MAYOR WILSON FISK PASSES THE POWERS ACT
Luke’s path to public office actually began with Wilson Fisk, in more ways than one. Fisk himself netted the position during the dark days of SECRET EMPIRE (2017), when Hydra seized power and trapped New York City under an inescapable dome of Darkforce. Fisk used his expansive resources to help the city and, while this wasn’t an unselfish move on his part, his aid genuinely helped the people, who began to hold him in high regard—exactly as he’d planned.
Riding this goodwill, Fisk ran for mayor as an independent candidate and, in DAREDEVIL (2015) #28 by Charles Soule, Ron Garney, Matt Milla, and VC’s Clayton Cowles, he won. Many would have voted for him, considering his help during the Hydra crisis, but DAREDEVIL (2015) #605 by Soule, Mike Henderson, Milla, and Cowles revealed that Fisk rigged the vote anyway.
At the end of his term, Fisk finally made good on his anti-super hero platform, putting all his power as mayor and Kingpin into passing the Powers Act in DEVIL’S REIGN (2021) by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, Marcio Menyz, and Cowles. The law was an anti-vigilante legislation that affected every kind of hero, from the Hulks to the Iron Mans.
Like a harsh evolution of Kamala’s Law, the Powers Act gave zero tolerance to vigilantism, the use of super-powers, and, seemingly, even just appearing superhuman. The law was brutally enforced by a villain-filled task force of Thunderbolts, many of whom relished the chance to legally repay old super-vendettas.