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There ’s nobody venomous thanThe Punisherin the Marvel Universe , but he ’s about to get anIron Manupgrade in the form of the War Machine armor . His account may just be get inMarvel’sPunisherTV series , but the world of the comic strip is about to hand Frank Castle the lawsuit of weaponized armor , but definitely not the mission of James " Rhodey " Rhodes . Being a superhero has never been the Punisher ’s style , and with an entire army at his fingertips , the time has come to search what a man fueled by revenge and wildness does when he has the power to attacknations , not just criminals .
The shocking reveal of Frank Castle wear the vacant War Machine armour is delivered on the cover ofThe Punisher#218 , being exhaust as part of Marvel ’s upcoming " Legacy " movement ( destine to reconnect character with their most fan - loved melodic theme ) . But as stunning - and disturbing - as it is to see a amusing Holy Writ character noted for murdering masses he dislike putting on a var. of the Iron Man armour , the creative team is soothe fan business organization . It should go without say , but … this ai n’t no superhero level .
As those following Marvel ’s recent event roadmap are well aware , the originalWar Machine was killed by Thanosin a skirmish that helped launch theCivil War IIconflict . AsPunishercreators Matthew Rosenberg and Guiu Vilanova explain toNewsarama , that empty suit of armour eventually drink down onto Nick Fury ’s radiolocation . With foeman in penury of being taken out , and none well at shoot down without expect too many query , Fury entrust the arm to Frank Castle .
It ’s not a new vocation for Frank , a determination to give up or be promoted from his role as The Punisher . But what go on when the weapon system he wield is more than just hummer or explosives ? Rosenberg explains how that question forms the basis ofPunisher ’s raw chapter :
In a way , this is Frank in his idealized form . It ’s one of those crazy approximation that everyone recoils from at first and then they let it slump in and it makes people ask " Why did n’t this fall out sooner ? " It just makes logical sense that Frank would want the armor … place Frank in Rhodey ’s armor felt up so wrong to me at first . It felt almost blasphemous . It was n’t until I realized this was n’t a superhero story anymore that I got it . This is n’t a celebration of the Punisher taking on the mantle of War Machine and becoming a fighter . This is a look into how easy War Machine can become overshadow by the Punisher when it falls into the wrong hands .
In the last , the Punisher is a simple answer to some very complex questions . seek to make him be a military group for right in this world is less about seek to reckon out new way to correspond a square rowlock into a round hole and more about how much can you hammer that peg before everything shatters . Frank will always be a man with gun kill people he thinks are bad . It ’s the world that vary around him . And through that we hope people can ill-use away from this book being as terrified and awestruck of the static invariable that is The Punisher as we are . I hope masses ask what it means that someone like the Punisher live .
The coverage of the yield # 218 cover ( by creative person Clayton Crain ) reveal has fitly framed the write up as ' Punisher becoming the novel War Machine , ' but Rosenberg is clear that ’s not the spirit of the story at all . Frank Castle ’s respect for James Rhodes as a dutiful soldier ( as he once was ) goes far beyond his case of weaponized armor : he figure the first casualty ofCivil War II ’s many deathsas the expiration ofRhodes , not the arsenal he used to be a superhero . It ’s an crucial distinction for those fans of Rhodey concern that Marvel will be tarnishing his bequest while presumably " honoring " Frank ’s . Rosenberg compares it to the Punisher usinganyhero ’s weaponry:“if he grabbed Hawkeye ’s bow and used it to shoot a gangster he would n’t be Hawkeye , he ’d just be practical . "
From the sound of it , devotee should n’t expect to see any tectonic shift ormoral dilemmas fromFrank ’s side of thing . Instead , it ’s Fury letting him loose with government - toppling ordnance and the public around him that will likely provide the conflict . After all , the name of the game is " bequest , " and Rosenberg does n’t moderate word when explaining what " bequest " mean to a eccentric like The Punisher .
Put simply:“Killing the great unwashed . "
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The Punisher#218arrives this November .
Source : Newsarama
