The Punisher: War Machine Vol. 1

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Hero-Worshipper: While Frank has little love for superheroes in general, he idolizes Captain America, allying with him in both Civil War and Secret Empire. Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). Marvel Chronicle: A Year By Year History. DK Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7566-4123-8. Skilled in guerrilla warfare, military tactics, close quarters combat, infiltration, marksmanship, and demolitions Frank: Ahem. Gentlemen, they say that when you die, you can't take it with you. Which begs the question: exactly what am I gonna do with all these bullets? The Punisher is a Judge, Jury, and Executioner, a Marvel Comics vigilante whose only passion is finding and executing criminals. The Punisher first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #129 (February, 1974), created by writer Gerry Conway, along with artists John Romita, Sr. and Ross Andru.

Impersonating an Officer: Frank has been known to use fake ID to enter crime scenes and get firsthand information before the detectives arrive. Breakout Character: The Punisher originally appeared as a Spider-Man villain in 1974. He became popular and started to appear on a regular basis, eventually getting his own series in the '80s. Cronin, Brian (2020-02-15). "When Did Tony Stark Let Rhodey Know He Was Iron Man?". CBR . Retrieved 2023-10-05.

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Classical Anti-Hero: Some writers also throw in this, a lonely, feared unstable shell of a man with no future, who can only function as a killing machine. Destination Defenestration: The prequel miniseries The Punisher: Year One shows that Punisher's long-time Arch-Enemy Jigsaw gained his signature mangled visage by getting thrown through a window face-first. This was actually mentioned in Jigsaw's first appearance a full 18 years prior, but we got to see it in action here. Avoided by having the Darker and Edgier Punisher relegated to his own MAX title while the Marvel Universe Punisher took up Captain America's costume for an issue and had some Lighter and Softer (by comparison) adventures. Even though the Punisher uses a lot of different types of guns, as a Vietnam veteran, he shows a strong preference for weapons from that era such as the M16A1 assault rifle, the M3A1 and IMI Uzi submachine guns, the M60 machine gun, the Remington 700 sniper rifle or the M1911A1 pistol. Depending on the Writer: How much Frank fights to help innocents and how much because he likes killing, as well as how sane he is in general. His feelings towards other Marvel heroes he runs into also varies with the writer. Does he view them as admirable but too soft? Just annoying obstacles in his path?

More Dakka: Frank's solution to most problems is massive firepower. Submachine guns are just the starting point for automatic ballistic mayhem in his arsenal. 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 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." [20] 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. [21] Amazing Spider-Man penciller Ross Andru was the first artist to draw the character for publication.The Punisher is often presented this way whenever he makes a guest appearance in more idealistic books like Spider-Man or Daredevil. However, in his own books, he's portrayed as a profoundly messed up individual, more tortured machine than man. Having beaten Jigsaw, Frank goes to finish the job when Soap calls for help, having been taken prisoner. It nearly costs him his life, as Soap tries to reason not to kill Jigsaw, before shouting a warning when he tries to shoot The Punisher. Three films have been based around the character have been produced to date —- one by New World Pictures, with Dolph Lundgren in the role, and two others by Lionsgate: The Punisher note Artisan Entertainment developed this film, but they sold the rights to LionsGate just before production started. and Punisher: War Zone. All three films are standalone and aren't linked by any continuity.