85-700: [REDACTED] Look up frank in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Frank or Franks may refer to: People [ edit ] Frank (given name) Frank (surname) Franks (surname) Franks , a Germanic people in late Roman times Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang , Crusaders and other Western Europeans as "Franks" Currency [ edit ] Liechtenstein franc or frank,
170-599: A Castle who is resurrected by Morbius and the Legion of Monsters as a patchwork, Frankenstein -like creature. He joins up with the Legion of Monsters to help protect the monsters of Monster Metropolis from the Hunter of Monster Special Force. At the conclusion of the series, the character was transformed back into a normal human when he acquired the mystical Bloodstone, with its healing abilities restoring his humanity. Although
255-527: A Marvel editor there and asked Grant to write something for him. In 1979, Marvel began considering publishing miniseries, which Grant had been lobbying for some time. Grant began pushing for a Punisher miniseries, but this was met with disinterest from editorial, as the character was not thought of as one that readers would care about. The following year, Grant collaborated on Marvel Team-Up #94 with artist Mike Zeck . In 1984, Zeck illustrated Marvel's first Secret Wars miniseries, which raised his profile in
340-566: A cloned body). The comic was relaunched in 2018, by writer Matthew Rosenberg and artist Riccardo Burchielli . The story ditched the War Machine armor, but kept the idea of the Punisher operating at the international level, dealing with an ill-fated battle against Baron Zemo . A new 13 issue series began in 2022 with Jason Aaron serving as the writer and art from Jesús Saiz and Paul Azaceta. It showcases Castle serving as an assassin of
425-514: A copy of it. And while I was doing the Jackal storyline, the opportunity came for a character who would be used by the Jackal to make Spider-Man 's life miserable. The Punisher seemed to fit." Conway was also involved in creating the unique outfit for the character. As Conway recalled in 2002, "In the '70s, when I was writing comics at DC and Marvel, I made it a practice to sketch my own ideas for
510-544: A day and wrote three ideas: One involved the Black Knight and one was the Punisher, since those were characters he liked that as far as Grant knew, no other Marvel writer was working with at the time. Unbeknownst to Grant, the Punisher, as it turned out, was the lead in a black-and-white magazine being written by Archie Goodwin , making the character unavailable for Grant's use. A couple of years later Grant began writing for Marvel after another friend, Roger Stern , became
595-585: A drug trail, and he is being targeted by a military hit squad. During the Original Sin storyline, the Punisher becomes involved in the investigation of the murder of Uatu when he is recruited by an unknown agent – later revealed to be Nick Fury – to track various deceased eldritch creatures with Doctor Strange , their combined occult and firearm knowledge allowing them to determine what killed various creatures that Fury had killed in his career as 'the Man on
680-464: A four-piece girl band created for a Channel 4 comedy drama series "Frank", a song by Infected Mushroom from their 2009 album Legend of the Black Shawarma "Frank", a song by Ween from their 1991 album The Pod Other arts and entertainment [ edit ] Frank (film) , a 2014 comedy Frank (social network) , an American social networking service Frank (comics) ,
765-495: A great Rorschach test . What's given him some sustainability is, you can put into him whatever you want, as opposed to Spider-Man, who truly is who he is and shouldn't be changed. The Punisher is a thin character on his own merits, but that allows for a lot of interpretations and different angles of approach." The Punisher's backstory initially introduced him as a veteran of the Vietnam War . In this capacity, he appeared in
850-495: A regular basis, teaming up with both Spider-Man and other heroes such as Captain America and Nightcrawler throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Conway said the Punisher's popularity took him by surprise, as he had intended him only as a second-tier character. During his acclaimed run on Daredevil , writer and artist Frank Miller made use of the character, contrasting his attitudes and version of vigilante action to that of
935-449: A series of experimental comic books by Jim Woodring Other uses [ edit ] FRANK (drugs) , a UK government drugs awareness campaign Frank, a device or marking on mail - see Franking Nakajima Ki-84 , Allied reporting name: Frank, a Japanese World War II fighter aircraft USS Franks (DD-554) , a United States Navy warship Tropical Storm Frank , a name borne by several tropical cyclones worldwide Storm Frank ,
