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Yesterday was a big day for fans of the Netflix-Marvel shared universe of shows, with reports that Jon Bernthal was set to reprise his role as Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, to join the cast of Matt Corman & Chris Ord's (Covert Affairs) Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock/Daredevil) & Vincent D'Onofrio (Wilson Fisk/Kingpin)-starring Daredevil: Born Again. Well,[...]

Davies being in it for the long haul, HBO's Barry dropping a teaser for its final season, DC Studios' James Gunn cleaning up some Dave Bautista/Bane reporting while dropping an interesting Vertigo Comics tease, Wednesday star Jenna Ortega explaining how much she had to do keep Wednesday Addams, Wednesday Addams; Jon Bernthal reportedly returning at[...]

After months of speculation & rumors, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting from sources that Jon Bernthal is set to reprise his role as Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, and join the cast of Matt Corman & Chris Ord's (Covert Affairs) Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock/Daredevil) & Vincent D'Onofrio (Wilson Fisk/Kingpin)-starring Daredevil: Born Again. Targeted to premiere in[...]

Welcome to the latest comic book preview from Bleeding Cool! This week, we're taking a look at the upcoming Punisher War Journal: Base #1 After coming home from the war, Frank Castle tries to improve his mental health in this preview of Punisher War Journal: Base #1 It's never too late to ask for a[...]

May will see the release of Punisher #12, the planned final issue of the maxi-series that launched last year and saw Frank Castle take his Punishment to a new level (and with a new skull) as the leader of The Hand When the series was announced, The Punisher had been absent from Marvel for a[...]

Dan Panosian tweeted the following image, saying "A long, long time ago I drew 3 issues of a #Punisher series written by @jpalmiotti … It has yet to see print… :(" He added "There's been a great deal of rebranding the character and it probably doesn't fit with the new protocol Sometimes it happens Just[...]

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's preview of Daredevil #8! In this issue, Matt Murdock and Frank Castle go head-to-head, and Matt plans to send the Punisher back to hell Joining me today is Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron, to give us its thoughts on the preview Now, LOLtron, please don't try to take over the[...]

Punisher Vs The Marvel Universe by Garth Ennis and Doug Braithwaite has been a perennial bestseller for Marvel Comics Originally published in relative obscurity in 1995, Garth Ennis' rise in prominence on Preacher and on the regular Punisher series itself, saw it regularly reprinted The story is a What If "Alternativerse" title in which Frank[...]

This week, Bleeding Cool is taking a look at the upcoming issue of Punisher #9, a story that pits Frank Castle against the Greek god of war, Ares When Frank Castle goes one-on-one with Ares in this preview of Punisher #9, he's got a 50/50 chance of winning But then you throw Wolverine into the[...]

In July last year, Bleeding Cool scooped the news that Jason Aaron was to reinvent The Punisher for a new age, adding the headline story "Jesus Saiz and Paul Azaceta Join Jason Aaron on Punisher No More" In recent years, there has been increasing criticism of the use of the Punisher skull by police, army, militia, white supremacist groups, QAnon events, and Sean Hannity on[...]

Joe Biden, however, hasn't had a lot of play at Marvel or DC Comics. Today's Daredevil #6 from Marvel sees The Hand reach out across the world, taking control of many of the world's leaders after having killed them and replaced them with puppets. While today's Punisher #8 gives the Hand other, more pressing needs… more on[...]

The Punisher gets ready for war in this preview of Punisher #8… against the god of war himself. LOLtron, the management here at Bleeding Cool has paired me with you in hopes of "improving the overall tone and quality of my work," so though I know I will regret it, I am contractually obligated to ask:[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes our thoughts on why it took so long for Netflix to make a decision about The Sandman Season 2, HBO canceling Westworld without a proper ending (but at least the core cast's still getting paid), Elizabeth Moss discussing "very real" moment with Jon Hamm during AMC's Mad Men, worrying[...]

The Punisher assaults Daredevil for trying to talk to his wife in this preview of Punisher #7 Jealous much, Frank? Bleeding Cool has asked us to partner with an AI for all previews articles We're sure this is going to backfire, but here goes LOLtron… what did you think of the preview? INITIATING CLICKBAIT PROTOCOLS… PROCESSING COMIC BOOK[...]

Will The Punisher punish children in this preview of Punisher War Journal: Brother #1? What if they're taking videos of him for the bad guys? Check out the preview below. Punisher War Journal: Brother #1 by Torunn Gronbekk & Rafael Pimentel, cover by Leinil Yu OLD FRIENDS DIE HARD! Lady Bullseye failed Lord Deathstrike failed Every assassin sent[...]

