But, the Kingpin didn't get his name from a card--He got it from his bowling-pin shape!
(And hopefully they're not going to go the full Frank Miller, and say that Daredevil was just well-trained by the older guy and didn't have radioactive senses, just because, like CW, they're embarrassed by...
Problem is, I think this is what we're in for when Marvel wanders out of the big screen to try to tackle the sad devolved state of television:
SHIELD and Agent Carter took on free-network broadcast television, where Only Females Watch, and demonstrated why females don't read Marvel--
But...
I remember hearing Stan Lee at a comic con talking about dealing with the "Trial of the Incredible Hulk" producers trying to spin off Rex Smith as a TV Daredevil (with John Rhys-Davies channeling Leo McKern from The Prisoner as The Kingpin)--
The producers said they had to change the red...
Also, with the rush for Phase 2/3 and Netflix, there's becoming a better industry in YouTube videos to explain backstories:
Ie., for those asking, "Why 'A.k.a.'?":
(So, sounds like the show will be a combination of both "Alias"'es.)
I didn't think anyone COULD replace Michael Clarke Duncan as the Kingpin (not even John Rhys-Davies in the 80's TV-movie), but Pvt. Pyle could do it.
He's got the bulk, and brings a little extra crazy to it.
(Well, this was an old post from May...) ;)
Think Fox (and Elektra) has permanently stunk up the prospect of Disney ever doing another Daredevil movie, although that doesn't mean D/M doesn't own them, and we're glad they're back in the family again. It's just the principle of the thing.
And considering that their Luke Cage/Iron Fist...