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#17327655570621020-660: A special underwater prison, while Cole-Alves resurfaces in Los Angeles, shooting a mugger while wearing the Skull insignia. As part of the Marvel Now! event, the Punisher becomes a member of Red Hulk 's Thunderbolts . Their first mission is to take down the civilian-murdering dictator of an island nation. As a part of All New Marvel Now , The Punisher solo series is written by Nathan Edmondson and illustrated by Mitch Gerads. The Punisher moves to Los Angeles following
1105-453: A village Franks, Illinois , United States, an unincorporated community Franks, Missouri , United States, an unincorporated community Frank, North Carolina , United States, an unincorporated community Frank, West Virginia , United States, a census-designated place Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Fictional characters [ edit ] One of the title characters of Frank and Ernest (comic strip) Frank, from
1190-760: A windstorm in Britain and Ireland in December 2015 Frank (food) , an alternate name for a hot dog or sausage Frank's Red Hot , a cayenne pepper hot sauce Frank's Nursery & Crafts , a defunct U.S. retailer Frank (magazine) , a Canadian scandal sheet Frank: Academics for the Real World , a review published by the Clinton School of Public Service Frank (company) , a student financial aid assistance company founded by Charlie Javice See also [ edit ] Francia , also known as
1275-410: Is a five-part series that is meant to take place after FrankenCastle . In this series, the Punisher faces Jigsaw once again. A violent gang war resulted in the murders of nearly 30 people at a wedding reception, including the groom, leaving the bride, U.S. Marine Sergeant Rachel Cole-Alves , a widow just hours after getting married. Frank had connections with one of the detectives on the case and used
1360-455: Is a problem and needs to be taken care of. Wolverine, believing that lethal methods are sometimes justified, refuses to assist. Black Widow tracks Castle to South America, where they fight to a standstill before Widow gets distracted by a group of mercenaries guarding a town full of sick villagers, abandoning the fight to help them. Thor pursues Castle next, although all he wants is to talk Castle into turning himself in. Castle sneaks back into
1445-602: Is a shortening of Franciscus , i.e. "the Frenchman", in reference to Saint Francis of Assisi ). It was popularized particularly by Frank Sinatra (born Francis Albert Sinatra, 1915–1998). The continental variant of Frank dates back to the Carolingian period in France and Germany (the early medieval Frankish Empire where originally Old Frankish was spoken by the elite). The Old High German form Francho, Franko
1530-561: Is currently working for Condor but gives Frank a folder of important intel on Condor's EMC operation, before departing. With his new mission to take down Condor before they can get EMC into the worst hands, the Punisher is followed by a D.E.A. Agent whose drug bust on Condor was disrupted by his, as well as a sadistic killer named Face who is also second-in-command of Condor. In the Kingpin Civil War II storyline, Castle goes to eliminate Fisk and his criminal empire. During
1615-496: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Frank (given name) Frank / f r æ ŋ k / is a masculine given name. While Frank has been a European name in its own right, the given name in the English-speaking United States arose in the 20th century as a short form of the traditional common English variant Francis (which itself
1700-755: Is on record from the 8th century. Hence also the English adjective frank (Middle English, from Old French franc , 12th century). Frank Castle The Punisher ( Francis " Frank " Castle , born Castiglione ) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru . The Punisher made his first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 ( cover-dated February 1974), originally depicted as an assassin and adversary of
1785-405: Is the right thing to do: although he has few qualms about killing, he is outraged when his then-associate, the Jackal , apparently kills an enemy by treacherous means rather than in honorable combat. Spider-Man, who is himself no stranger to such torment, concludes that the Punisher's problems made his own seem like a "birthday party". The character was a hit with readers and started to appear on
