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Daredevil: Born Again's WIlson Bethel reveals the Punisher comic he'd like to see adapted

Bethel, who's played beloved baddie Bullseye ever since Daredevil's Netflix days, did his homework to get into character. And there was one assignment, apparently, that he liked the most

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Daredevil: Born Again is, as the name implies, a show that takes a lot of material from the Marvel comics that inspired it. Things like Wilson Fisk as Mayor of NYC, the serial killer Muse, and even Daredevil's black armor with red highlights are all straight from the pages of various runs in the character's long, paneled history. But that doesn't mean that they've run out of things to adapt. In fact, series villain Wilson Bethel even has a storyline from the comics he'd really like to see make it to screen...

Although to be fair, it's technically not from a Daredevil book.

Bethel joined costars Deborah Ann Woll and Charlie Cox at a Florida SuperCon 2026 fan Q&A, moderated by none other than Popverse's own Ashley V. Robinson. At one point in the discussion, one eager fan stepped up to the mic and asked the assembled actors - which comic book do you want to see adapted into the MCU?

"There's that cool Bullseye run," answered Bethel, "Where Fisk hires him to to to track down the Punisher. Then, Bullseye basically just weirdly transforms himself into Punisher for a few weeks. It's extremely bizarre, but it's pretty fun."

In case you haven't already caught on, Bethel is specifically talking about PunisherMax: Bullseye, the mature, R-Rated take on Frank Castle written and drawn by Marvel staple Jason Aaron and Punisher legend Steve Dillon in 2011. As Bethel notes, part of the plot revolves around a grittier, less freakishly-gifted Bullseye hunting down and playing psychological games with Frank Castle in a world much closer to our own, making for perhaps one of the absolute darkest takes on the classic Daredevil villain to date.

Which is just my way of saying - and with absolute deference to one of my favorite onscreen Marvel villains - "pretty fun" is an absolutely bonkers way of describing that story.


 

 

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Grant DeArmitt

Grant DeArmitt: Grant DeArmitt (he/him) likes horror, comics, and the unholy union of the two. In the past, and despite their better judgment, he has written for Nightmare on Film Street and Newsarama. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner, Kingsley, and corgi, Legs.

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