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The Punisher (2013)

by Greg Rucka(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Marvel Comics

series

The Punisher Vol. VIII

review 1: Garth Ennis had two very different takes on The Punisher; his anarchic, superhero-featuring and frequently hilarious Marvel Knights series and his stripped down, hardcore, gritty and realistic Marvel Max series. This reboot sits somewhere in between the two, and works pretty well.The artwork is gorgeous to look at, although the action scenes are a little hard to follow. The story also hasn't yet gone anywhere too exciting and it's a little disappointing the book doesn't collect a self-contained story arc. It's still a good read though, and will be interesting to see where Rucka takes it.
review 2: The skull on Frank Castle's iconic tee is now a melting hominid -- braincase minus mandible as always, but melancholy, proto-human, threatening. In earlier Punisher c... moreomics you figured he found a skull shirt in a sewer, but here it's like he designed it from scratch -- it's the only concession to a putative inner life you get in this reboot. And therein lies Rucka's charm. In the past, we always endured some attempt to make the Punisher a fellow human, from his ambiguous origin story to PTSD escape clauses to getting beat down by the endlessly likeable Barracuda. Here, Rucka sticks by him as a psychopathic life force on the side of the good guys. Prey, revenger, medical miracle, and clumsy asshole all wrapped up in a kick-ass t-shirt. less

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