The Punisher
One of Marvel Comics ’ most iconic offense - fighting vigilantes is undisputedly thePunisher , due mostly to his methods of unforgiving brutality – though ifFrank Castlewere to tone down his fell nature and even rid himself of the ‘ Punisher ’ persona entirely , he ’d actually be a better wedge , and the cristal - Men test it .
Frank Castle ’s journeying to becoming the Punisher is one that he had been on his entire life , though it would n’t climax into true metamorphosis until the day his house was belt down flop before his very eyes . Castle was always prone to violence as he grew up in impoverishment and witnessed atrocious crimes everyday that were consistently go unpunished . Frank killed his first dupe when he was just a child , burned him alive and watched as the flesh melted off his bones . From that point in time on , it became inconceivable for Frank to lead a normal life as he craved grim violence in the name of DoJ – but he could direct himself , which is why he joined the armed forces and became a marine . But , when his time as a U.S. soldier came to end , Castle was just back at square one – then , the unthinkable happened . Frank ’s family was murdered in front of him by two warring ring having a shootout in the parking lot . This made Castle snap , and after practice everything he learn in the marine corps mixed with his inherent pursuit and skill in killing , Frank Castle became the Punisher – though the existence may have been a better piazza if he had n’t .
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Frank Castle Chose to Save People Instead of Killing Them in Age of Apocalypse
InX - Universe#2 by Scott Lobdell , Terry Kavanagh , Carlos Pacheco , and Terry Dodson , reader are taken tothe alternate reality of theAge of Apocalypse , a world where the X - Men are led by Magneto and are push for their life history against the dictatorial rule of En Sabah Nur . However , this finical two - issue story does n’t comply the X - Men and their efforts against Apocalypse , but rather what became of nigh every other Marvel Comics fighter in this splintered timeline . While a numeral of Cuban sandwich never got the fortune to decently subsist at all , like Spider - Man ( who was unceremoniously kill before acquire powers ) or Captain America ( who was never awoken from his frozen sleep ) , others but existed in other form . For instance , Captain Marvel aka Carol Danvers never got powers , but she became a spec - ops soldier skilled enough to get the drop on Wolverine and even save his aliveness . likewise , Frank Castle never became the Punisher , and alternatively give his sprightliness to pacification as a monk .
In theAge of Apocalypse , Frank Castle ’s family was killedin En Sabah Nur ’s cullings alongside millions of other ‘ flatscans ’ ( or non - mutants ) . Rather than committing himself to a life of retribution as the Punisher , Frank adjudicate to use his spirit to happen peace in a world where all hope seemed disoriented . After becoming a monk , Brother Frank and his monastery open their door to both humans and sport who did n’t require to end up killed or torment by Apocalypse . In the last , Castle save unnumbered citizenry in those other days of Apocalypse ’s principle – and that , decently there , is why he ’s a better hero than he was as the Punisher .
The Punisher kills people , whereas this issue prove thatFrank Castlehas the capacity to carry through people – proving that he ’s not onlybetter off without thePunisheron a personal and ghostly grade , but that he ’s also a good torpedo than his murderous alter - ego ever will be .
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