''The Punisher'' is the sixth eponymous

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featuring the character Frank Castle, also known as the

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. It consists of 37 issues as part of the

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imprint. Most of the issues in this series are written by

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; however,

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, and Ron Zimmerman also feature as writers.

Publication history

The series continues on from Ennis' ''

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'' 2000 limited series. The

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, who was decapitated in the previous series, is resurrected using stolen

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technology and returns as one of the main antagonists in this series.

Plot

Reception

The series holds an average rating of 5.1 by eight professional critics on the

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Collected editions

The series has been collected into individual volumes. However, ''The Punisher'' #8-12 of vol. 6 were not written by Ennis and are not collected among the following volumes. Instead, the issues were collected in a separate paperback titled ''Marvel Knights Punisher by Peyer & Gutierrez: Taxi Wars.'' Included in the lone paperback is ''PUNISHER X-MAS SPECIAL'' (2006) #1, ''SPIDER-MAN VS. PUNISHER'' #1 and material from ''MARVEL KNIGHTS DOUBLE-SHOT'' #4 Paperback: *''Volume 1: Welcome Back, Frank'' (collects ''

'' vol. 5, #1-12), June 2001, ( Panini, ) *''Volume 2: Army of One'' (collects ''The Punisher'' vol. 6, #1-7), February 2002, *''Volume 3: Business As Usual'' (collects ''The Punisher'' vol. 6, #13-18), November 2003, *''Volume 4: Full Auto'' (collects ''The Punisher'' vol. 6, #20-26), July 2003, *''Volume 5: Streets of Laredo'' (collects ''The Punisher'' vol. 6, #19, 27-32), December 2003, *''Volume 6: Confederacy of Dunces'' (collects ''The Punisher'' vol. 6, #33-37), July 2004, Hardcover: *''Volume 1'' (collects ''The Punisher'' vol. 5, #1-12; ''Marvel Knights: Double Shot'' #1; ''Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe''), June 2002, *''Volume 2'' (collects ''The Punisher'' vol. 6, #1-7, 13-18), June 2003, *''Volume 3'' (collects ''The Punisher'' vol. 6, #19-27), March 2004, The Complete Collections: *Marvel Knights Punisher by Garth Ennis: The Complete Collection Vol. 1, (collects ''The Punisher'' vol. 5, #1-12; ''Marvel Knights: Double Shot'' #1; ''Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe''), December 2018, *Marvel Knights Punisher by Garth Ennis: The Complete Collection Vol. 2, (collects ''The Punisher'' vol. 6, #1-7, #13-26; ''Material From Marvel Knights Double Shot'' #1), March 2019, *Marvel Knights Punisher by Garth Ennis: The Complete Collection Vol. 3, (collects ''The Punisher'' vol. 6, #27-37; ''Punisher: War Zone'' vol. 1, #1-6), June 2019,

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