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#17327655570621870-496: The Marvel Legacy initiative, Castle relinquished the armor and title to him and resumed as Punisher. Despite his violent actions and dark nature, the Punisher has enjoyed some mainstream success on television, making guest appearances on series such as Spider-Man and The Super Hero Squad Show , where the depiction of his violent behavior was toned down for family viewers. In feature films, Dolph Lundgren portrayed
1955-945: The Italian Mafia , the Russian Bratva , the Japanese yakuza , the Colombian and Mexican drug cartels , the Aryan Brotherhood , the Chinese Triads , Jamaican Yardies , the Irish Mob , biker gangs , street gangs , gunrunning militias , muggers , killers , rapists , psychopaths , violent racists , sadists , pedophiles , and corrupt city officials . He also assaults criminal business enterprises such as drug trafficking , weapons smuggling , money laundering , and human trafficking . Due to
2040-553: The Jackal , Bushwacker , Doctor Doom , the Reavers and Bullseye would be used to provide more of a challenge for the character. In addition, heroes such as Spider-Man, Captain America, Daredevil, Ghost Rider , the Hulk , Wolverine , Nick Fury , and Moon Knight – and, on at least two occasions, the preadolescent team Power Pack – would appear. Often the stories would use the appearance of those heroes to provide commentary on
2125-515: The Vietnam War and later updated alternately to the fictional Siancong War and the Iraq War ) U.S. Marine Corps Scout/Sniper in Force Recon , Castle is skilled in hand-to-hand combat, guerrilla warfare , and marksmanship. He is well known for the skull motif on his chest, envisioned by his creators as a skull-and-crossbones symbol on his right breast. In the 2022 run featuring
2210-402: The Vietnam War -era comic The 'Nam . During this era, the Punisher was assisted by his then-partner, Microchip . Serving as a Q type figure, he would supply the Punisher with high-tech vehicles and equipment such as armored combat "battle vans" specially built and customized. Over the next decade, the Punisher would be shown fighting virtually every known criminal organization, including
2295-969: The War on Terror . Many characters are past or current intelligence and military operatives from governmental agencies like the American CIA , the Soviet KGB , and the British SIS and SAS , as well as various militaries and militias from the Balkans and Middle East , including the IRA , all with agendas rooted in past conflicts like the Cold War or the Yugoslav Wars . The miniseries Born by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson further examines Castle's roots, tracing them back to his third tour of
2380-499: The superhero Spider-Man . The character is depicted as an Italian-American vigilante who employs murder , kidnapping , extortion , coercion , threats of violence , and torture in his campaign against crime. Driven by the deaths of his wife and two children, who were killed by the mob for witnessing a killing in New York City 's Central Park , the Punisher wages a one-man war on crime. A veteran (originally of
2465-529: The 1951 novel Camilla Dickinson Frank Ryan, a character in the 1934 film The Man Who Changed His Name Frank Spencer (Michael Crawford) , the main character of the BBC sitcom Some Mothers Do Ave Em Frank, a taxi driver from 28 Days Later Frank West ( Dead Rising ) , in the Dead Rising video game series Frank White, lead character in the 1990 film King of New York Frank Woods, in
2550-471: The 1959–1960 syndicated TV series This Man Dawson Frank Dawson, a character in the 1981 American made-for-television movie Fallen Angel Frank Dawson, in the 2013 American black comedy crime film Life of Crime Frank Drebin , main character of the action comedy film series The Naked Gun Frank/Franky, Chad's uncle in Double Impact Frank, Hank's twin brother and one of
2635-627: The 1993 American comedy-drama film Mrs. Doubtfire Frank, a character in the 2001 American made-for-television drama movie A Girl Thing Frank, a monstrous rabbit character in Donnie Darko Frank, Kevin's uncle in the Home Alone movies Frank Angelino, on the American television sitcom Three's Company Frank Armitage, in the 1988 American science-fiction action thriller movie They Live Frank Barone , from
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2720-533: The 2016 Civil War II storyline, where Jim "Rhodey" Rhodes met his death at the hands of Thanos , Nick Fury, Jr. obtained the War Machine armor from a black market syndicate and persuaded Punisher to don the armor and carry on in Rhodes' name, succeeding him as the second War Machine for a short while, customizing the armor with his skull motif. Following Rhodes' resurrection alongside Tony Stark for
