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a brief history of the Punisher

The Punisher, is a vigilante who considers killing, kidnapping, extortion, coercion, threats of violence and torture to be acceptable crime-fighting tactics. Driven by the deaths of his family, who were killed by the mob when they witnessed a gangland execution in New York City’s Central Park, Frank Castle becomes the Punisher wageing  a one-man war on the mob and all criminals in general by using all manner of weaponry.His family’s killers were the first to be slain. A war veteran, Castle is a master of martial arts, stealth tactics, and a wide variety of weapons.

The Punisher’s brutal nature and willingness to kill made him a novel character in mainstream American comic books in 1974. By the late 1980s, he was part of a wave of psychologically troubled antiheroes and was featured in several monthly publications, including The Punisher War Journal, The Punisher War Zone, and The Punisher Armory.

The Punisher was created by Gerry Conway and his first appearance was illustrated by Ross Andru in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man #129 (Feb. 1974). Conway had drawn a character with a small death’s head skull on one breast. Marvel’s then art director John Romita, Sr. took the basic design, blew the skull up to huge size, taking up most of the character’s chest, and added a cartridge bandolier that formed the skull’s teeth.

Three movie adaptations have been released, one in 1989, which features Dolph Lundgren as the Punisher,which draws much criticism from comic fans due to the fact of the Punisher not having his trade mark skull shirt. Another in 2004, with the character being played by Thomas Jane. A third adaptation  with Ray Stevenson as Castle and is being released on December 5, 2008.

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