Fixer (Marvel Comics)

The Fixer is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics: Roscoe Sweeney and Paul Norbert Ebersol.

Roscoe Sweeney was portrayed by Kevin Nagle in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Daredevil while Paul Ebersol has appeared in animated media.

The first Marvel Comics character known as the Fixer was Roscoe Sweeney. He first appeared in Daredevil #1 (Apr. 1964), and was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Bill Everett.

The second iteration of Fixer was long-time supervillain Paul Ebersol, first appearing in Strange Tales #141 (February 1966) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Much later, he appeared as a regular character in Thunderbolts, until he was forced to leave the team.

Roscoe Sweeney was a gangster and crooked fight promoter who was involved in extortion and illegal gambling who operated as the "Fixer". He paid boxer Jack Murdock to take a fall and lose a fight. Murdock accepted the money, however, the boxer became determined to continue the fight and eventually won by a knockout. The Fixer's right-hand man Slade killed Jack after the fight in retaliation. Learning of his father's murder and vowing to bring men like the Fixer to justice, Matt Murdock became a lawyer as well as the superhero Daredevil. The Fixer and Slade went to Fogwell's Gym where they encountered Daredevil. The Fixer had a fatal heart attack when confronted by Daredevil and died.

Paul Norbert Ebersol was born in Dayton, Ohio. He was a scientist who held a number of odd jobs, including auto mechanic, television repairman, and electronics laboratory assistant. He then became the second and more prominent "Fixer", a supervillain and genius-level criminal inventor who has often worked for criminal cartels like Hydra.

Fixer later joins Helmut Zemo's incarnation of the Masters of Evil. The team is later rebranded as the Thunderbolts, who masquerade as superheroes, with Fixer assuming the alias of Techno. He is apparently killed by Iron, one of the Elements of Doom, and transfers his mind into a robotic body.

Fixer then became one of the Redeemers, a government-backed team whereby criminals could shorten their sentences and clear their record. However, most of the team is killed by Graviton. He joined with the reunited Thunderbolts to stop Graviton, and he was one of the team members exiled to Counter-Earth. The team eventually returns to Earth via a rift.