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Lester

Lester

367 appearances Β· Bronze Age Β· 1979–2026 Β· 6 key issues
Who is 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 β€” 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 β€” 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.

Identity

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

β˜… First appearance
Daredevil #159
Jul 1979

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 β€” 32 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1979–2023

Daredevil #159 β˜… 1979
Daredevil #159
Daredevil #191 1983
Daredevil #191
Alpha Flight #34 1986
Alpha Flight #34
Captain America #372 1990
Captain America #372
Daredevil #5 1999
Daredevil #5
Deadpool #36 2000
Deadpool #36
Daredevil: The Target #1 2003
Daredevil: The Target #1
Dark Avengers #1 β˜… 2009
Dark Avengers #1
Siege: X-Men #[nn] β˜… 2010
Siege: X-Men #[nn]
Essential Daredevil #6 2013
Essential Daredevil #6
Valkyrie: Jane Foster #1 β˜… 2019
Valkyrie: Jane Foster #1
Deadpool by Joe Kelly: The Complete Collection #2 2020
Deadpool by Joe Kelly: The Complete Collection #2
Edge of Spider-Verse #3 2023
Edge of Spider-Verse #3

Appearances (151–300 of 367, oldest first)

Thor by J. Michael Straczynski (2008)
#2
Dark Reign: Hawkeye (2009)
Dark Reign: Elektra (2009)
Ms. Marvel (2006)
The Amazing Spider-Man (1999)
Deadpool (2009)
Amazing Spider-Man Family (2008)
#8
Thunderbolts (2006)
Spider-Man: American Son (2009)
Dark Avengers / Uncanny X-Men: Exodus (2009)
#1
Avengers / X-Men: Utopia (2009)
Dark Reign: The List - Daredevil (2009)
#1
Dark Reign: The List - Avengers (2009)
#1
Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man (2009)
#4
Dark Reign: Young Avengers (2009)
Secret Warriors (2009)
#8
Dark Reign: The Underside (2009)
New Avengers (2005)
Dark Avengers Annual (2010)
#1
Siege: The Cabal (2010)
#1
New Avengers Annual (2006)
#3
Dark Wolverine (2009)
#81
Siege (2010)
Siege: Embedded (2010)
Spider-Man Hors SΓ©rie (2001)
#30
Avengers: The Initiative (2007)
#32
Marvel Heroes Extra (2010)
#2
Captain America: Reborn (2010)
New Avengers Finale (2010)
#1
Daredevil by Ed Brubaker & Michael Lark Omnibus (2009)
#2
Marvels: Eye of the Camera (2010)
Marvel Icons Hors SΓ©rie (2005)
#17
Siege: X-Men (2010)
Siege: Avengers - The Initiative (2010)
Siege: Dark Avengers (2010)
Daredevil Black & White (2010)
#1
Shadowland: Bullseye (2010)
#1
Shadowland (2010)
Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Ultimate Collection (2009)
#5
Deadpool: Wade Wilson's War (2010)
Siege: Thunderbolts (2010)
100% Marvel : Deadpool - Il faut soigner le soldat Wilson (2011)
What If? Dark Reign (2011)
#1
Shadowland: Daredevil (2011)
Spider-Man: The Next Chapter (2011)
#1
Mighty Avengers: Dark Reign (2011)
Thunderbolts By Warren Ellis & Mike Deodato Ultimate Collection (2011)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2011)
#2
Daredevil by Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark Ultimate Collection (2012)
#2
Marvel Universe (2012)
#7
Essential Daredevil (2002)
#6
Deadpool by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection (2013)
#3
Elektra (2014)
Uncanny Avengers (2015)
#5
Jessica Jones: Avenger (2016)
Daredevil: Back in Black (2016)
#2
Civil War II: Kingpin (2016)
Deadpool: Beginnings Omnibus (2017)
Punisher & Bullseye: Deadliest Hits (2017)
Deadpool Classic (2008)
#17
Daken: Dark Wolverine - Punishment (2017)
Marvel Generations (2018)
#2
Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection (2018)
#1
Valkyrie: Jane Foster (2019)
Deadpool Annual (2019)
#1
She-Hulk Annual (2019)
#1
Marvel Comics (2019)
Deadpool by Joe Kelly: The Complete Collection (2019)
#2
Marvel Comics 1000 (2020)
Deadpool: Black, White & Blood Treasury Edition (2021)
Amazing Spider-Man (2018)
Deadpool: Black, White & Blood (2021)
#3
Marvel Legendary Collection (2022)
#59
Jane Foster: The Saga of Valkyrie (2022)
Deadpool : Black, White & Blood (2022)
Marvel's Voices: Heritage (2022)
Deadpool Epic Collection (2021)
Thunderbolts: Back on Target (2023)
Edge of Spider-Verse (2023)
#3
Loki (2023)
Dark Avengers Modern Era Epic Collection (2024)
#1
Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil (2003)
#18
Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe (2024)