NEW YORK–Now just over 100 days after Mayor Wilson Fisk took office on January 20, public opinion toward him remains just as divided as ever. Some believe Fisk is ridding New York of corruption and making the city safer, while others claim he’s a criminal himself and grossly overstepping the powers of his office.

Since taking office, Fisk has wasted almost no time in his crackdown on masked vigilantes. Fisk’s supporters claim he’s making the city safe from dangerous criminals such as Daredevil, the Punisher, and Muse. “Taking care of the vigilante threat and keeping New York safe and secure are just part of Mayor Fisk’s plan to make New York great again,” said Daniel Blake, a spokesperson for the mayor’s office, in a recent press conference.

Fisk’s detractors, though, believe the vigilante threat is overblown. They also cite the controversial actions of Fisk’s police enforcers, who have arrested and detained alleged vigilantes without giving them due process. Most publicly, the officers have unlawfully deported Hector Ayala, a.k.a. the White Tiger, to an El Salvador prison after he was wrongly accused of murder and exonerated in court. Despite the New York Supreme Court ordering Fisk to orchestrate Ayala’s release and return, Fisk has so far refused to comply.

“Mr. Ayala is not only a pillar of his community but has also saved countless lives through his vigilante activities as the White Tiger,” commented Matthew Murdock, the lead attorney on Ayala’s case. “For Fisk to disregard the court’s verdict and defy the Supreme Court’s direct orders is unlawful and makes him little more than a dictator.”

Murdock isn’t the only one concerned about the legality of Fisk’s actions. Even some within the mayor’s own office have begun to question his methods, such as former Commissioner Phil Gallo, who suddenly resigned from office in April and has mysteriously been reported as missing since then. Independent journalist BB Urich, who at one time praised Fisk’s enforcers for their success in apprehending Muse, has raised suspicions of fowl play and promises to continue her investigations of Mayor Fisk’s activities.

The mayor’s office has categorically denied any allegations of wrongdoing. “Mayor Fisk has done nothing wrong,” Blake insisted. “He’s a very moral person, and even a man of deep conviction. That’s why he’s the top choice to be the next pope!” Murdock, a practicing Catholic himself, had some very choice words to say about Fisk’s papal aspirations.

At publishing time, Fisk had declared martial law in the city in order to respond to the escalating vigilante threat. “This is just another example of Fisk subverting the legal system to suit his own ends,” Murdock said. “We must resist and fight back at all costs.”