Kingpin | comic-book character | Britannica

…was working for the evil Kingpin. Elektra had also been Murdock’s first love, and their complicated and deadly relationship drew new readers to the title. Miller became one of the top comic writers of the 1980s, and Daredevil’s searing, dark, violent, and explosive direction was mimicked across the comics industry.…

…the executioner for the villainous Kingpin, while the heroic Daredevil is pledged to stop her. In Daredevil no. 181 (April 1982) Elektra is mortally wounded by the assassin Bullseye, a rival within the Kingpin’s organization. She crawls to Murdock’s home and dies in his arms.