![]() ![]() And it largely stuck to that gonzo mandate, with Saiz delivering the epic visuals to match. The log line on Punisher was that Frank Castle was the destined avatar of the Beast, the god of murder worshiped by the Hand ninjas from Daredevil comics. Punisher #12 Image: Jason Aaron, Jesús Saiz/Marvel Comics (And if you missed the last edition, read this.) It’s part society pages of superhero lives, part reading recommendations, part “look at this cool art.” There may be some spoilers. Welcome to Monday Funnies, Polygon’s weekly list of the books that our comics editor enjoyed this past week. What else is happening in the pages of our favorite comics? We’ll tell you. Punisher, from writer Jason Aaron and artists Jesús Saiz and Paul Azaceta, is not explicitly a book that tries to redeem a character co-opted by hate, but it’s not a book that’s unaware of the context in which it exists.Īnd that’s never felt more sneakily true than in its conclusion, in which - after becoming an unstoppable god of murder and war - Frank Castle’s resurrected wife undoes his godlike powers, divorces him, and takes all of his money.
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