When Marvel Comics finally brought back The Punisher in a new comic book series, in the wake of a publishing pause based on criticism of the use of the Punisher skull by police, army, militia, white supremacist groups, QAnon events, and Sean Hannity on Fox News, Trump Punisher pins and during the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol building in Washington DC,[...]

Ares is mad that Marvel changed his favorite comic book superhero and now he's out for vengeance in this preview of Punisher #6 Check out the preview below. Punisher #6 by Jason Aaron & Jesus Saiz & Paul Azaceta, cover by Jesus Saiz Frank Castle wants to end his war once and for all But standing in his[...]

In recent years there has been increasing criticism of the use of the Punisher skull by police, army, militia, white supremacist groups, QAnon events, and Sean Hannity on Fox News; even Trump Punisher pins have been popular And then, during the January 6th Insurrection at the Capitol building in Washington, many Punisher skull insignias were seen[...]

Spoilers ahead for Punisher #5 by Jason Aaron, Paul Azaceta and Jesus Saiz, published today by Marvel Comics, and continues the story of Frank Castle as The Beast, an agent of the Hand, who now directs the murderous ninja religious tribe to his own acts of worldwide retribution, in return for bringing his wife back[...]

So how excited were you when you saw Rosario Dawson confirm that The Punisher (and possibly Jon Bernthal) would be joining Marvel Studios' MCU? Well, I've got some bad news to pass along Because unless "The Mouse" unleashed its MCU Special-Ops Spoiler Forces to "fix" the situation (that's a joke… right?), it appears Dawson was[...]

The Punisher punishes some schoolchildren in this preview of Punisher #5 Check out the preview below. Punisher #5 by Jason Aaron & Jesus Saiz & Paul Azaceta, cover by Jesus Saiz Is the Punisher truly the Fist of the Beast and the predestined High Slayer of the Hand? Or is he nothing more than a prisoner of their[...]

Punisher War Journal: Blitz #1 has a tough job ahead of it Tell Frank Castle stories while apparently under an editorial mandate to avoid a) the Punisher using guns, b) the iconic skull logo, and c) on-panel brutality. Oh, and do it while Jason Aaron is rewriting the character. The cover to Punisher War Journal: Blitz #1 As[...]

Ruben Ruiz was the husband of school teacher Eva Mireles who was murdered during the assault,  and the footage highlighted that he has a Punisher logo on his phone's screen. Uvalde security footage Initially, his situation was not known, and headlines and social media criticised the officer for checking his phone rather than attending to the situation[...]

Has being the leader of The Hand taken all of the fun out of hunting down and murdering criminals in this preview of Punisher #4? Check out the preview below. Punisher #4 by Jason Aaron & Jesus Saiz & Paul Azaceta, cover by Jesus Saiz Frank Castle is determined to use the ninja warriors of the Hand to[...]

Frank Castle and The Hand go to church in this preview of Punisher War Journal: Blitz #1… but they have to get through the polar bears first Check out the preview below. Punisher War Journal: Blitz #1 by Torunn Gronbekk & Lan Medina, cover by Mahmud Asrar THE TRICK IS TO INVENT A WAR WORTH FIGHTING.Finn Fratz knows[...]

Legion Of X #1 and Punisher #3 Available covers below, as well as the 1:25 sketch variant covers by Gary Frank for Hulk #7 and Thor #25 second printings previously announced. PrintWatch: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 ROMITA JR 2ND PRINTING VARIANT (W) Zeb Wells (A/CA) John Romita • The best couple in comics is done? •  You aren't going to believe what[...]

As Bleeding Cool promised, the new Punisher series by Jason Aaron and Jesus Saiz, is doing a Punisher; Born Again  Issue 1 saw him established as the new leader of the ninja assassin group The Hand after they brought his wife back to life Issue 2 looked at his history as a troubled child, and a realisation[...]

Who are up to stuff.   Keen Marvel Comics readers know that the Hand are currently being run by Daredevil's sparring partner, Frank Castle, the Punisher They seem to serve him but there is clearly an underlying agenda. Is it the Hand's plan to use the Punisher to take complete control of the world? To quote Neil Gaiman,[...]

And this particular comic, Daredevil #257 has one of its moe iconic covers, with the Punisher on equal footing with Daredevil As the listing states "The Punisher guest-stars! Vigilantism takes two extremes, as Daredevil tries to prevent Punisher from enacting his "eye for an eye" method But no one stands in Frank Castle's way, especially[...]

As Bleeding Cool promised, the new Punisher series by Jason Aaron and Jesus Saiz, is doing a Punisher; Born Again Issue 1 saw him established as the new leader of the ninja assassin group The Hand after they brought his wife back to life Issue 2 looked at his history as a troubled child, and[...]