2805-556: The American sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond Frank Bean, a main antagonist of Fantastic Mr. Fox Frank Bennett, in the 1991 American comedy-drama movie Fried Green Tomatoes Frank Burns ( M*A*S*H ) , in the film and TV series M*A*S*H Frank Castle , a Marvel Comics vigilante also called the Punisher Frank Costanza , from the American sitcom Seinfeld Frank Craft, in the 1996 American action thriller disaster movie Daylight Frank Dawson, in
2890-522: The Assassin, because there's just too much of a negative connotation to that word. And I remembered that, some time ago, I had had a relatively unimportant character ... [who] was one of [the cosmic antagonist] Galactus ' robots, and I had called him the Punisher , and it seemed to me that that was a good name for the character Gerry wanted to write—so I said, 'Why not call him the Punisher?' And, since I
2975-692: The Kingdom of the Franks Franc Franck (disambiguation) Frankie (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Frank . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank&oldid=1251403391 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
3060-497: The Marvel Universe, the conflict matters only because he was asked to go and serve his country, and he did. When he returned, the society he was essentially defending betrayed him and murdered his wife and children in front of him. The conflict matters less than the fact that he gave his service, and this was the reward. In that broad brush vague Marvel Universe sense there's always 'the war' whatever it was. If that put him in
3145-466: The Marvel offices, where editors were thinking in terms of talent "stables" that worked exclusively for each editor. A new editor, Carl Potts , was looking for projects, so Grant and Zeck pitched a Punisher miniseries to him, and Potts accepted it, over much objection from Marvel management, who told him that he bore full responsibility for it. The miniseries premiered with a January 1986 cover date. It
3230-523: The Punisher being active for almost 30 years, with Punisher vol. 6, #19 (June 2005), specifying he had killed approximately 2,000 people. Whereas the traditional Punisher stories remained within the United States and involved antagonists and settings of conventional domestic crime, stories of the MAX Punisher often focus on current events, ranging from corporate fraud to sexual slavery and
3315-458: The Punisher ends with the character's death. After killing the Kingpin , Castle dies from his own wounds in issue #21 of PunisherMAX . He is buried in issue #22 as his death sparks a public uprising and killing of the city's criminals. In November 2006, a new The Punisher War Journal series, written by Matt Fraction and penciled by Ariel Olivetti , was released. The first three issues of
3400-400: The Punisher expresses regret for his actions in an inner monologue, calling his involvement with Hydra Supreme Rogers as probably the worst mistake of his life. He is shown atoning for his involvement with Hydra by killing every Hydra agent he can find. Upon the Punisher blowing up the abandoned warehouse where some Hydra agents were hiding, he is being observed by Nick Fury Jr. who speaks over
3485-433: The Punisher is determined to kill Spider-Man, who is wanted for the apparent murder of Norman Osborn . The Punisher is shown as a formidable fighter, skilled marksman, and able strategist. All he reveals about himself is that he is a former U.S. Marine . He has a fierce temper but also shows signs of considerable frustration over his self-appointed role of killer vigilante. He is engaged in extensive soul-searching as to what
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3570-519: The Punisher to 727 Varick level 19 suite A. Both Rachel Cole-Alves and the Punisher go to the location only to find it to be a trap. They later find out that Daredevil has the Omega Drive. Later Rachel Cole-Alves and the Punisher find Daredevil and Spider-Man . They then work together to destroy the drive. The Punisher and Cole-Alves later succeed in killing the heads of the Exchange, but in
3655-487: The Punisher willingly joined and became the boss of an organized crime family, and later confronted the X-Men and Nick Fury . The series ran for 18 issues, from November 1995 to April 1997. Writer Christopher Golden 's four-issue Marvel Knights miniseries The Punisher: Purgatory (November 1998 – February 1999) posited a deceased Punisher resurrected as a supernatural agent of various angels and demons . This version of
