Punisher
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Frank Castle, a former Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and joined the CIA's black-ops Cerberus Squad, returned to New York in 2015 only to watch his family die in a Central Park shootout. As the Punisher he hunts the gangs and conspirators behind it, clashing and sometimes teaming with Daredevil, Micro, Dinah Madani and Amy Bendix, killing Billy Russo, and in 2028 crossing paths with Spider-Man and Jean Grey.
The Punisher (1989)
Former police detective whose family died in a mob hit, now a declared-dead vigilante who has killed 125 people in five years. Living in the sewers with his friend Shake, he saves kidnapped mob children from the Yakuza, teams with Gianni Franco against Lady Tanaka, then kills Franco when betrayed.
The Punisher (2004)
Former FBI agent and Delta Force operator whose family is massacred by gunmen working for Tampa mob boss Howard Saint after an undercover operation goes wrong. He survives, spends months planning, destroys Saint and his circle, and continues as the Punisher. He has no superhuman powers, relying on training and weapons.
Punisher: War Zone
A vigilante in New York City who, after losing his family, wages a one-man war on organized crime as the Punisher. In this film he disfigures mob boss Billy Russoti, who returns as Jigsaw, and Castle then faces Jigsaw's army while an FBI task force pretends to be on his trail.
Timeline 13 events
- 2004 · Cinematic: Serving in Iraq as a lieutenant, he fights at Fallujah and befriends the corpsman Curtis Hoyle, who loses a leg when Castle fails to shoot a suicide bomber.
- 2006 · Cinematic: On deployment he becomes best friends with fellow Marine Billy Russo, and the two save each other's lives in Basra.
- 2015 · Cinematic: Home in New York on April 3, he sees his wife and two children gunned down the next day at Central Park after Rawlins and Schoonover arrange a gang firefight to have him killed.
- 2015 · Cinematic: He kills his way through the Dogs of Hell, Kitchen Irish and Mexican Cartel, fights Daredevil, and is arrested after Finn Cooley's torture, then tried and jailed for life with Nelson, Murdock and Page defending him.
- 2015 · Cinematic: At Rikers Island he kills Dutton for Wilson Fisk, survives the inmates and is freed by Fisk so that he will clear out the city's other criminal empires.
- 2015 · Cinematic: He kills Ray Schoonover, the Blacksmith, paints a skull on a bulletproof vest, helps Daredevil against the Hand, then finishes the remaining gang members and retires as Pete Castiglione.
- 2016 · Cinematic: Micro finds him, they uncover Operation Cerberus, and Castle kills William Rawlins and scars Billy Russo in a fight at the Central Park carousel, after which Homeland Security lets him live as Castiglione.
- 2018 · Cinematic: Wandering Michigan under his cover name, he shields the teenager Amy Bendix from hitmen, is held in a Larkville sheriff's station, and is brought back to New York by Dinah Madani.
- 2018 · Cinematic: He executes the escaped Russo, forces the Schultzes to their deaths, sends Amy away, survives the Snap and takes up the Punisher mantle again.
- 2027 · Cinematic: Matt Murdock visits his hideout after White Tiger's murder with a bullet bearing the Punisher symbol, and the two bond over their grief for Foggy Nelson.
- 2028 · Cinematic: Learning the Gnucci family helped plan the Central Park killings, he executes Benny Gnucci and his sons, falls into despair, survives Ma Gnucci's bounty, spares her and resolves to protect New York again.
- 2028 · Cinematic: After colliding with Spider-Man on Staten Island he hosts him and Michelle Jones at his hideout, then joins the pursuit of Jean Grey at Damage Control and is briefly mind-controlled alongside Hulk.
- 2028 · Cinematic: His sniper shot at Jean Grey hits Spider-Man instead, and Castle stays at the hospital until Peter Parker recovers and learns the hero's identity.
allied with
Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Doctor Strange, Daredevil, Karen Page, Foggy Nelson, Kingpin, Curtis Hoyle, Micro, Dinah Madani, Amy Bendix, Michelle Jones, Jake Berkowitz, Joan, Dave, Nathaniel Bumpo, Jimmy Weeks, Martin Soap, Angela Donatelli, Grace Donatelli, Jigsaw, Maria Castle, Will Castle, Paul Budiansky
enemy of
Kingpin, Vanessa Fisk, Jigsaw, John Pilgrim, Ma Gnucci, Jean Grey, Hulk, Gianni Franco, Lady Tanaka, Howard Saint, Livia Saint, Quentin Glass, Paul Budiansky, Ink, Carmine Gazzera, Loony Bin Jim
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