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Great news from The Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal, UK! During an interview therein, legendary Punisher writer Garth Ennis announced the titles and artists for Soviet and Get Fury, two upcoming Punisher miniseries initially teased in progress in Ennis's closing letter to fans at the end of January 2018's The Punisher MAX: The… Continue reading News: Garth Ennis announces two Punisher miniseries
Frank Castle had an unusually prominent presence in the War of the Realms. He helped Thor, Wolverine, Blade and Lady Freyja among others stop Earth's invasion from Malekith's forces and for three issues, Gerry Duggan (Infinity Wars, Deadpool) gave him his own "fun" solo adventure where he helped a few patients and medical staff escape to safety with… Continue reading Review: The Punisher: Kill Krew #1 (of 5) (2019) by Gerry Duggan
Despite a triumphant New York homecoming, things aren't looking particularly great for Frank Castle. Hydra figurehead Baron Zemo has now allied with Mayor Wilson Fisk a.k.a. Kingpin in an effort to get rid of their mutual punishment problem once and for all. Their tools? An army of 400 Hydra strong disguised as United Nations troops,… Continue reading Review: The Punisher #14 (2019) by Matthew Rosenberg
Bagalia is in ruins and Baron Zemo has retreated to New York to break bread with THE criminal mastermind himself, Wilson Fisk a.k.a. Kingpin, for assistance with their soon-to-be mutual Punisher problem. As the wacky criminal duo are trading verbal smoke and butting administrative heads, Frank Castle is collecting intel in the manner he knows best...killing,… Continue reading Review: The Punisher #13 (2019) by Matthew Rosenberg
War of the Realms: Omega #1 isn't a book only about The Punisher. It's an anthology comic issue (with a framing story involving Daredevil and Heimdall) that sets readers up for individual incoming series for Loki, Jane Foster and Frank Castle. As a Punisher site, we're cutting through the gunk and giving you the unfiltered… Continue reading Review: War of the Realms: Omega #1 “War Orphans” by Gerry Duggan
In Punisher #13, Matthew Rosenberg took a surprising opportunity to address the controversy behind the usage of the Punisher skull by law enforcement. In the comic, two officers investigating a string of violent robberies mistakenly come across The Punisher as a suspect. After realizing who they've stopped, the officers stop to snap a picture with… Continue reading The Punisher Makes It Clear That He’s No Role Model For Law Enforcement
Innocent citizens are getting massacred due to the many monsters of the War of the Realms. Enter Frank Castle: a man with a skull, a mission to save the small, everyday citizens of New York from the insanity of it all and the will to use everything at his disposal to complete said mission. Throughout… Continue reading War of the Realms: The Punisher #3 (2019) by Gerry Duggan
For all of the tribulations and fears that Matthew Rosenberg's Secret Empire-focused run has brought Punisher fans, he's matched it nearly equally with an action-packed, unpredictable and legacy honoring run featuring moments such as Frank Castle utilizing the War Machine armor to take down an entire regime, an epic Frank-led prison break obliterating the… Continue reading Punisher Central Presents…ROSENBINGO!
Continuing immediately after his organized jailbreak from and destruction of Bagalia, the story begins with Frank crash-landed in cartel tropical island territory and about to be executed by drug overdose. Thanks to prior writer Mike Baron (see issues #29 and #30 of War Journal v1 and the awesome Punisher : G Force graphic novel respectively),… Continue reading Review: The Punisher #12 (2019) by Matthew Rosenberg
The Punisher has been a frequent appearance in the War of the Realms event. Bryan Hill wrote him in War of the Realms Strikeforce - The Dark Elf Realm, Jason Aaron writes him in the main event book and Gerry Duggan (also the author of this issue) is slated to continue his Asgardian adventures afterwards in… Continue reading Review: War of the Realms: Punisher #2 (2019) By Gerry Duggan
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