3740-439: The Punisher's homicidal nature, few of his foes became recurring antagonists, the most notable of these being the severely-scarred enforcer Jigsaw and the brutal sadistic mercenary Barracuda . The Punisher also acquired a nemesis in the form of the Kingpin , a longtime Spider-Man and Daredevil foe, and developed enmity with Daredevil himself, who likewise abhorred and fought against the Punisher's brutal methods. Villains such as
3825-509: The US to try and break Cole-Alves out of prison. The Avengers set a trap, figuring Castle would target a transport unit. Castle sees through the deception, and rescues the real Cole-Alves by disguising himself as Iron Man. Wolverine was later revealed to be the source of his information, and Logan helps Cole-Alves escape while Castle stays behind to battle the Avengers and buy time. Castle ends up in
3910-617: The Vietnam War, where he undergoes a psychological and possibly supernatural transformation into the Punisher to survive a massive assault on his fortification by the combined forces of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army . The one-shot Punisher: The Tyger , by Ennis and John Severin , went even further and showed that Castle had lived with murders, deaths and criminals from his childhood. The MAX version of
3995-682: The Wall'. During the Secret Wars storyline, the Punisher crashes the Kingpin's viewing party of the incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610 . He informs the villains present that since he cannot take them with him, he is going to have to do something with all of his bullets. After massacring the supervillain gathering, the Punisher is approached by the Howling Commandos , who request his aid in completing one final mission before
4080-442: The black-and-white comics magazine The Punisher Magazine (16 issues, November 1989 – September 1990) and The Punisher Armory (10 issues, no cover dates, starting 1990), a fictional diary detailing "His thoughts! His feelings! His weapons!" (as stated on the cover of issue #1). The Punisher also appeared in numerous one-shots and miniseries, and made frequent guest appearances in other Marvel comics, ranging from superhero series to
4165-469: The book are set during Marvel's " Civil War " event. It involves Castle taking on supervillains rather than his traditional non-super-powered criminal antagonists. He has also made appearances in the main Civil War series (issues #5–7). Wearing both his traditional costume and his Marvel Knights/MAX attire, and a new costume designed to look like his costume and Captain America's combined, the series pitted
4250-601: The character against a series of super-powered foes while also being involved in crossover events such as " World War Hulk " and " Secret Invasion ". Marvel relaunched The Punisher War Journal in 2009 as simply Punisher , with a thematic link tied to the events of the " Dark Reign " storyline and, following the departure of writer Garth Ennis , retitled the Marvel MAX series (formerly Punisher MAX ) as Punisher: Frank Castle MAX and, more recently, as Punisher: Frank Castle or Frank Castle: The Punisher (depending on
4335-568: The character also appeared in a 4-issue mini-series co-starring Wolverine. A 12-issue miniseries by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon , again titled The Punisher (April 2000 – March 2001), under the Marvel Knights imprint, revived the character's popularity. An ongoing series titled The Punisher (37 issues, August 2001 – February 2004), primarily by Ennis and Dillon, followed, succeeded in 2004 by an ongoing Ennis series under Marvel's mature-readers imprint, MAX . Returning
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#17327655570624420-616: The character in the 1989 film The Punisher , as did Thomas Jane in the 2004 film The Punisher , and Ray Stevenson in 2008's Punisher: War Zone . Jon Bernthal portrayed the character in the second season of Daredevil , the spin-off The Punisher and will reprise the role in Daredevil: Born Again , set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The Punisher was conceived by Gerry Conway , then-writer of The Amazing Spider-Man , and
4505-486: The character of the Punisher "sees the world in very black and white terms, he solves his problems with utter finality" and that "his response to any problem: when in doubt, hit back hard." The writer Steven Grant noted that: Heidegger , who took Kierkegaard 's philosophy further, comes even closer to describing the Punisher: 'Since we can never hope to understand why we're here, if there's even anything to understand,
4590-420: The character to his lone vigilante roots, those series combined crime-focused stories with black humor. The look of the Punisher was modified further removing the white gloves and pairing his traditional skull imprinted shirt with combat trousers, black combat boots and a black trench coat. Castle has used this costume on occasion in mid-2000s stories before The Punisher War Journal vol. 2. Continuing his run on
