5 things you need to know about the Punisher, Marvel’s antihero

The fourth episode of “Daredevil: Reborn” debuted in the Disney streaming platform catalog on the night of last Tuesday, 18, at 10 pm, bringing back the small screen a Marvel character lived by Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead) In 2017: The Punisher!

Thinking about this return of the antihero after eight years since it was on the Netflix series, the playground has gathered 5 things you need to know about the Punisher; Check it out:

1. First appearance

The character came on the HQ “Amazing Spider-Man #129” Gerry Conwayand Ross andru. In the plot, a criminal known as Chacal hires the vigilante known as the Punisher to destroy Spider-Man, but in the midst of twists, justice ends up changing his target.

When it was created, it should emerge as an antagonist figure that would often appear in Spider-Man’s plots, but due to the good reception of readers, ended up apparitions in stories of Captain America and Daredevil.

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The royal identity of the Punisher is Francis Castiglion – later Castle – who was born in Queens, New York, son of Sicilian immigrant parents. He had the creation guided within the dogmas of the Catholic Church and, due to religious influence, studied to become a priest but disillusioned with the wickedness he witnessed in the world, eventually changed his purpose, as he decided to serve the army joining the marine and US navy seals.

After four missions, Castle, who became an decorated soldier and was able to return home to take care of his family, formed by his wife Maria, his daughter Lisa and his son Frank Jr., however, his plans changed again when a picnic at Central Park de Manhattan turned into one of Frank’s greatest trauma.

It turns out that the mafia was planning a murder at the scene, and eliminated all the witnesses. Luckily, Frank became the only survivor, but lost the people he loved most, which aroused the desire for revenge that guided him to become the Punisher, after all, seeing that the criminals would not have the punishment they deserved, decided not only the murderers who took their family, but also those who try to escape the law and righteousness.

3. Skills

Frank has no powers. However, driven by the “Code of Conduct” to murder those who violate the Penal Code, it uses the combat, infantry and special operations that has acquired in the army to go after its targets, as well as having the help of heavy weapons such as automatic and semi -automatic rifles, gunfalls, grenades and combat knives to finish lives.

4. Hero or villain?

Although motivated by justice, the character has criminal methods to be able to make bandits pay for his crimes, which makes the punisher neither a hero, nor a villain, but an antihero.

Due to the justice of the Punisher, he has a conflicting relationship with heroes, such as Night Thrasher, Spider-Man, Darkhawk, Ghost Rider, Wolverine and Captain America, where he fights as an ally, and others is treated as someone who deserves to be behind bars. In the case of Daredevil and Mantle and Dagger, they are adamant about the desire to arrest the antihero.

5. Adaptations for TV and Cinema

Punisher was in three live-action adaptations for the big screen. The former came under the title “The Punisher”, launched in 1989 and 2004, where Dolph Lundgren and Thomas Jane They gave life to the character, respectively, while the most recent, “Punisher: War Zone”, came in 2008 with Ray Stevenson in the role of the vigilante.

Already in 2017, Netflix brought JonBernthal In the skin of Frank Castle for two seasons, as well as appearances in the “Daredevil” series. The most recent appearance took place in “Daredevil: Reborn,” the hero’s first series, now created by Marvel Studios and distributed by Disney.