BEAVER STILLWELL

Real Name: Beaver Stillwell (see comments)

Identity/Class: Human

Occupation: Thug

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Lou, Morris Costello

Enemies: Cosie, Daredevil (Matt Murdock), John Fagan, Katie, Poppa

Known Relatives: Ma Myrtle Stillwell (mother), Billy Stillwell (brother)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Broken Cross, New Jersey

First Appearance: Daredevil I#218 (June, 1985)

Powers/Abilities: Beaver Stillwell is a thug accustomed to using knives, bike chains, guns, and broken bottles to commit violent crimes, including heinous murders. He has very little regard for human life and enjoys violence, provocation, and intimidation.

Height: 5'6" (by approximation)
Weight: 140 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown

History:
(Daredevil I#219 (fb) - BTS) - Myrtle Stillwell raised her boys, Beaver and Billy, in Broken Cross, New Jersey, overlooking their bad behavior, and arranging things with the cops to make excuses for the boys. Beaver had a love for violence, with a quick temper, while Billy was fascinated by setting fires.

(Daredevil I#219 (fb) ) - Beaver picked fights with motorcycle gangs and tourists, and once killed a wino with a .38 just for fun. When honest cop John Fagan began gathering evidence, Ma ordered Officer Costello, who was on her payroll, to work with Beaver and Billy and beat Fagan to death with bike chains.

(Daredevil I#219 (fb) - BTS) - The biker gang was blamed for the murders and they reportedly all committed suicide (likely murdered by Costello and the Stillwell boys), and only one biker was left alive. Beaver was known to tease the surviving biker whenever possible. Later, Billy got in trouble with the police in New York City for arson and was on the run, hiding out at Ma's place. Beaver occasionally robbed Poppa's Olympian Palace at gunpoint, but Ma always made him return the money.

(Daredevil I#219) - At Poppa's, Beaver drew a loaded gun and robbed Poppa yet again. A stranger (secretly Daredevil) entered and sat down for a cup of coffee as Beaver grew agitated. Katie flipped a burger right into Beaver's face, and Beaver pointed the gun at her, but the stranger disarmed him. Beaver grabbed a knife, but the stranger kicked him right out through the glass window. As Billy sobbed, Lt. Morris Costello, who'd been assigned by Ma to watch over Beaver, questioned the stranger and ordered him out of town by the following morning. At home, Ma beat Beaver repeatedly while she and Costello wondered how to handle the stranger; Billy casually ate cereal and told Ma to keep beating Beaver. That night, at the Last Exit bar, Beaver was bragging about how the stranger barely got the upper hand against him, and he was teasing a local biker about past losses. When Beaver saw the stranger enter, he grabbed a bottle from bartender Lou, shattered it, and attacked. The stranger stopped him and a bar fight broke out until Costello broke it up and arrested the biker and the stranger, leaving them with cop Pliskin. Later, Beaver accused Billy of cheating at checkers, and Ma hit Billy repeatedly. The next morning, Beaver showed up at Cosie's place, threatening her. Ma led Billy and Beaver to the hotel, where they savagely tortured and killed Cosie. The stranger showed up and the Stillwells blew up the hotel with him inside. Costello, having just shot the biker, rushed there to warn the family that the stranger was superhuman. Costello took the Stillwells in his car and drove swiftly away, but the biker smashed into the car on his bike, exploding it, and all four were seemingly killed.

Comments: Created by Frank Miller, John Buscema, and Gerry Talaoc.

Beaver may be a nickname

Profile by Chadman.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Beaver, Billy and Ma Stillwell have no known connections to:

Cosie, Katie and Lou have no known connections to:

Lt. Morris Costello has no known connections to:

John Fagan has no known connections to:

Deputy Pliskin has no known connections to:

Poppa has no known connections to:


Cosie

(Daredevil I#219 (fb) - BTS) - Cosie ran Cosie's Motel in Broken Cross, New Jersey. She fell in love with an honest cop from out of town, John Fagan, but never recovered when John was beaten to death. After John's death, Cosie wouldn't let anyone sleep in his room again. She made a ruckus at the trial of the accused (bikers who turned out to be innocent), making Ma Stillwell angry.

