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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 (301–367 of 367, oldest first)

Captain America: Final (2024)
The Marvel Art of David Mack (2024)
Spider-Punk: Arms Race (2024)
#1
Deadpool: The Saga of Wade Wilson (2024)
Ultimate Spider-Man (2024)
Daredevil: Gang War (2024)
#4
Giant-Size Daredevil (2024)
#1
Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman (2024)
Ultimate Universe (2024)
Venom War: Daredevil (2024)
#1
Spider-Boy (2024)
West Coast Avengers (2025)
#1
The Thing: The King of Yancy Street (2025)
Venom War: Zombiotes / Venomous (2025)
Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell (2025)
Daredevil: Unleash Hell - Red Band (2025)
#4
The Thing (2025)
#1
Daredevil Modern Era Epic Collection (2023)
#6
Marvel Comics (II) (2024)
Daredevil by Saladin Ahmed (2024)
#4
Spider-Man vs. the Sinister Sixteen (2025)
#1
Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu (2024)
Wolverine by Saladin Ahmed (2025)
#2
Exceptional X-Men (2024)
#12
X-Men (2024)
Wolverine: Old Man Logan [Marvel Premier Collection] (2025)
Punisher - Journal de guerre (2025)
Ultimate X-Men (2024)
#19
La chose - Le roi de Yancy-Street (2025)
Thirteen Cancelled Comics (2025)
Punisher: Red Band (2025)
#4
Thunderbolts: Dark Reign Omnibus (2026)
Fantastic Four (2025)
Dark Avengers (2012)
#2