Bullseye is a master marksman and assassin who can turn nearly any object into a lethal projectile. A very dangerous man, he is one of Daredevil’s greatest foes and is often a weapon of the Kingpin. Marv Wolfman and John Romita Sr. created the villain 50 years ago, introducing him in Daredevil #131 (March 1976).

Not a lot is known about Bullseye, whose past is either shrouded in mystery or the details are suspicious. In one story about his childhood, Bullseye talked about how his father was abusive, and he claimed that he had painted a bullseye on his father’s forehead and shot him. During an arrest, he told a story about how his brother tried to burn down the family home to kill his father. But then when he escaped, Bullseye told the interrogators that much of what he had told them was lies.

Before he became an assassin and mercenary, Bullseye used his skills with accuracy to become a baseball pitcher. Despite making it to the Major League, he was bored with the job and while pitching a no hitter, he threw the last pitch at the batter and killed him. This sadistic act woke his bloodlust and he switched careers, becoming a freelance assassin who specialized in throwing projectiles. On an early job, he was tried to shoot his target, but the gun didn’t work, so he threw it at the man and killed him.

He became an infamous player in the New York City crime scene with extortions, murder, and publicly admitting to his crimes through an audacious interview with The Daily Bugle. This put him in direct conflict with Daredevil, who stopped Bullseye’s attempts to extort people. Bullseye was then hired to kill Matt Murdock, but was once again defeated by the lawyer’s superhero alter ego. Angry that he had been beaten, Bullseye made it his mission to hurt the hero.

But each time he tried to set a trap, Daredevil stopped him and turned Bullseye over to the police. In one story, he was evaluated and declared mentally unfit due to a brain tumor. He started hallucinating that random people were Daredevil and tried to kill them before the real Man without Fear stopped him and had the tumor removed.

Bullseye was hired to kill Kingpin, but the crime boss made him a better deal, so Bullseye started working for him instead. When Bullseye spent another stint in prison, Kingpin hired Elektra to take his place. Angered that his job had been taken, Bullseye killed her with a playing card and her own sai. Daredevil was devastated by what happened, and the two men had a ferocious fight high above the city. The battle ended with Bullseye falling from the roof of a building where his spine was shattered, but somehow he survived.

Crime boss Lord Dark Wind saved him and covered his bones in Adamantium, hoping that Bullseye would show his gratitude by becoming his head assassin. Instead of staying with Lord Dark Wind, Bullseye went back to Kingpin where he proved himself by fighting and beating, Deadpool, his former friend and mercenary.

There was a switcheroo storyline that began when Matt Murdock left New York for a lengthy period and Bullseye started going out in the Daredevil suit. He pretended to be the hero and pulled a Robin Hood move by robbing the rich and giving it to the poor. Bullseye’s tenuous grasp on sanity made him start to believe that he actually was Daredevil. When Matt came home to the strange situation he donned the Bullseye costume and fought his nemesis, helping Bullseye remember who he actually was in the process.

Their next conflict occurred when Bullseye killed Karen Page while working for Mysterio, enraging the hero. When Daredevil’s alter ego as Matt Murdock was revealed, Bullseye went after Matt and his girlfriend, Millie Donovan. Daredevil retaliated by fiercely beating Bullseye and then carving bullseye target into his forehead with a rock.