The Punisher War Journal or Punisher War Journal is the title of two Marvel Comics comic book series featuring the character Frank Castle, also known as the Punisher . The first volume, published from 1988 to 1995 , was spun off of a self-titled series featuring the vigilante's exploits.
23-548: After this, the character went through a number of incarnations in Marvel's imprints, such as Marvel Knights and MAX , that were outside of regular Marvel continuity. The second volume of War Journal , published between 2007 and 2009 by writer Matt Fraction , placed the character firmly in the ongoing Marvel Universe inhabited by superheroes such as the Avengers and Spider-Man , and super-villains such as Doctor Doom and
46-608: A fifth-week event called "Marvel Knights 2099", which took place in the future on an alternate world (Earth-2992) that was not identical to the alternate Marvel Universe on Earth-928 featured in the 1990s Marvel 2099 books. The Ultimate Marvel version of the Marvel Knights team made its debut in Ultimate Spider-Man #106 in the arc called "Warriors". The members of the Ultimate Marvel version of
69-610: A four-year scholarship based on his portfolio of art works, and in his fifth year the Dean's Scholarship for academics. He graduated in 1995 with a BFA in graphic design. Mack began publishing Kabuki in 1994 with Caliber Press , and later moved the series to Image Comics . It is now released through Marvel Comics' imprint Icon Comics . He completed the first book, Kabuki: Circle of Blood , while still in college. Mack has also worked on such Marvel Comics publications as Daredevil , Alias , New Avengers , and White Tiger . He
92-534: A place for top talent to work without constraints, and deliver the kind of product fans deserve! The change began with Daredevil #82, Black Panther #14, Moon Knight #1, Squadron Supreme #1, and Wolverine #42. Marvel Knights Spider-Man became The Sensational Spider-Man with issue #23, and Marvel Knights 4 (featuring the Fantastic Four ) became simply 4 with issue #28. Fury: Peacemaker , by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson ,
115-421: A six issue limited anniversary run entitled Marvel Knights 20th was started in 2018 and ran into 2019. The Marvel Knights team was a name given to Daredevil 's unnamed superhero team. Besides Daredevil, the line-up consisted of Black Widow , Cloak and Dagger , Morbius , Elektra , Blade , Ghost Rider , The Punisher , Moon Knight , Shang-Chi , Black Knight and Luke Cage . In 2004, Marvel Comics held
138-522: Is an American comic book artist and writer, known for his creator-owned series Kabuki and for co-creating with Joe Quesada the Marvel Comics superhero Echo . Mack graduated from Ludlow High School in 1990, where he had written and acted in many of the school theatre productions. He gave the commencement address there in 2003. Mack did not attend a specialized art school, but earned scholarships to Northern Kentucky University for five years,
161-685: Is referenced in Mallrats when Brody tells Renee that Issue #6 is one of the three items (along with his copy of Fletch and the remote control to his VCR ) he left at her house. Marvel Knights Marvel Knights is an imprint of Marvel Comics that contained standalone material taking place inside the Marvel Universe ( Earth-616 ). The imprint originated in 1998 when Marvel outsourced four titles ( Black Panther , Punisher , Daredevil and Inhumans ) to Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti 's company Event Comics ; Event hired
184-722: The Masters of Evil . This was reflected in the series by tying into crossover events of the Marvel Universe proper, including " Civil War ", " World War Hulk ", and " Secret Invasion ". The first volume of The Punisher War Journal ran 80 issues, cover-dated November 1988 to July 1995 . Originally written and penciled by Carl Potts , and inked by Jim Lee , who soon became series penciler, it changed creative teams with issue #25 (December 1990) to writer Mike Baron and penciler-inker Mark Texeira . Chuck Dixon took over as writer with #38 (January 1992), continuing with it to
207-449: The "Marvel Knights" banner would move to the Marvel Universe imprint and that "Marvel Knights" would afterward contain high-profile limited series . Quesada explained that Marvel Knights... is the showcase for "evergreen events" — self-contained limited series that think outside the box , that challenge readers to re-think their favorite Marvel characters and re-evaluate the legends that surround them. In other words, Marvel Knights will be
230-480: The 2018 Black Panther film, the characters they created have been noted as coming directly from the comics. Christopher Priest credited the Dora Milaje to both Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti . In 2010, Shout! Factory and Marvel Comics teamed up to release a roster of motion comic animated series on DVD. The following titles have been released thus far: David W. Mack David W. Mack
253-523: The Marvel Knight include Daredevil , Doctor Strange , Shang-Chi , Iron Fist , Moon Knight , and Spider-Man . After Shang-Chi made an unsuccessful attack on the Kingpin, he was recruited by Daredevil to help bring down the Kingpin for good. Later, Daredevil, as Matt Murdock, met Spider-Man and asked him to join the group, with the plan of killing the Kingpin. Spider-Man objected to killing, and
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#1732801521867276-490: The beaten path — boiling these archetypes down to their cores. We want to build on the tradition of limited series like Ennis and Crain 's Ghost Rider , Frank Cho 's Shanna, the She-Devil and Robert Rodi and Ribić 's Loki — each of which offered very distinct visions for Marvel characters, and each of which — judging by sales numbers — were embraced by fandom. Marvel Knights became dormant after 2013. However,
