Nick Fury has a dangerous mission for the Punisher: break into a Siberian nuclear missile silo and steal a lethal retrovirus. But Castle's mission soon sets off a chain reaction that will bring him into conflict with a ruthless Russian General - and take the world to the brink of war. Then, mobster Nicky Cavella returns to plague the Punisher, but when his scheme unleashes a wave of violence that rocks New York to its core, other predators start to emerge from the darkness. COLLECTING: PUNISHER (2004) #13-30.
Jonathan Mayberry and Goran Parlov take you on a journeyinto the darkest territory. A terrible plague has swept the Earth, turning everyone--human, hero, villain, god and monster--into sadistic cannibal predators. As Spider-Man, the Hulk, the Thing and other infected start a feeding frenzy, the world falls in a wave of insatiable violence. Now, five years later, one man stands against the hordes of monsters who hunt the night. He is the Punisher, and he has an endless supply of ammunition.
In June 2016, Rodrigo Duterte won the Philippine presidential election by a landslide. Infamous for his bombastic temper and un-PC wisecracks, he is waging a brutal drug war that has killed more than 12,000 people so far. Over the last nine years, British writer Tom Sykes has travelled extensively in the Philippines in order to understand the Duterte phenomenon, interviewing friends and enemies of 'The Punisher' - as he is known - in politics, the media, the arts and civil society. Sykes witnesses anti-government demonstrations in the capital Manila and visits the provincial city of Davao, where Duterte began his crusade against crime using police and vigilante death squads. By delving into Duterte's troubled childhood of violent rebellion, Sykes discovers what motivates the man today in his pursuit of a merciless 'war on the poor' - as Amnesty has described it - that has no end in sight. The Realm of the Punisher also examines oppressed and marginalized groups in the modern Philippines through encounters with a transgender rights campaigner, an 86-year-old former sex slave to the Japanese in the Second World War, a public artist who must work while under attack from Maoist rebels, and slum-dwellers resisting violent eviction by a real estate company. The past is never far away from these present-day problems and Sykes' travels to festivals, cemeteries, war memorials and a tomb housing an embalmed corpse reveal the ways in which key figures in Philippine history - from José Rizal to Ferdinand Marcos - have influenced current affairs. Funny, tragic, enlightening and uncompromising - and infused with the author's strong sense of social justice - The Realm of the Punisher is the first major travel book by a Westerner to explore Duterte's Philippines.
Collects Punisher MAX #71-74. Celebrated crime novelist Victor Gischler takes on Marvels greatest vigilante! Traveling the Louisiana back roads with something awful stored in his trunk, Frank Castle stops at a service station on the edge of the bayou and steps into a world of unspeakable horror. Patrolling the depths of hell, the Punisher has crossed paths with plenty of unsavory characters, but nothing has prepared him for the unspeakable depravity of the Geautreauxs. Plus: Vettes little black book is a treasure chest of dark secrets. Movie stars, politicians, gangsters they all pay to play. Tonight, she is making a house call and the Punisher is riding shotgun. Because one of the names in that book is Carlos Ramirez, a powerful Miami drug lord who hides in an impenetrable fortress, and Vette is the Punishers best ticket inside. Before the night is through, Vette will learn a thing or two about what really lurks in the hearts of men, about the difference between dogs and wolves.
Collects Punisher (2000) #1-12. Frank Castle, the one-man army known as the Punisher, is forever redefined in the latest volume of our series of graphic novels handpicked by Marvel Editorial to showcase pivotal storylines written and drawn by some of Marvel’s most acclaimed creators! Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon made the Punisher a force to be reckoned with once again, delivering a wild ride of innovative chaos! But not everyone is happy about Frank’s return. Two unlucky cops have him, while the ruthless mobster Ma Gnucci and her gang will stop at nothing to see him dead! The Punisher must also contend with a colorful crew of nosy neighbors and the arrival of three copycats — the Holy, Elite and Mr. Payback — who want him to join their crime-cleansing force. Welcome back, Frank!
Collects Epic Graphic Novel: Punisher — Return To Big Nothing, Marvel Graphic Novel: Punisher — Assassin’s Guild And Marvel Graphic Novel: Punisher — Intruder. Frank Castle’s relentless war continues in a trio of hard-hitting graphic novels! First, in a modern classic reuniting the creative team behind the Punisher’s first solo series, Frank has a run-in with an old sergeant that takes him back to his Vietnam days — but this time they’re on opposite sides! Then, a car accident leads to a killing spree, with the Punisher at the center of it — but will the members of a Japanese assassins guild become his allies, or are they out for Frank’s blood? And a secret society is using murder to further its political ends — but slaughtering an innocent family puts its members in the Punisher’s sights! From brutal hand-to-hand combat to aerial dogfights, these extra-length epics have it all!
Iconic Punisher creative team Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's definitive Punisher collaboration, that revitalized the character for the turn of the millenium! The Punisher is set to return to the small screen in DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN, with actor Jon Bernthal reprising his role from the acclaimed Netflix series! Frank Castle -- the Punisher -- is a one-man army locked, loaded and ready to take down anyone in his way, meting out the ultimate punishment to criminals: death. The Punisher makes his return by eliminating the ruthless Ma Gnucci's crime family -- pursued by the NYPD's two-detective Punisher Task Force, crazed contract killer the Russian and super hero Daredevil...and emulated by three copycat killers who want to join forces with him. The over-the-top action builds toward a showdown in the apartment building Frank shares with his colorful fellow residents. Castle must survive to finish his vendetta, making sure his neighbors aren't caught in the crossfire while evil is punished. With this series, writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon (together with inker Jimmy Palmiotti and iconic cover artist Tim Bradstreet) gave the Punisher a redefining fresh start that once more made him a force to be reckoned with! Collecting: PUNISHER (2000) #1-12
MAKE THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME. FBI agent Frank Castle’s final case ends with a literal bang, when a wannabe weapons smuggler is gunned down during a sting operation. But the dead man isn’t just any punk. He’s the son of Howard Saint, the powerful Florida tycoon whose hot-spot nightclub has made him famous, and whose multimillion-dollar money-laundering business has made him as rich—and as ruthless—as any of his gangster clients. Saint wants payback—with interest—for his boy’s death. And he gets it, by orchestrating a massacre that claims the lives of Frank Castle’s beloved wife and son—and almost kills Castle. But almost doesn’t count. Now Frank Castle—ex–FBI agent, ex–Special Forces commando, ex-husband and father—is canceling his retirement and starting a new career. One that begins with teaching Howard Saint the ultimate lesson: No evil deed goes unpunished. The novelization of the major motion picture.
Collects Punisher (2016) #218-223. Frank Castle: War Machine! For years, Frank has been fighting his one-man war as the Punisher, targeting criminals who endanger the innocent and dispatching them with lethal force. Hes used all the tools at his disposal, and hes gotten extremely good at his self-appointed job. But hes always been limited by the fact that hes just one man, fighting an endless war. So when a certain one-eyed operative offers Frank the tools to take his fight global, how could he say no? Thats right: Frank Castle dons the high-tech armor of War Machine! Find out how, why and what his next move is! And when Frank flies deep into enemy territory, can the War Machine navigate both the soldiers and the citizens in this unfamiliar, war-torn land before his ruthless adversary unleashes the nuclear option?
