Hes starred in many fantastic storylines and has become one of the more iconic heroes inMarvelhistory.
Okay, they were called Warg, but same thing.
The thing every Punisher writer especially Garth Ennis always has to push is how unflappable and badass Frank is.
Hes the coolest guy ever and punks out everyone in his way.
His pride has almost as much plot armor as he does.
Moments that hed choose not to remember.
Hes tricked into going after Spider-Man, thinking him to be a criminal.
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Its just…man.
Nobodys perfect and were all susceptible to misinformation, butlook at that guy.
Look at the Jackal.
Imagine that guy trying to convince you that Spider-Man is a bad guy who needs to be murdered.
Imagine taking his word at face value without questioning how youre getting your intel from St. Patricks Day Gollum.
You dropped the ball, Frank.
In terms of main continuity, Franks first meeting with the gamma giant didnt go so well.
Frank isnt about wasted motion.
He kept upping the ante on his weaponry until flinging a grenade at him.
Too bad we cant see things from Hulks point of view.
Im sure Franks expression was priceless.
Anyway, Hulk then proceeded to knock him out with a flick of a finger.
In the 90s, they had two team-up stories.
While Batman took down Jigsaw, Frank cornered Joker with intent to put a bullet in his brain.
Batman stopped him and let the Joker run off into the distance.
He was letting the worst criminal free, but he wasnt letting him die.
Frank, understandably, dropped his gun and punched Batman in the face.
Batman responded by claiming that, I let you have that one because you probably think I deserved it.
Frank sulked off, claiming that Batman and the Joker deserve each other.
WOLVERINES COMEBACK
Wolverine #186 (2003)
Ugh.
Just because Im writing this list doesnt mean that I think every entry is actually good or well done.
For instance, this one.
It happened a LOT with the Punisher and Wolverine tended to be a regular target.
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But turnabouts fair play and at the time, Frank Tieri was writing Wolverines comic.
He decided to respond to Ennis by having Wolverine get his win back.
Green Lantern and Aquaman saw the horrors of Dr. Dooms rule in Latveria.
Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman saw the ruins of Genosha.
Superman saw the aftermath of a Hulk rampage.
In each instance, Batman told them to stay the course and NOT interfere.
Then he and Plastic Man saw the Punisher gun down drug dealers in New York City.
Batman decided to go against his own advice.
ILL BE DAMNED.
The two watched a mob deal go down below.
While Blade was pretty jazzed to be on a rooftop with Frank, Frank was a bit too close-minded.
Blade was probably just a violent nutjob, no better than the mobsters below.
Frank even shot him in the back to very little effect.
Blade shrugged it off and Frank figured it was merely Kevlar.
Blade spent minutes trying to explain who he was to Franks unbelieving ears.
Blades targets took out Franks targets.
All the while, Frank just glared wide-eyed and shocked at the carnage.
He finally broke the silence to ask Blade if he wanted help.
Blade simply smiled and jumped off the rooftop.
BLEEDING HEART PUNISHER
Wha…Huh?
One time his family survived instead and became a family of gun-toting sociopaths.
All while watching an old lady get stomped on by two armed gang members.
Ash figured he had enough of Captain Kill-Happy and ran off to do his own thing.
Frank didnt notice this until running out of ammo.
He was swarmed and infected immediately.
The Runaways went to New York to meet with the Kingpin under the guise of a criminal syndicate.
While Frank underestimated the Runaways, Molly overestimated Frank and figured he had powers himself.
Soon after, Eminem beat Frank down with a pistol and unloaded it into Franks chest.
Turned out Barracuda was hired by the Parents Music Council to assassinate Eminem.
Thats on your permanent record, man.
Letha was granted the power to make people aggressive and Lascivious could make people fall in love.
Their powers failed to work on Frank due to his emotional emptiness.
Punisher vs. Spider-Man wasnt a new concept, nor was mind-controlled hero vs. hero.
while Frank rolled his eyes.
Thats when Lascivious figured to make Spider-Man fall in love with Frank and never let him go.
While Frank certainly had a bad time, he got it better than Spider-Man.
Without getting into it, Spider-Manmayhave had sex with a Doc Ock tentacle in broad daylight.
It wasnt very good.
Deadpool killing the Punisher was the cover image for the final issue and it made sense.
Frank already starred inPunisher Kills the Marvel Universeback in the 90s.
It was like a passing of the torch.
As the fourth issue began, various villains were shown mindlessly committing a mass suicide.
Instead, Frank found the dead body of the Puppet Master dressed up like Deadpool.
Deadpool was somehow the conscience of the group.
If anyone was even thinking about committing a violent crime, X-Force would hunt them down.
One member of the future team was an elderly Frank Castle.
At one point he warned Deadpool (present version) about an incident that would start a huge war.
Deadpool groaned at this advice and proceeded to make fun of all this kid-killing.
Then it got personal.
Look, for what its worth, I always hated you.
You are a boring, two-dimensional, self-serious relic from the 70s.
Oh, and Chuck Bronson called he wants everything he ever did back.
Its not like inGrounded, Superman was all, Man, this is the stupidest shit ever.
I miss fighting Zod.
Years later, Frank joined the Thunderbolts.
The feather reached out and healed Frank completely.
None could understand it.
Deadpool pointed out that it was like the angel feather recognized Frank and wanted to be with him.
Almost like there was some kind of history between Frank and angels.
Frank simply grumbled, I dont want to talk about it.
You cant live that down no matter how cool your costume looks.
If youre wondering, that was a direct reference to the bizarre, kid-friendlySpidey Super Storiescomic from the 70s.
There isnt a single part of that scenario that didnt hurt Frank.
Like everyone, Frank Castle isnt perfect.
Even the ultimate soldier has to stumble now and then.
Sometimes you get disrespected.
This guy knows whats up.
