Lester
A natural-born marksman with a pathological love of killing, the man known only as Lester became the mercenary assassin Bullseye, whose uncanny ability to turn virtually any object into a deadly projectile made him one of Marvel's most lethal hired killers and a perennial nemesis of Daredevil.
Few characters in Marvel's Bronze Age catalog have proven as enduringly magnetic as Lester, who first stalked onto the page in Daredevil #159 in 1979 — a debut shaped by the legendary creative partnership of Roger McKenzie and a young Frank Miller, right at the dawn of Miller's era-defining run. Over nearly five decades of publication, Lester has racked up 312 catalog appearances and six key issues, a testament to a character who clearly resonates deeply with readers and storytellers alike. The company Lester keeps is nothing short of Marvel's A-list — sharing pages with Daredevil, Matt Murdock, Spider-Man, Wolverine, and the deadly Bullseye across titles like Daredevil, Dark Avengers, and The Amazing Spider-Man. If you're a collector tracing the pulse of Bronze Age Marvel into the modern era, Lester is a name you'll encounter again and again, always at the center of the action.
Real name. Lester (surname unrevealed; has used the alias Benjamin Poindexter)
Powers. No superhuman powers; peerless marksman/aim who can turn any object into a lethal projectile, elite hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist, high pain tolerance. Later had adamantium grafted to portions of his skeleton.
Affiliations. Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers (impersonated Hawkeye under Norman Osborn); Assassins Guild; frequent Kingpin operative

Trivia
- Marvel leaned hard into the irony of hero branding when it slotted Lester/Bullseye into the "Hawkeye" role inside Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers, a calculated identity twist that weaponized the costume as much as the man wearing it.youtube.com
- Brian Michael Bendis has written more of Lester's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 32 issues.
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Covers through the years — 1979–2023
★ 1979
1983
1986
1990
1999
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2003
★ 2009
★ 2010
2013
★ 2019
2020
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