4675-493: The character, Garth Ennis used the freedom of the MAX imprint to write more realistic and hard-edged stories than had previously been seen. Ennis has stated that he would "like to see less superheroes"; this desire is reflected in the gritty, realistic tone and the anti-heroic portrayals of both the title character and Nick Fury , who made two guest appearances in the series. Punisher also made it explicit that Castle's timeline
4760-400: The character, after joining The Hand , Castle adopts a new logo inspired by the Japanese mythological demon Oni . The Punisher's brutal nature and willingness to kill made him an anomaly in mainstream American comic books when he debuted in 1974. By the late 1980s, the Punisher was part of a wave of psychologically troubled antiheroes. At the height of his popularity, the character
4845-578: The comic book The 'Nam , about the conflict. However, this dated the character as the years passed and the war was increasingly in the past. Greg Rucka retconned it to the War on Terror , instead, in 2011. He explained that "Steve [Wacker, editor on the project] and I went round and round on this, but ultimately, he wanted to make Frank younger because if he fought in Vietnam, he's in his 70s, and I get more mileage out of him being in his early 40s. I don't think that takes anything away from his origin. In
4930-530: The comms that the Punisher is ready. Some time after the events of Secret Empire , Nick Fury Jr. gives The Punisher access to the War Machine armor in order to combat a rogue state using old S.H.I.E.L.D. resources. During the aftermath of the operation, Frank resumes his war on crime in New York with the War Machine armor, only to surrender it after James Rhodes was revived. Despite wanting to atone for his sins for unknowingly working for Hydra, combined with
5015-452: The costumes of new characters—heroes and villains—which I offered to the artists as a crude suggestion representing the image I had in mind. I had done that with the Punisher at Marvel." Conway had drawn a character with a small death's head skull on one breast. Marvel art director John Romita, Sr. took the basic design and blew the skull up to huge size, taking up most of the character's chest. Amazing Spider-Man penciller Ross Andru
5100-735: The currency of Liechtenstein since 1920 Swiss franc or frank, the currency of Switzerland since 1850 Westphalian frank , currency of the Kingdom of Westphalia between 1808 and 1813 The currencies of the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland (1803–1814): Appenzell frank Aargau frank Basel frank Berne frank Fribourg frank Glarus frank Graubünden frank Luzern frank Schaffhausen frank Schwyz frank Solothurn frank St. Gallen frank Thurgau frank Unterwalden frank Uri frank Zürich frank Places [ edit ] Frank, Alberta , Canada, an urban community, formerly
5185-463: The dead and comes back to New York City, to continue his personal war against criminal organizations and enterprises. His first target is a former mercenary outfit called Condor that is currently selling a drug called EMC to terrorists and gang members because it gives users enhanced confidence, perception, strength and pain tolerance. During Frank's first bust on a Condor drug warehouse, he runs into his former Special Ops C.O. Ray Schroder (aka Olaf) who
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#17327655570625270-561: The death of Natasha at the hands of a Hydra Supreme counterpart of Steve Rogers, the Punisher is still a fugitive, having gone too far in hunting the remaining Hydra remnants on his brutal crime fighting spree. After surrendering the War Machine Armor out of respect of the revived Rhodes, the Punisher surrenders to the authorities but was secretly freed by the Winter Soldier and a recently revived Natasha (the latter, now in
5355-450: The difference between the Punisher and those more colourful characters. During Don Daley's run on The Punisher title, his version of justice was described by the editor as "an eye for an eye ". In 1995, Marvel canceled all three ongoing Punisher series due to poor sales. The publisher attempted a re-launch almost immediately, with a new ongoing series Punisher , under the new Marvel Edge imprint , by writer John Ostrander , in which
5440-500: The fight, Castle wounds Fisk's legs with his combat knife, and falls out of a window. During the Secret Empire storyline, after Steve Rogers – his history 'rewritten' by the sentient Cosmic Cube Kobik so that he believes that he has been a Hydra sleeper agent since childhood – arranges a mass coup of America, the Punisher eventually appears targeting the former criminal Boomerang – now acting as an information broker for
