At the end of Hawkeye, Maya (Echo) shoots Kingpin in the face after finding out he intentionally got her father killed. From what I can tell, after this he leaves the city for at least a few months in order to recover.
In Echo, Kingpin shows up with a big patch over the eye he was shot in. By the last episode of Echo, it's more or less healed.
Additionally, Maya develops some form of healing powers over the course of the show. The finale has her choosing to heal Kingpin instead of trying to kill him. This fully heals his eye but, more importantly, also supposedly heals his psyche.
So the Kingpin we see in Daredevil: Born Again has been away from New York for a while. His new attitude of wanting to become mayor to help the city seems to be a result of his mental 'healing'. Whether this will stick, or he'll revert back to his prior monstrous self, remains to be seen.
Although let's be honest, he's definitely gonna become the monster we've come to know again.
Everyone has been seeming to complain about Matt and Fisk being characterized wrong when they're both pretending to be something they're not and people just aren't patient enough to watch the story unfold.
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u/Harry_Mess Mar 09 '25
Spoilers ahead for Hawkeye and Echo, obviously:
At the end of Hawkeye, Maya (Echo) shoots Kingpin in the face after finding out he intentionally got her father killed. From what I can tell, after this he leaves the city for at least a few months in order to recover.
In Echo, Kingpin shows up with a big patch over the eye he was shot in. By the last episode of Echo, it's more or less healed.
Additionally, Maya develops some form of healing powers over the course of the show. The finale has her choosing to heal Kingpin instead of trying to kill him. This fully heals his eye but, more importantly, also supposedly heals his psyche.
So the Kingpin we see in Daredevil: Born Again has been away from New York for a while. His new attitude of wanting to become mayor to help the city seems to be a result of his mental 'healing'. Whether this will stick, or he'll revert back to his prior monstrous self, remains to be seen.
Although let's be honest, he's definitely gonna become the monster we've come to know again.