Punisher by Jason Aaron, Jesús Saiz and Paul Azaceta

[Hypo]

Prestige Punisher Series From Aaron & Azaceta Promises to Reveal Frank Castle's 'Inescapable' Future

PUNISHER #1
Written by JASON AARON
Art by JESÚS SAIZ and PAUL AZACETA
Colors by DAVE STEWART
Cover by JESÚS SAIZ

As the Punisher, Frank Castle has become the most accomplished killer the world has ever seen. After a shocking secret pushes him to become the warlord of the Hand, he now serves the Beast, a role he’s been fated to fulfill. Tragedy, war, and rage come together as he takes up his sword and his new armor with the most notorious clan of assassins in the Marvel Universe. Will it mean an end for the Punisher? Or a whole new bloody beginning?

On sale March 2022

[king of hybrids]

I say this as someone whose like a lot of his ideas in theory but hated their execution, but someone needs to stop Aaron doing his mashups

[Johnrevenge]

I'm not a fan of the Punsiher, but seeing that Aaron is the writer behind this new series and the premise, I do feel bad for Punhiser's fans.

[Agent Z]

I say this as someone whose like a lot of his ideas in theory but hated their execution, but someone needs to stop Aaron doing his mashups

Could you elaborate?

[Hypestyle]

I don't care for the premise. We've seen Wolverine get possessed by the Hand, kill various folks, including innocents and Northstar. Then after he was cured of the brainwashing he went on a rampage against them, yeah.

In this case, is Frank possessed, or does he do this willingly? Why would he join a gangster cult like the Hand?

I have a distant memory of the 1980s Punisher ongoing where an adventure brought him to Japan (Shadowmasters?) and a character remarked that he was 'destined' to be ninja trained someday.

I have to wonder if this is another attempt to basically kill off Frank like the Max version died. And then at some future date some other person gets to be the Punisher (the black guy from the UK?)

[skyvolt2000]

Could you elaborate?

I think the question is which Aaron are you getting in this book.

The Avengers one that folks CLAIM to hate but yet hate that title just to complain.

Or

Scalped Jason Aaron. That became a tv movie in 2017.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

This premise makes zero sense. The Hand are no different from the Mafia, killers Frank devoted his life to destroying, now he’s going to work WITH them? Give me a freaking break!

[Charlie_1981]

I think the question is which Aaron are you getting in this book.

The Avengers one that folks CLAIM to hate but yet hate that title just to complain.

Or

Scalped Jason Aaron. That became a tv movie in 2017.

Unfortunately it looks like the first option.

[Frontier]

Weren't there rumors that they were going to have Aaron write the "final" Punisher story in light of the recent controversy over the characters' image? Or is this just going to end up being a normal ongoing?

I mean, Aaron does have an affinity for ol' Frank...

[Hypo]

Weren't there rumors that they were going to have Aaron write the "final" Punisher story in light of the recent controversy over the characters' image? Or is this just going to end up being a normal ongoing?

I mean, Aaron does have an affinity for ol' Frank...

It's a 13 issue series that will touch on his life at different points in time:

Debuting in March, the 13-issue series explores Frank Castle's past, present and future, with each artist contributing to different stages of The Punisher's life.

[Ultimate Captain America]

If they are goind to end Punisher, they should allow Garth Ennis to be the man who writes that.

[Hypo]

He'll be getting a new logo:

[Ultimate Captain America]

Is that Wolverine's skull?

[Shockdingo]

Oh no...what even is this?

[king of hybrids]

If they are putting Frank out to pasture for a while, I feel they should have the guts to just have him go on trial for his role in the Hydra takeover. The circumstances are sufficiently fantastical that you should be able to keep it separate from the coup attempt, and it still sits really badly with me that we were meant to feel bad for Deadpool and Frank that they suffered consequences for collaborating.