IKARIIKARI
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human mutate
Occupation: Criminal
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Lawrence Benson, Bullseye (Lester), Kingpin (Wilson Fisk), Lady Bullseye, Larry
Enemies: Daredevil (Matt
Murdock), Kirsten McDuffie,
Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff), "Foggy" Nelson, Shroud
(Maximillian Coleridge)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed
First Appearance: Daredevil III#25 (June, 2013)
Powers/Abilities: A trained warrior,
Ikari is an expert in
hand-to-hand combat and in the use of the Kusurigama blades. After
being
exposed to the same toxic waste that gave Daredevil his powers, Ikari
(who
maintained his sight) developed enhanced senses of hearing, taste,
smell and touch,
as well as a radar sense.
Ikari can be sensitive to extreme loud sounds or pitches that can overwhelm his heightened senses.
Height: 5'10" (by approximation)
Weight: 160 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Unrevealed
History: (Daredevil
III#25 (fb) – BTS) – Bullseye (at the time paralyzed and
living in a stasis container) had scientists recreate the toxic waste
that gave
Daredevil his powers and he began experimenting on vagrants. When he
perfected
the process, Bullseye then recruited a deadly warrior who took the name
Ikari,
which was Japanese for "fury." Subjected to the toxic waste, Ikari
received a
radar sense and enhanced senses but never lost his own sight as
Daredevil had.
Ikari put on the robe of Daredevil's father, Battlin'
Jack Murdock, in order to taunt him. He grabbed Kusurigama
blades to
use in battle.
(Daredevil III#25) – When Larry returned to the
warehouse
with Daredevil, Ikari killed Larry then Ikari revealed himself to
Daredevil
and the two sparred across the city with Daredevil holding his own and
trying
to overwhelm Ikari's radar sense before the hero realized Ikari could
see.
Ikari was then able to defeat Daredevil, leaving him bleeding and
broken. He
promised to return when Daredevil least expected it.
(Daredevil III#26) – Ikari reported back to
Bullseye
and Lady Bullseye about Daredevil's defeat. Ikari sent Lawrence Benson
to
Matt's office to keep him on his toes and Matt initially thought Benson
had
been hired by his assistant Corrine.
Matt then got a call from Nurse
Ayers
at the hospital and he went rushing outside, where Ikari continued to
stalk
him. Ikari left a deadly syringe in "Foggy" Nelson's room to drive him
further mad. At
the hospital, Matt evaded Ikari by dressing like a doctor and then
putting
adrenaline in his own heart, changing the beat to avoid detection.
Daredevil
soon defeated Lady Bullseye and found Bullseye in his iron lung as
Ikari
closed in behind him.
(Daredevil III#27) – Ikari launched himself at
Daredevil, who
threatened to kill Bullseye unless Ikari backed off. Daredevil soon
turned the
fight on Ikari, leading it into the room containing barrels of
radioactive
waste, where Ikari's radar sense was overwhelmed. Daredevil sparred
with both
Ikari and Lady Bullseye until Bullseye's container tipped over and he
was nearly
drowned in the radioactive waste. Ikari was later arrested.
(Daredevil IV#17 (fb) – BTS) – After Ikari escaped
from
jail, Kingpin hired Ikari to kidnap "Foggy" Nelson and Kirsten
McDuffie.
(Daredevil IV#16) – Ikari snuck aboard a boat on
the shores
of San Francisco, going after "Foggy" Nelson and Kirsten McDuffie.
(Daredevil IV#17 (fb) – BTS) – Ikari took "Foggy"
and Kirsten
back to Kingpin.
(Daredevil IV#17 (fb)) – The captive Julia
Carpenter was
soon placed with "Foggy" and Kirsten. When Matt arrived, Ikari held a
blade to
the throats of his loved ones and Kingpin ordered Ikari to fight
Murdock to
the death, promising Murdock that if he won the fight, one of his loved
ones
would be killed.
(Daredevil IV#17) – Ikari battled Murdock for
hours on the
rooftops of San Francisco. When the police fired on them and grazed
Ikari with
a bullet, Ikari disarmed the police but Daredevil stopped him from
killing
them. As Daredevil donned his costume again, Shroud intervened in the
fight,
knocking Ikari aside. Ikari sliced Shroud with a blade and Shroud
responded by
impaling Ikari on a Darkforce spike and tossing him off the roof.
(Daredevil IV#18) – Daredevil, wearing Ikari's
costume,
returned to the Kingpin claiming to have killed Daredevil. Later, when
Matt
went to find Ikari's body, he found it missing.
(Captain America VIII#697) – In the mansion of
Kraven the
Hunter, Captain America saw a number of severed heads mounted on the
walls, including
that of Ikari.
Comments: Created by Mark Waid and Chris
Samnee.
Ikari was likely killed by that Darkforce outburst
from the
Shroud then his body tossed off the roof. Daredevil later noted that
the body
went missing then Ikari's head appeared on Kraven the Hunter's wall.
So, there
is clearly an untold story there (both stories were written by Mark
Waid). Or maybe Ikari is still alive
somewhere.
Profile by Chadman.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Ikari should not be confused with:
(Daredevil III#26 – BTS) – Nurse Ayers called Matt
Murdock
to inform him that "Foggy" Nelson's chemotherapy had begun.
--Daredevil III#26 - BTS
(Daredevil III#26) – Sent by Ikari, Lawrence Benson posed as a job applicant at the office of Matt Murdock, saying he was there to replace "Foggy" Nelson. Matt, who was beat up after a fight with Ikari, questioned Benson, who pretended to be innocent as he rushed out, only dropping Ikari's name at the last second.
--Daredevil III#26
(Daredevil III#26 (fb) – BTS) – An assistant at
the office
of "Foggy" Nelson and Matt Murdock, Corrine was given paid time off
when the
office was attacked.
--Daredevil III#26 - BTS
(Daredevil III#25 (fb) – BTS) – Larry and other
homeless men
were recruited, promised to be paid for medical testing, but Larry
watched
other men doused with chemicals, blinded and killed. Larry was forcibly
given a
pacemaker to allow him to lie to Daredevil.
(Daredevil III#24) – Larry found Matt Murdock and
asked him
for help.
(Daredevil III#25) – At the bedside of "Foggy"
Nelson, Larry
told Matt Murdock that he had escaped the experiments and now needed
help.
Daredevil took Larry back to the warehouse, having realized he was
lying the
entire time. Larry was then shot in the head and killed by Ikari.
--Daredevil III#25 (fb) – BTS, 24-25
images: (without ads)
Daredevil III#25, p7, pan2 (Ikari, main)
Daredevil III#27, p15, pan1 (Ikari, headshot)
Daredevil III#26, p4, pan2 (Lawrence Benson)
Daredevil III#24, p20, pan1 (Larry)
Appearances:
Daredevil III#25-27 (June-August, 2013) – Mark Waid
(writer), Chris Samnee (artist), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Daredevil IV#16-18 (August-November, 2016) – Mark Waid
(writer), Chris Samnee (artist), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Captain America I#697 (March, 2018) – Mark Waid (writer),
Chris Samnee (artist), Tom Brevoort (editor)
First Posted: 01/05/2020
Last updated: 01/05/2020
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