he doesn’t fight crime he punishes it
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be exploring the comic book origins of
frank castle otherwise known as The
Punisher this is just as good as with
most comic book characters there are
often reimagining ‘s and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
that unfolded in 1974’s the amazing
spider-man number 129 which was expanded
upon in 1975 Marvel preview number 2 and
1994’s Punisher year 1 in his debut
appearance The Punisher was introduced
as a mysterious costumed vigilante who
waged war on criminals who had been
hired and misled by The Jackal in order
to eliminate spider-man following this
dramatic introduction The Punisher was
given his own origin story in which he
was shown to be a one-of-a-kind hero
with his backstory fleshed out he was
revealed to be a man named Frank Castle
who of all things started out studying
to become a priest however his inability
to forgive those who did evil acts led
him to enlist and become a u.s. marine
captain afterwards he married a woman
named Maria they had two children
together before a fateful afternoon when
they decided to have a picnic in Central
Park there they witnessed a gangland
execution of an informant by the cost of
crime family and were gunned down
somehow Frank survived the massacre and
awakened while being placed in a body
bag filled with panic and anger he
fought the police before being sedated
and taken to the hospital while
recovering from his wounds the Mafia
sent hitmen to tie up loose ends
overwhelming his assassins he was then
taken to the police station to give
testimony to his horror the men he
identified were revealed to have
ironclad alibis released he sank into a
deep depression and contemplated suicide
however he soon turned to revenge as his
sole motivation for staying alive this
led him to begin tracking down his
killers who in turn blew up his house
since the bomb had gone off while Frank
was about to enter the house both the
police and his killers thought he had
perished in the blast it was at this
point that Frank decided to fight fire
with fire
abandoning all rules in order to claim
justice revealing himself to a
sympathetic detective he had met he
explained that he wasn’t bound by the
law anymore and was thus capable of
taking out the criminals that had come
to own the city unable to condone his
actions
the detective instead
that equipment and weapons were in his
car’s trunk and that he wouldn’t be
surprised if his car was randomly broken
into claiming the supplies Frank became
the Punisher a man clad with a white
skull painted over a bulletproof vest
this became the symbol of his cause to
bring death to criminals that had become
otherwise untouchable waging a personal
war on crime he killed dozens of
gangsters and finally tracked down Billy
Russo the cost of family’s top hitmen
smashing Russo’s face through a pane of
glass Frank had his revenge
however Russo survived only to have his
face hideously stitched back together
eventually becoming the Punishers
arch-nemesis jigsaw Billy is dead from
now on you own the jigsaw over the years
the Punishers countless acts of
vigilante justice have led him to cross
paths with countless criminals as well
as with many other costumed crime
fighters who have disagreed with his
harsh methods his origins have likewise
been reimagined in various forms of
media including several live-action
movies the first of which starred Dolph
Lundgren
they’re going to be punished for more
superhero origins had to watchmojo.com
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be exploring the comic book origins of
frank castle otherwise known as The
Punisher this is just as good as with
most comic book characters there are
often reimagining ‘s and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
that unfolded in 1974’s the amazing
spider-man number 129 which was expanded
upon in 1975 Marvel preview number 2 and
1994’s Punisher year 1 in his debut
appearance The Punisher was introduced
as a mysterious costumed vigilante who
waged war on criminals who had been
hired and misled by The Jackal in order
to eliminate spider-man following this
dramatic introduction The Punisher was
given his own origin story in which he
was shown to be a one-of-a-kind hero
with his backstory fleshed out he was
revealed to be a man named Frank Castle
who of all things started out studying
to become a priest however his inability
to forgive those who did evil acts led
him to enlist and become a u.s. marine
captain afterwards he married a woman
named Maria they had two children
together before a fateful afternoon when
they decided to have a picnic in Central
Park there they witnessed a gangland
execution of an informant by the cost of
crime family and were gunned down
somehow Frank survived the massacre and
awakened while being placed in a body
bag filled with panic and anger he
fought the police before being sedated
and taken to the hospital while
recovering from his wounds the Mafia
sent hitmen to tie up loose ends
overwhelming his assassins he was then
taken to the police station to give
testimony to his horror the men he
identified were revealed to have
ironclad alibis released he sank into a
deep depression and contemplated suicide
however he soon turned to revenge as his
sole motivation for staying alive this
led him to begin tracking down his
killers who in turn blew up his house
since the bomb had gone off while Frank
was about to enter the house both the
police and his killers thought he had
perished in the blast it was at this
point that Frank decided to fight fire
with fire
abandoning all rules in order to claim
justice revealing himself to a
sympathetic detective he had met he
explained that he wasn’t bound by the
law anymore and was thus capable of
taking out the criminals that had come
to own the city unable to condone his
actions
the detective instead
that equipment and weapons were in his
car’s trunk and that he wouldn’t be
surprised if his car was randomly broken
into claiming the supplies Frank became
the Punisher a man clad with a white
skull painted over a bulletproof vest
this became the symbol of his cause to
bring death to criminals that had become
otherwise untouchable waging a personal
war on crime he killed dozens of
gangsters and finally tracked down Billy
Russo the cost of family’s top hitmen
smashing Russo’s face through a pane of
glass Frank had his revenge
however Russo survived only to have his
face hideously stitched back together
eventually becoming the Punishers
arch-nemesis jigsaw Billy is dead from
now on you own the jigsaw over the years
the Punishers countless acts of
vigilante justice have led him to cross
paths with countless criminals as well
as with many other costumed crime
fighters who have disagreed with his
harsh methods his origins have likewise
been reimagined in various forms of
media including several live-action
movies the first of which starred Dolph
Lundgren
they’re going to be punished for more
superhero origins had to watchmojo.com
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