(Daredevil I#219) - Katie dropped off a stranger (secretly Daredevil) at Cosie's Motel. Cosie was drunk on the couch when she mistook the stranger as John, and she fell asleep crying over her losses. The next morning, Cosie was crying over John when Beaver Stillwell showed up with a knife. Later, Beaver and Billy showed up, torturing and killing Cosie.

--Daredevil I#219 ([Dardevil I#219 (fb)], 219


Lt. Morris Costello

(Daredevil I#219 (fb) - BTS) - In Broken Cross, New Jersey, Police officer Lt. Morris Costello was on the payroll of the notorious Ma Stillwell, assigned to protect her sons, Billy and Beaver. When honest cop John Fagan, an out-of-towner, got a promotion in the force, Costello was furious, so he had no problem beating Costello to death along with Billy and Beaver at Ma's orders. The biker gang was blamed for the murders and they reportedly all committed suicide (likely murdered by Costello and the Stillwell boys), and only one biker was left alive.

(Daredevil I#219) - When Beaver tried robbing Poppa's Olympian Palace, a stranger (secretly Daredevil) tossed him through a window. Costello, who'd been waiting outside to protect Beaver, entered and checked the stranger's ID, then ordered him out of town the next morning. Costello took Beaver to Ma, who beat her son. Costello worried about what the stranger might find if he started digging, and Ma reminded Costello that his hands were as dirty as hers. Later, Costello broke up a bar fight involving the stranger and Beaver at the Last Exit bar. Costello locked up both a local biker and the stranger. Ma Stillwell, after beating her boys, realized both men in jail and Cosie needed to be taken care of. Costello went to the jail, let the biker out of his cell, then executed him. The stranger escaped and managed to knock Costello out. Costello woke up and rushed to Cosie's hotel, where Ma, Billy, and Beaver had just killed Cosie and blown up the place with the stranger inside. Costello warned them that the stranger was more than human. The man emerged from the fire and Costello fired at him. Costello took the Stillwells in his car and drove swiftly away, but the biker smashed into the car on his bike, exploding it, and all four were seemingly killed.

--Daredevil I#219 ([Dardevil I#219 (fb)], 219


John Fagan

(Daredevil I#219 (fb) ) - John Fagan was an honest cop who moved to Broken Cross, New Jersey and tried to make it a better place to live. He fell in love with Cosie, who ran the local motel. When Fagan investigated the murder of a local wino, he realized young Beaver Stillwell was behind it. Before Beaver could be arrested, Ma Stillwell ordered Beaver, Billy Stillwell, and Officer Morris Costello to beat Fagan to death with bicycle chains, leaving him a bloody and broken mess.

--Daredevil I#219 (fb)


Katie

(Daredevil I#219 (fb) - BTS) - The waitress as Poppa's Olympian Palace, Katie worked directly for Poppa. She grew accustomed to Beaver Stillwell robbing the place.

(Daredevil I#219) - After Beaver robbed Poppa's again, Katie was flipping burgers. A stranger (secretly Daredevil) entered and Katie poured a cup of coffee for him as Beaver grew agitated. Katie flipped a burger right into Beaver's face. Beaver pointed the gun at her, but the stranger disarmed Beaver, then he threw Beaver through the glass window when Beaver drew a knife. Lt. Costello questioned the stranger and ordered him out of town. Katie picked up the stranger, flirting with him, and she took him to Cosie's, where he could stay the night; the stranger never spoke as Katie wondered what he was doing in town, suspecting he might be after Billy Stillwell. Katie heard later about the Stillwell family and the corrupted cop Costello being killed in an accident.

--Daredevil I#219 ([Dardevil I#219 (fb)], 219


Lou

(Daredevil I#219) - At the Last Exit bar in Broken Cross, New Jersey, Lou was the bartender when Beaver Stillwell got defeated in a fight by a stranger (secretly Daredevil). A bar fight broke up until Officer Costello broke it up.

--Daredevil I#219


Deputy Pliskin

(Daredevil I#219 (fb) - BTS) - After the death of John Fagan, Deputy Pliskin bought a nice bike off one of the bikers who was accused of killing him.

(Daredevil I#219) - At the jail, Pliskin ate while listening to the biker open up to an incarcerated stranger about the death of John Fagan. Costello later dismissed Pliskin.