5525-404: The individual should choose a goal and pursue it wholeheartedly, despite the certainty of death and the meaninglessness of action.' That's sure the Punisher as I conceived him: a man who knows he's going to die and who knows in the big picture his actions will count for nothing, but who pursues his course because this is what he has chosen to do. Punisher co-creator Gerry Conway stated that "He's
5610-467: The information he gave him to kill members of the Exchange, the group responsible, before the police had a chance to question them. Later, the Punisher loses an eye while fighting a new version of the Vulture . The Punisher later confronts a recuperated Rachel Cole-Alves in a Hotel where members of the Exchange were meeting. Together they kill the members. It is later revealed to be part of a plan to lure
5695-730: The main antagonist in the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show Frank the Pug , from the Men in Black franchise Frank Reynolds ( It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ) , from the FX TV series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia , portrayed by Danny DeVito Frank Rock , DC comics character also known as Sgt. Rock Frank Rossitano, a character from the NBC satire sitcom 30 Rock Frank Rowan, in
5780-421: The main antagonist of the video game Fallout 2 Frank Lambert, a character in the TV sitcom Step by Step Frank Mercer, the main antagonist from Need for Speed Heat Frank Milo, in the 1993 American crime comedy-drama movie Mad Dog and Glory , played by Bill Murray Frank Mitchell, father of the title character in Moesha Frank Murphy, in the 1983 film Blue Thunder Frank N. Furter,
5865-474: The more liberal character of Daredevil. In the early 1980s, writer and college student Steven Grant was at a comics convention in New York City over the Christmas break. At the time he was living with Duffy Vohland, an employee in Marvel's production department. Vohland encouraged Grant to pitch story ideas to Marvel, and arranged an interview with then-editor-in-chief Marv Wolfman , with whom Grant would become good friends. Grant sat at Vohland's typewriter for
5950-507: The ninja organization The Hand . Following the conclusion of the previous series, a new Punisher volume began publication in November 2023, written by David Pepose, illustrated by Dave Wachter, with covers by Rod Reis. The series follows Joe Garrison, a former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who becomes the new Punisher following Frank Castle's disappearance. This ongoing series was cancelled after only 4 issues. The character has been described as being obsessed with vengeance; Garth Ennis noted that
6035-403: The process, Cole-Alves accidentally kills NYPD Homicide Detective Walter Bolt. On the run from the NYPD, Cole-Alves eventually tries to commit suicide by police, only to be captured and sent to prison. Castle eludes capture. Cole-Alves is sentenced to death for her crimes. Meanwhile, Spider-Man confronts Castle, but he manages to escape. Spider-Man then talks to the Avengers, stating that Castle
6120-433: The result of being poisoned with mind-altering drugs. An ongoing series, also titled The Punisher , premiered the next year. Initially by writer Mike Baron and artist Klaus Janson , it eventually ran 104 issues (July 1987 – July 1995) and spun off two additional ongoing series— The Punisher War Journal (80 issues, November 1988 – July 1995) and The Punisher War Zone (41 issues, March 1992 – July 1995), as well as
6205-401: The source); launching a new series called PunisherMAX by Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon . As part of his work on the character, Rick Remender wrote the one-shot title Dark Reign: The List – Punisher , which, as part of the "Dark Reign" storyline, shows the character dismembered and decapitated by Daken . Following this, the main Punisher series was renamed FrankenCastle and featured
6290-462: The stone allowed him to heal from serious wounds, he ultimately chose to discard it after his monster allies helped him recognize that reliance on the stone would result in its side-effects eventually affecting his judgment, causing him to lose the ability to recognize innocents and kill people because of what they might do. In 2010, a Punisher series was released titled Punisher: In the Blood . It
