The Punisher
Even when he was Cosmic Ghost Rider , Frank Castle found it unmanageable to challengeThanosone - on - one , let alone when he was just a even human – but with an coalesced upgrade good manners of perhaps Marvel ’s most iconic crossover withDC , thePunishergained the speciality and the resourcefulness to toss off Thanos .
Despite being one of the deadliest warriors in the Marvel Universe , the Punisher has no superpowers and trust solely on his military training and underlying technique in killing . Sure , there were minute when the Punisher would be given supernatural or otherwise superhuman abilities – like when he was given cherubic powers or that timePunisher literally became a Frankenstein – those second were few and far between ( with the currentPunishercontinuity going through yet another ‘ tiptop - Castle ’ experience , as well ) . However , throughout the Brobdingnagian majority of his publication chronicle , the Punisher has been a mortal human who is n’t afraid to tangle with anyone , let in sr. beasts and cosmic scoundrel ( with War of the Realms being the perfect example to that effect ) . This means that it ’s no surprise that perhaps the swell cosmic villain out there , Thanos , has total across Castle ’s radar on more than one function . While ordinarily the idea of the Punisher going toe - to - toe with Thanos would be laughable , DC actually made it possible .
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DC Upgraded the Punisher While Also Pairing Him with Wonder Woman
InBullets and Braceletsby John Ostrander and Gary Frank , readers are thrown into the Amalgam Universe after two general god blend the DC and Marvel realities into one , make mashups of fan - favorite heroes in the outgrowth . This comic features Wonder Woman ( who stay comparatively the same aside from some personality / motivational changes to her role ) and the Punisher aka Trevor Castle . This Punisher is an merger of Steve Trevor and Frank Castle , though aside from hisrelationship with Wonder Woman(as the two plowshare a son and a fail marriage ) , his backstory is pulled directly from Frank Castle ’s original aliveness . In this issue , their son gets kidnaped by Thanoseid ( Thanos / Darkseid coalition ) , and the two sub have to reluctantly join forces to save him . When they get to Apokolips , Wonder Woman hold a dash directly for Thanoseid while the Punisher decides to slip some otherworldly tech to help in the fight – and he kill a number of parademons and other hefty minion along the way . By the end of the issue , Thanoseid is defeated ( though not permanently ) and their son is relatively safe , and the Punisher ’s violent actions were , in no short parliamentary law , directly responsible for that victory .
While Frank Castle was simply merged with another human soldier from the DC Universe , their combined might held some sort of ‘ X Factor ’ thatmade the Punisher strong enoughto take down parademons and even gainsay Thanoseid himself . Given the fact that Darkseid is right smart stronger than Thanos , their fuse mannikin give Thanos an vast power - up as well – so when the Punisher belong up against Thanoseid , he ’s really take exception a being much more powerful than the original Thanos ever was while his own great power storey , realistically , never interchange , throw how neither Frank nor Steve had any superpowers to proffer . However , along with the undefinable element that invest the Punisher to take on the deadliest baddie on Apokolips , there was one other aspect to Castle ’s DC upgrade that has nothing to do with his own physical abilities : Wonder Woman .
The Punisher got a immense peg - up against Thanoseid in this comedian because of his partnership with Wonder Woman – mean that , if the two did that well against a Darkseid - infused Thanos , than it is n’t out of the question to look at that the two of them could alsodefeat Marvel ’s original Thanos . From the unidentifiable ‘ X Factor ’ that do with Frank Castle merge with Steve Trevor to the fact that the Amalgam Universe made Wonder Woman his mate , it is safe to say that thePunisher’sDCcrossover gave him aThanos - killing upgrade .
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