Punisher (2009 series)

Punisher
Variant cover art to Punisher (2009 series), #1. Art by Mike McKone. A tribute to the cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #129
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication dateMarch 2009 – November 2010
No. of issues21
1 Annual
1 "Dark Reign" one-shot
Main character(s)Frank Castle/Punisher
Creative team
Created byRick Remender
Jerome Opena
Written byRick Remender
Artist(s)Jerome Opena
Tan Eng Huat
Tony Moore
Roland Boschi
John Romita, Jr. (List one-shot)

Punisher, retitled Franken-Castle from issue #17 on, is a Marvel Comics comic book series featuring the character Frank Castle, also known as the Punisher. Spinning out of the second Punisher War Journal series by writer Matt Fraction, this series of Punisher places 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 the Masters of Evil.[1] For the majority of issues released, the series had tied into the ongoing events of Marvel's line-wide "Dark Reign" storyline, opening with Castle attempting to assassinate Norman Osborn.[2][3][4][5]

After the events of "Dark Reign", Castle was dismembered and killed by Wolverine's son, Daken, and reassembled as a Frankenstein monster by Morbius and the Legion of Monsters.[6]

  1. ^ "#1 With a Bullet - Rick Remender Talks New Punisher Series". Newsarama. 9 August 2023.
  2. ^ Remender, Rick (w). Punisher, no. 1 (March 2009). Marvel Comics.
  3. ^ http://comicsalliance.com/punisher-villains/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170404225926/http://comicsalliance.com/punisher-villains/
  4. ^ http://comicsalliance.com/rogues-gallery-punisher-enemy-poll/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170405013635/http://comicsalliance.com/rogues-gallery-punisher-enemy-poll/
  5. ^ http://comicsalliance.com/rick-remender-on-uncanny-avengers-its-just-a-matter-of-maki/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170405013852/http://comicsalliance.com/rick-remender-on-uncanny-avengers-its-just-a-matter-of-maki/
  6. ^ Remender, Rick (w). Punisher, no. 11 (January 2010). Marvel Comics.