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Who Is Dante Rigoletto? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Dante Rigoletto (Marvel): An infamous mafia boss and the Kingpin's predessesor. He occasionally showed shades of morality in spite of his selfish nature as a mobster.

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Dante Rigoletto is a Marvel comic book character, with over 16 comic issue appearances. An infamous mafia boss and the Kingpin's predessesor. He occasionally showed shades of morality in spite of his selfish nature as a mobster.

Who is Dante Rigoletto?

Other Versions PunisherMAX In PunisherMax, Dante Rigoletto is the Don of one of the five mafia families. Wilson Fisk works for him, setting up the Kingpin plan to distract the Punisher . Rigoletto hires the Mennonite to kill the Punisher while the Kingpin plan was in action because the other Dons feared that the Punisher was seeing through the plan. When Fisk executes his secret plan, Rigoletto holds Fisk's family hostage. Fisk shoots Rigoletto and his men, but not before Rigoletto kills Fisk's son. Other Media Daredevil (Netflix Series) Rigoletto is mentioned in the first episode of the series but his death is confirmed by Ben Urich's mob contact. Rigoletto was mutilated by the Kingpin because he posed a threat to his rise to power,.

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Dante Rigoletto is of human origin. The character is published by Marvel. With 16 recorded issue appearances, Dante Rigoletto ranks among the most featured characters in comics.

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Who is Dante Rigoletto?

An infamous mafia boss and the Kingpin's predessesor. He occasionally showed shades of morality in spite of his selfish nature as a mobster.

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