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Warning : Contains pamperer for Get Fury # 1!ThePunisher ’s skull iconography is arguably more iconic in popular finish than the character reference ’s own lore itself , as the visual is immediately recognisable not just asthe Punisher ’s antihero emblem , but also as a symbolization mean to convey one ’s ‘ toughness ’ or ‘ badassery ’ . However , it ’s just been confirmed in Marvel Comics canon that the origin of the Punisher ’s skull symbolisation is really right smart dark than everyone think , as it ’s by all odds more ‘ screwed up ’ than ‘ badass ’ .
In a trailer forGet Fury#1 by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows , reader are transported to Vietnam in February , 1971 , where Captain Frank Castle direct a platoon of marines . The account book open with Castle read a alphabetic character from his wife when he ’s come on by two soldiers with Holy Order to shoot all the heel in the surface area to keep them from spreading rabies .
However , before these two soldier even get the nerve to ask Castle if his team has any wiener , they are immediately taken aback by what they see upon their feeler . Right there , sit around next to Castle , is a human skull , which Frank explains was find outside a bunker complex by his team after they “ called in napalm ” . When asked why he ’s keep it on showing like that , Frank replied , “ good for morale ” .
Frank Castle’s Punisher Skull Originated from His Corruption During the Vietnam War
flourish human remain within a platoon of US soldiers during wartime is a genuinely barbaric display . That is the skull of an enemy that Frank ’s team killed , and face at it every day inspires them to keep kill more and more until the warfare is done and they can go home . While fighting for one ’s country is admirable , this is something else entirely . It ’s almost as if these marines derived delectation from slaughtering their enemies , with this skull acting as a collective prize of every Vietnamese soul they ’ve killed , and will carry on to kill .
Castle ’s platoon ride this skull as if it never belonged to a person at all , but some trophy brute the soldier can look at with pride . While the Punisher led a special social unit of marines during Vietnam ( entail they saw the worst of what the war had to offer up , and would more intelligibly be desensitized to this level of casual barbarism ) , it ’s still decidedly blue that he and his man expose this skull so prominently . Andit seems Punisher take this lesson home with himafter the warfare .
Frank Castle says point off this skull is “ good for team spirit ” , but he does n’t designate whose team spirit it ’s in force for . It ’s assumed he means his man ’s , but this prevue show that he ’s the one relaxing with a letter from his married woman right next to it , meaning there ’s some tier of comfortability , or even calming effect for Castle by being near it . This totally explain why the Punisher commence using his skull emblem to begin with , since his war never ended , and the skull is “ good for morale ” .
Punisher’s Skull Emblem Origin is the Perfect Callback to His WORST Story
PunisherVol. 4 by Tom Sniegoski, Christopher Golden, and Bernie Wrightson
Get Fury is spend a penny it clear that Frank Castle picked up a certain level of dark during the war , focusing on the ‘ skull ’ iconography in particular . That ’s actually an interesting callback to a previous Punisher plot line ( albeit arguably his worst one ) .
Every Marvel Comics buff know that Frank Castle lose his family in the crossfire of a mob - fueled shootout in the park is the reason he became the Punisher , but there are a number of comical storylines that assert his journeying to becoming the murderous vigilante started during his sentence fighting in the Vietnam War . Get Furyis the late , but it ’s far from the first , asPunisherVol . 4 reveals something quite standardized .
During that era inPunisherlore , it ’s uncover that Frank Castle was misrepresent by demonic influence to crave slaying , something that go on to him during Vietnam . The demon , Olivier , was siphon the souls Castle sent to the hereafter to be a part of his ground forces of devil , which he ’d employ to take over hellhole . Not only that , but Olivier was on the Q.T. responsible for the gunplay in the park that killed Frank ’s family in gild to deliberately complete Frank ’s transfiguration into the Punisher .
Frank Castle picked up the dark that would eventually mold him into the Punisher while fighting in Vietnam , something that ’s reliable in bothPunisherVol . 4 andGet Fury . PunisherVol . 4 make that darkness a literal demon that manipulate Frank into becoming the iconic antihero , whileGet Furyshows that it was just war itself that corrupted Castle ’s spirit . One literal , the other figurative , but both are effectively telling two adaptation of the same descent story regardless .
Marvel Is Resurrecting the Best Version of The Punisher by Bringing Back His Definitive Writer: Garth Ennis
There have been a number of fantastic author who have tackle the Punisher , but it ’s bonnie to say that the definitivePunisherwriter has to be Garth Ennis . Ennis gives the character that hyper - violent , unsettlingly farinaceous , and uncomfortably perturb feeling everyPunisherbook should have . It ’s no happenstance that a majority of the 2004Punisherfilm pulled almost exclusively from Ennis’PunisherVol . 5 storyline ( Ennis ’ first for the theatrical role ) , as it ’s just an unquestionably fantasticPunisherbook .
Garth Ennis prove that he ’s the perfect writer for the Punisher right now , not just because he ’s been the everlasting author for the Punisher in the past tense , but because of the case surrounding the Punisher in his most recent storyline .
The Punisher seems to be caught in an sempiternal hertz of anchor reality that turns supernatural in nature before envelop back around to realism again - and he just experienced the ‘ supernatural ’ aspect of that ‘ savourless roundabout ’ latterly . The Punisher has just ended his term of office as the Beast of the Hand , as he was supernaturally power by the god the evil ninja clan worships . The story ends with Frank ’s someone trapped in a diabolic underworld , which is where the Punisher is in the current canon to this day .
The Punisher ’s most recent plot line was no different from the aforementionedPunisherVol . 4 , where he was influenced by a demon . And what happened right away watch Frank ’s supernatural outing last meter ? Garth Ennis was fetch in to impart him back down to Earth - and that ’s exactly what ’s materialise again decent now withGet Fury . In other watchword , now is literally the perfect time to bring back the Punisher ’s definitive author , Garth Ennis , as his expertness with the character is needed now , just as it was followingPunisherVol . 4 .
Garth Ennis wrote The Punisher from Vol 5 into Vol 7 , with the first 12 issue of Vol 5 being perhaps the most memorable . Here ’s the 10 best import !
While Garth Ennis was , indeed , once shout in by Marvel Comics to effectively undo the event ofPunisherVol . 4 , it seems he decided to perpetuate one of the most significant points that run made : Frank Castle brought a shadow home with him from Vietnam . However , Ennis’Get Furyconcentrates that darkness on this unmarried skull , which not - so - subtly redefines the signification of thePunisher ’s skull symbolic representation from ‘ badass ’ to ‘ screwed up ’ , as this seems to be the allegory ’s fantastically dark origin .
Get Fury # 1by Marvel Comics is usable May 1 , 2024 .
Get Fury#1 ( 2024 )
