Wilson Fisk began his life as a poor child in New York City's Hell's Kitchen, bullied for his obesity by his abusive father Bill Fisk who tried to make a name for himself by running for office. But when an inebriated Bill attacked his mother Marlene when he did not win, Wilson killed his father from behind in a fit of rage. After his mother covered the murder and Wilson was sent away to live with relatives, he vowed to make Hell's Kitchen a better place, and purge it of its filth.