299-610: The creative teams for the Knights line while Marvel published them. In 1998, Marvel Comics, which had just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy , asked Quesada and Palmiotti to work for Marvel in a more exclusive capacity, and contracted them and their Event Comics partners to produce a line of Marvel books dubbed Marvel Knights . As editors of Marvel Knights, Quesada and Palmiotti worked on a number of low-profile characters such as Daredevil , Punisher , The Inhumans and Black Panther , encouraging experimentation and using their contacts in
322-469: The final issue, except for #65-74 (April 1994 – January 1995) which were written by Steven Grant . Others associated with the title include multi-issue pencilers Tod Smith, Ron Wagner , John Hebert, Hugh Haynes, Melvin Rubi , and penciler-inker Gary Kwapisz. The series was relaunched the following decade, titled simply Punisher War Journal , beginning with a new #1 (January 2007 ). The initial creative team
345-571: The ground work for several Marvel TV and movie story ideas and concepts. The title went on to feature Black Widow, new Punisher titles, the Sentry and several more events. In 2000, two-and-a-half years after starting Marvel Knights — and in large part due to the imprint's success — Quesada was named editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. Palmiotti remained involved in some of the titles for a limited period either inking or editing before leaving. In early 2006 Quesada announced that all ongoing titles under
368-410: The group agreed to let Moon Knight, under the persona of Ronin join the Kingpin's employ. Ronin forcibly brought Spider-Man to the Kingpin as a captive. The Kingpin ties him up, unmasks him and tortures him and mocks him for being a teenager. After revealing that he knew that Ronin was Moon Knight, Kingpin had him beaten nearly to death, and let Spider-Man leave with the knowledge that one of the Knights
391-483: The imprint focused on strong stand-alone stories and high production qualities. In addition to the headlining Daredevil title with Smith/Quesada/Palmiotti, the line also featured initial release titles of Punisher (from Christopher Golden, Bernie Wrightson and Jimmy Palmiotti); the Inhumans (Paul Jenkins, Jae Lee and Jose Villarrubia) and Black Panther (Christopher Priest and Mark Texeria). Several of these titles laid
414-495: The independent comics world to bring in creators such as David W. Mack , Mike Oeming , Brian Michael Bendis , Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon . Quesada himself also illustrated a Daredevil story written by film director Kevin Smith with Palmiotti inking the title book. Marvel Knights stepped away from the long-running story arcs and heavy focus on continuity that was a prime feature of Marvel Comics during this period; instead,
437-417: The police, revealed his secret identity, and said that Kingpin tried to kill him, which gave the police enough to arrest Kingpin on attempted murder charges. At the end of the arc there were brief images of the team going their separate ways: Shang-Chi caught a train out of town, Iron Fist returned to his daughter, Dr. Strange went back to his sanctum, and Daredevil berated himself at a church. Marvel Knights
460-556: Was a traitor. After a bomb destroyed the law offices of Matt Murdock, Iron Fist was revealed as the traitor, though only because Kingpin threatened his daughter. Iron Fist was sent back to Kingpin to distract him while Daredevil tried to kill his comatose wife. After a standoff between Daredevil, Kingpin, and Spider-Man, Kingpin agreed to leave the country in exchange for his wife's safety, but he secretly and furiously plotted to have Daredevil killed, Dr. Strange's hands broken, and Spider-Man's school blown up. Meanwhile, Moon Knight went to
483-541: Was also the name of a production arm of Marvel Studios intended to be used to produce some of Marvel's darker and lesser-known titles: Punisher: War Zone and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance were the only films released under the Marvel Knights banner. The Marvel Knights books have had several influences on Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and TV shows. From the Netflix Marvel TV shows to
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#1732801521867506-694: Was the first limited series to launch under the redefined imprint in February 2006. This was followed by Silver Surfer: Requiem by J. Michael Straczynski and Esad Ribić (2007), Spider-Man: Reign by Kaare Andrews (late 2006), Ghost Rider by Garth Ennis and Clayton Crain (2007), and Captain America: The Chosen (September 2007). Marvel Knights editor Axel Alonso wrote in a press release: These stand alone stories won't just challenge readers to re-think their favorite Marvel legends. . . . Oftentimes, we'll focus on characters that are off
529-535: Was writer Matt Fraction and artist Ariel Olivetti , with subsequent artists including Cory Walker , Scott Wegener, and Howard Chaykin . Later, writer Rick Remender joined as a co-writer until the title was canceled to make room for a new ongoing volume of Punisher that would be exclusively written by Remender. The series had one annual, named If I Die Before I Wake released in January 2009 Simon Spurrier and drawn by Antonio Fuso and Lee Loughridge. The book
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