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The Punisher (MAX Line)
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 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 the Vietnam War''Punisher'' #6 (Marvel Comics, 2000). 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punisher War Journal
''The Punisher War Journal'' or ''Punisher War Journal'' is the title of two Marvel Comics comic book book series, series featuring the character Frank Castle, also known as the Punisher. The first volume, published from 1988 in comics, 1988 to 1995 in comics, 1995, was spun off of a self-titled series featuring the vigilante's exploits. After this, the character went through a number of incarnations in Marvel's imprints, such as Marvel Knights and MAX (comics), MAX, that were outside of regular Marvel continuity. The second volume of ''War Journal'', published between 2007 in comics, 2007 and 2009 in comics, 2009 by writer Matt Fraction, placed the character firmly in the ongoing Marvel Universe inhabited by superheroes such as the Avengers (comics), Avengers and Spider-Man, and super-villains such as Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil. This was reflected in the series by tying into fictional crossover, crossover events of the Marvel Universe proper, including "Civil War (comics) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
