@@plasticweapon I loved how he dealt with junior😂

[@plasticweapon]

@@ComicBookGuy420 one of his finest moments!

[@quebinyyubi00]

I love bullseye

[@Zurround]

Someone with his abilities could very quickly bankrupt a county fair or any entertainment center where you can win prizes for hitting targets by throwing things. I live near an entertainment center called "Scandia" and one of their games has a target where if you throw the ball into it just right you get 10,000 prize credits. Almost never does anyone succeed. Bullseye could just boom boom boom boom rapid fire that target and in a few minutes the entertainment center would be a million dollars in the hole financially. He could bankrupt every fair and he could also become a bowler and get 300 every time. He could also on purpose arrange for the seven ten split on the bowling lane to be showing then get it to win even more admiration. He could also win every tournament for corn hole, darts, horse shoes etc. He could get richer from that than being an assassin.

[@polkadotman6951]

It is said in a deadpool comic he lived w his grandpa in the country and would get molested a lot and his only free time was practicing throwing things and when he would missed he would get molested, also he went to school w deadpool in elememtry

[@Seasonal-Shadow_4674]

I thought his origin was never truly clead

[@foxdrip8336]

Lol

[@ComicBookGuy420]

He did go to school with deadpool, although that was in a deadpool vs bullseye one shot, so probably not canon He did not live with his grandfather, nor was he molested His origins were clearly established when he finally killed his old man

[@robertpolito9209]

@@ComicBookGuy420Ngl, I take the 5:40 part of the video to be his actual true origins. From what I seen, every other “origin” is told by bullseye (unreliable) and it make sense that Daredevil would dig up his origin and use it against him.

[@ComicBookGuy420]

@@robertpolito9209 his origins were clearly established when he killed his old man That is his origin story He practiced shooting birds with his brother, then warned his brother not to come home tonight, he burned down the house and tried to kill the father Decades later he got himself caught by the NSA so he could access and finally kill his father, who was kept alive by an iron lung That is his origin story

[@Ayham4002]

7:24 so after Karen Page died, Daredevil literally becomes the Devil and carves a bullseye on Lester's forehead with a pen? damn

[@TheVetoSkreeemer]

A couple of years later.

[@ComicBookGuy420]

Not in the same graphic novel or anything

[@thomascruickshank7407]

Nice job bro

[@MerryMarvelite]

Thank you so much!

[@JYDY-if5rf]

Colin Farrell played bullseye once in the movie daredevil

[@vincepreston9304]

😨"Shhhh quiet "! Don't ever bring that piece of crap film up in a comment section ever 😰!

[@ComicBookGuy420]

Shite movie Colins Bullseye was closer than the netflix version to the comics

[@arifrang6317]

This is really cool

[@MerryMarvelite]

Thank you for the nice comment!

[@JYDY-if5rf]

Yuriko is also known as lady deathstroke

[@ComicBookGuy420]

Deathstrike And her father is the one performing surgery on bullseye at the end of the netflix daredevil series to give him his adamantium spine

[@sonnysantana5454]

ms electra had great potential but they turned into a lame instead of just leaving her to be a cold blooded killer

[@joegahan7055]

Wouldn't the adamantium poison his body over time?

[@ComicBookGuy420]

Did with logan

[@nathanvarade5820]

The amount of how not okay bullseye’s skills are is baffling. This man could pick up any random object and just take you out. Forget horror movie villains with magic powers this guy can just be in the same room as you and you may as well be dead. Case and point. Netflix bullseye comes home to find someone broke into his house full of guns, but what did he do? Pick up some dull glass from a chandelier! Dull glass!

[@ianfinrir8724]

In the god awful Daredevil movie, Bullseye kills a woman with a paperclip.

[@ComicBookGuy420]

@@ianfinrir8724 in the comics, he used paperclips to kill people on the street, then to take out the ambulance, in all like 20 people Out of boredom, while having a conversation

[@danielross5292]

Bullseye is my favourite Marvel Supervillain!😉

[@Seasonal-Shadow_4674]

What makes him the best?

[@n.b.l.5709]

he's one of my favorite as well

[@JYDY-if5rf]

Bullseye is my favorite assassin

[@n.b.l.5709]

i liked the way he was depicted in the shouldn't have ever been canceled netflix daredevil show....but i also always enjoy bullseye when he has appeared within deadpool comics

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

Ok, I enjoy using in the Marvel games.

[@ComicBookGuy420]

Which one? He isn't an active player in any I've found

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

The Marvel Super Heroes RPG by TSR.

[@ComicBookGuy420]

@@PozerAdultRacingTeam cool, thanks

[@JustUsBoysMigi]

"He had the uncanny ability to turn any object into a weapon" My gosh it's Jason Bourne.

[@LegendoftheAce1]

They should just go ahead and say he is a mutant as an explanation for his powers. They are just unreal

[@timothylee3105]

Yet Another great video as always. Thanks a Million. 👌

[@robbiecook2564]

how about a analysis of the destroyer from world war 2

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

I think Bullseye is just a guy good at aiming, went to do Baseball, got bored and decided to start murdering.

[@dawsonlenard2848]

One of my favorite marvel villains

[@jonathanplooij3666]

thanks for the video

[@vincepreston9304]

He should of just played baseball you know he would of been the #1 starter for the Yankees!

[@ComicBookGuy420]

He did There's a story called perfect game you may want to look at

[@vincepreston9304]

@@ComicBookGuy420 Thanks dude!

[@ComicBookGuy420]

@@vincepreston9304 no problem, its in a collection called bullseyes greatest hits, well worth the price

[@vincepreston9304]

@@ComicBookGuy420 got it👍

[@chrisanderson2204]

I read that he's a Deadshot ripoff

[@MrDp115]

Not exactly, its like Green Arrow and Hawkeye, similar but different.

[@n.b.l.5709]

i mean many most likely were deadshot rip offs, deathstroke deadpool deathlok etc etc i like them both, with deadshot was in suicide squad 2...and i liked bullseye in the daredevil animated to also movie to also show

[@ManWiThOutFEAR1982]

Bullseye would rip Deadshot a new asshole

[@nathanvarade5820]

Bullseye is worse than dead shot. Dead shot is a master marksman but he can’t weapons anything he can fire. If you have dead shot any kind of projectile weapon he can make a shot from anywhere. If you give bullseye anything to throw he can kill or injure anyone in sight and with and actual weapon, maybe more. Both are still pretty intimidating though

[@ThePinkMan]

The modern Deadshot was created a year after Bullseye made his comic debut (Deadshot technically first appeared in 1950, but was just an obscure character until he was revamped in the 70's). I don't either character was a rip-off of the other.

[@Wynnsday]

wack.

[@n.b.l.5709]

ur whack

[@Wynnsday]

@@n.b.l.5709 say ur sorry :(

[@n.b.l.5709]

@@Wynnsday sorry

[@Wynnsday]

@@n.b.l.5709 i will learn to forgive u but not yet ive been burned before