6375-500: The two beavers in the Jim Henson show Pajanimals Frank Huddy, a character in the 1992 American sports comedy-drama movie The Mighty Ducks Frank Gallagher ( Shameless ) , from the series Shameless Frank Grimes ( The Simpsons ) , in the animated sitcom The Simpsons Frank Heffley , in the book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid Frank Honey, a character in the video game Lego City Undercover Frank Horrigan,
6460-481: The underground Maria Hill – and apparently loyal to Hydra. He then reports to Steve Rogers about his mission. The Punisher later crashes Black Widow's attempts to take down Hydra Supreme Steve Rogers. The Punisher and Black Widow continue to battle until Black Widow stabs the Punisher in the thighs. The Punisher explains Hydra Supreme Steve Rogers's overall plan to use the Cosmic Cube is to put everything back to
6545-509: The video game Call of Duty: Black Ops Frank Zhang , one of the seven from Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus TV's Frank , from the TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000 , named for Frank Lanham Music [ edit ] Frank (Amy Winehouse album) , 2003 Frank (Yerin Baek EP) , 2015 Frank (Squeeze album) , 1989 Frank (Fly Anakin album) , 2022 Frank (band) ,
6630-512: The way it was. Not just the Axis victory in World War II, but bringing back all of the dead as a result of Hydra like Rick Jones, Jack Flag, and Frank Castle's family. Black Widow rejects this idea and sees Miles approaching Hydra Supreme Steve Rogers causing Black Widow to stop Hydra Supreme Steve Rogers and Miles Morales . After the real Captain America defeated his Hydra Supreme counterpart,
6715-596: The world ends. The Punisher agrees to help, and is airlifted to Tikrit , where he works on "punishing" the Black Dawn, a terrorist group that had been filming themselves executing American hostages, including a former associate of the Punisher's. The Punisher decimates the Black Dawn, and dies from gunshot wounds as the Earth is destroyed by the Incursions. After Earth-616 has been restored, Frank Castle returns from
6800-407: Was bannered on the cover as the first of four; although the series had always been intended to be five issues long, and the banner was an error that recurred throughout the entire run. The plot changed from Grant's initial story, though the basic concept remained the same. An important element of the story was a retcon that explains that many of the Punisher's more extreme actions to this point were
6885-474: Was featured in four monthly publications: The Punisher , The Punisher War Journal , The Punisher: War Zone , and The Punisher Armory . An alternate future version of the character dubbed the " Cosmic Ghost Rider ", created by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw, began publication in 2018 as a Thanos supporting character , becoming a breakout character and receiving his own ongoing series , often coming into opposition with his past self. In 2017, following
6970-401: Was fixed, while Marvel adjusted those of its other characters, with his history never altered or moved up in time. Promotional art for the cover of Punisher vol. 6, #44 (March 2007), gave his birth date as February 16, 1950, but that was removed for the published issues. After the departure of Ennis as writer, the series was renamed Punisher: Frank Castle with issue #66. The imprint depicts
7055-569: Was inspired by The Executioner , a popular book series created by author Don Pendleton , in which a Vietnam veteran , Mack Bolan , becomes a serial killer of criminals after the Mafia -related deaths of his family. Conway said in a 1987 interview that "I was fascinated by the Don Pendleton Executioner character, which was fairly popular at the time, and I wanted to do something that was inspired by that, although not to my mind
7140-509: Was the editor [sic; Lee had been named publisher in 1972], Gerry said, 'Okay.' Appearing for the first time in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 (Feb. 1974), the Punisher was initially an antagonist of the titular hero . He was portrayed as a bloodthirsty vigilante who had no qualms about killing gangsters, something which most superheroes of the time refrained from doing. J. Jonah Jameson described him as "the most newsworthy thing to happen to New York since Boss Tweed ". In this appearance,
7225-412: Was the first artist to draw the character for publication. Stan Lee , then Marvel's editor-in-chief, recalled in 2005 that he had suggested the character's name: Gerry Conway was writing a script and he wanted a character that would turn out to be a hero later on, and he came up with the name the Assassin. And I mentioned that I didn't think we could ever have a comic book where the hero would be called
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