--Daredevil I#219 ([Dardevil I#219 (fb)], 219


Billy Stillwell

(Daredevil I#219 (fb) - BTS) - In Broken Cross, New Jersey, Myrtle Stillwell raised her sons Billy and Beaver, overlooking their bad behaviors and always making excuses for them, covering up their crimes and paying off the police.

(Daredevil I#219 (fb)) - Beaver killed a wino and police officer John Fagan had evidence against him, so Billy, Beaver, and Officer Morris Costello killed Fagan with bicycle chains. The biker gang was blamed for the murders and they reportedly all committed suicide (likely murdered by Costello and the Stillwell boys), and only one biker was left alive.

(Daredevil I#219 (fb) - BTS) - When Billy Stillwell, who loved setting fire to things, started a large fire in New York, he was arrested but fled bail and hid out at his mother's home.

(Daredevil I#219) - Costello brought Beaver home after an altercation with a stranger, and Ma hit Beaver repeatedly as Billy casually ate cereal. When Billy cheated at checkers with Beaver later, Ma beat him for it, calling him a sinner. Ma had Beaver and Billy savagely torture and kill Cosie at her hotel. When the stranger arrived, they blew the place up as Costello pulled up in his car. The stranger emerged from the fire and Costello fired at him. Costello took the Stillwells in his car and drove swiftly away, but the biker smashed into the car on his bike, exploding it, and all four were seemingly killed.

--Daredevil I#219 ([Dardevil I#219 (fb)], 219 (fb), [Dardevil I#219 (fb)], 219


Ma Stillwell

(Daredevil I#219 (fb) - BTS) - In Broken Cross, New Jersey, Myrtle Stillwell raised her sons Billy and Beaver, overlooking their bad behaviors and always making excuses for them, covering up their crimes and paying off the police. When Billy Stillwell, who loved setting fire to things, started a large fire in New York, he was arrested but fled bail and hid out at his mother's home.

(Daredevil I#219) - When Beaver got in a fight with a stranger while robbing Poppa's, Ma Stillwell was furious and hit Beaver repeatedly as Billy casually ate cereal. Costello was worried about the stranger and what he might find if he started digging, and Ma reminded him that his hands were dirty also. Costello reported to Ma about a bar fight between Beaver, the stranger, and the biker, and he'd locked the latter two up. After beating Billy for cheating at checkers with Billy, Ma realized the stranger, the biker, and Cosie all needed to be taken care of. While Costello killed the biker, Ma had Beaver and Billy torture and savagely kill Cosie. When the stranger arrived, Ma had the boys blow the hotel up. Costello, who'd shot the biker, rushed there, warning that the stranger was super human. The stranger emerged from the fire and Costello fired at him. Costello took the Stillwells in his car and drove swiftly away, but the biker smashed into the car on his bike, exploding it, and all four were seemingly killed.

--Daredevil I#219 ([Dardevil I#219 (fb)], 219


Poppa

(Daredevil I#219 (fb) - BTS) - Poppa ran Poppa's Olympian Palace in Broken Cross, New Jersey, working with his waitress, Katie. Beaver Stillwell occasionally robbed the place.

(Daredevil I#219) - When Beaver robbed Poppa's again, at gun point, Poppa casually handed over the cash and kept working with his customers. A stranger (secretly Daredevil) entered and threw Beaver through the glass when Beaver threatened to get violent towards Katie. Lt. Costello questioned the stranger and ordered him out of town.

--Daredevil I#219 ([Dardevil I#219 (fb)], 219


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Daredevil I#219, p3, pan4 (main)
Daredevil I#219, p10, pan3 (2nd, Beaver kneeling)
Daredevil I#219, p7, pan2 (Cosie)
Daredevil I#219, p4, pan6 (Morris Costello)
Daredevil I#219, p13, pan4 (John Fagan)
Daredevil I#219, p2, pan1 (Katie)
Daredevil I#219, p13, pan1 (Pliskin)
Daredevil I#219, p6, pan4 (Billy Stillwell)
Daredevil I#219, p6, pan2 (Ma Stillwell)
Daredevil I#219, p2, pan1 (Poppa)


Appearances:
Daredevil I#219 (June, 1985) - Frank Miller (writer), John Buscema (penciler), Gerry Talaoc (inker), Ralph Macchio (editor)


First Posted: 02/16/2019
Last updated: 02/16/2019

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