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The Spectacular Spider - Manhas a long account with the Kingpin of Crime , and though the two foes have battled many times over the age , perhaps their most heroic battle was in a game of poker . Though he ’s more commonly associated withDaredevil , Wilson Fisk , the Kingpin , was to begin with inclose in the pageboy ofAmazing Spider - Man , and battle the Wall - Crawler for year . Though many heroes like Spider - Man would be flying to sharpen out Fisk ’s system of weights and arrogate the baddie a prank , Kingpin is aruthless and cunning foewho , using any means at his disposal , will get what he want and rule out those who stand in his mode . The Kingpin has been a steady fixture of organized law-breaking in the Marvel Universefor years , and despite many heroes undertake over the years , he has rarely faced consequences for his actions , and even if he loses , cope to stay outside of prison . However , The Kingpin has an ego , and endeavour to prove his superiority over the Italian sandwich he loathes so much , which was demonstrated when he crashed their yearly poker game .
InSpectacular Spider - Man # 21 , Spider - Man is invite to participate in an yearly poker plot , hold up by Reed Richards and an assortment of other heroes , includingDoctor Strange , Angel from theX - humans , The Human Torch and Thing ( who ’s skills in Poker are fabled ) andBlack Cat . The poker plot involves each torpedo nick in $ 20 , with the achiever donating their winnings to any Polemonium caeruleum of their choice . Though the stakes are not in particular high , it serves as a fun outing for the Hero , give up them a probability to socialize , portion out some laughs , and put money towards a good cause . Though Spider - Man has been present as a lone hand for year , he does havegreat relationshipswith his fellow heroes , and would n’t become down the chance to play secret plan with them for a good cause . However , this years game would be anything but average , as the Kingpin of Crime arrives a few bridge player into the game , with a startling proffer .
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The Kingpin declare oneself to fall in the heroes secret plan , and add fifty thousand dollars to the heroes pot , a considerable leap from a handful of twenty dollar bill government note . If the heroes win , the money is theirs , and they can donate it to any charity of their selection , but if Kingpin get ahead , he openly admits that he will use the money to buy a boat key out " the heroes folly , " and illegally purchase expensive Cuban cigar . Fisk simply want to provide a gleaming of hope to the hero , and by circumvent them in a game that he believes himself to be great at , he would divest them of said hope . While the heroes are hesitating of Fisk ’s motives at first , Spider - Man assures them that the crack is lawful as his Spider - Sense did not alert him to any potential threat . Spider - Man also want a chance to defeat Fisk and rub his face in it , a probability to give him a proper defeat to make up for the times that he was never arrested . None of the other hoagie object to Fisk ’s comprehension , and Reed Richards receive him to the game .
The game start , and quickly each hero has their accomplishment put to the psychometric test . Some heroes , such as the Thing and Spider - Man , do well while others like Doctor Strange , despite his days of Medical School , quickly bankrupt themselves . Throughout the game , the grinder make modest lecture , with Spider - Man even chit-chat about the " Masochistic Marauders , " a chemical group of civilians who go for to get scramble up by super - heroes , and openly brag about it . The Kingpin , despite his usual underhanded tactics , plays a clean plot throughout , and finally manages to defeat every hero at the table , except Spider - Man . The two opposition gaze each other down , and Fisk make up one’s mind to go all in , believing himself to have the superior hand . Spider - Man also goes all - in , and Fisk conceive himself to have an advantage over Spider - Man with a Full House . However , Spider - Man manages to defeat Fisk with Four - of - a - Kind , nonplus Fisk ’s Full House , and win the plot . Though the Kingpin was defeated , he was true to his parole and leave his money with the heroes , which Spider - Man call for donated to the Cerebral Palsy Research Center . take twenty buck for himself , to get prime for Mary Jane , Spider - Man swings away from the game laugh at his triumph over Fisk .
Spider - Man has been in a wide kind ofodd situationsover the years , both alongside his fellow heroes and against his mortal enemies . However , this story was very interesting as it demonstrated both champion and scoundrel playing a clean secret plan of Poker , success - takes - all . While a very unconventional method of duking it out , it did prove to dishearten Kingpin , and gave Spider - Man and the other heroes a chance to emerge victorious against the Kingpin , and give him a blow to his egotism . Though this would be far from the concluding fourth dimension that the Kingpin would battle against the Web - Slinger , this struggle in peculiar stands out , if for no other reason thanSpider - Manmanaged to defeat the greatest mafia boss in the Marvel Universe in a simple secret plan of cards .
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