James Wesley was the right-hand man and confidant of Wilson Fisk who oversaw the day-by-day activities of his criminal empire. He was tasked with controlling all interests in Fisk's empire, and crossing off anyone who posed a risk, a job he took great pleasure in. Wesley remained loyal to Fisk when his criminal circle was threatened by the emergence of the masked man, after which Fisk's business partners began turning on one another. Discovering that Marlene Vistain revealed incriminating information about Fisk to Ben Urich and his confidant Karen Page, Wesley secretly kidnapped Page to make her confess. However, Wesley's overconfidence contributed to his downfall, as Page was able to disarm Wesley and shoot him to death in order to escape.