History Characters / ThePunisherSupportingCharacters

[[folder:Lynn Michaels]]
!!Lynn Michaels
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/ThePunisherWarZone'' Vol. 1, #7 (1992)

A ten-year veteran of the New York Police Department, Detective Lynn Michaels first crossed paths with the Punisher while the two of them were out hunting a serial rapist who was assaulting women in Central Park. After the stalker was dealt with, Lynn became the Punisher's semi-reluctant ally within the NYPD, which she eventually quit, her faith in the law shaken by both her dealings with Frank, and the acquittal of a pedophilic serial killer who she had helped arrest. When the Punisher was falsely believed to have died during the events of ''ComicBook/ThePunisherSuicideRun'', Lynn was among the many who attempted to replace him, which brought her into conflict with the government-sanctioned anti-vigilante group V.I.G.I.L. and its secret backers, the Trust. Narrowly making it out of the chaos that becoming the "Lady Punisher" had caused her life to spiral into alive, Lynn realized that Frank's life was not for her and gave up vigilantism, though at some point the crime fighting itch came back, as she was later revealed to have become an agent of [[ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D]]

* DistaffCounterpart: The very first female version of The Punisher.
* FairCop: Quite an attractive police officer and SHIELD agent.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her last appearance was in ''Punisher War Journal'' vol. 2 in 2008. This is after she had been missing since 1995.
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[[folder:Martin Soap]]
!!Martin Soap
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Comicbook/{{The Punisher}}'' [[ComicBook/ThePunisherWelcomeBackFrank Vol. 5]], #2 (200)

--> ''"You know how they say it can't rain all the time? They're lying through their teeth. Really. I should know, I've been getting rained on my whole life."''

Martin Soap was dropped on his head seconds after being born, and things just went downhill from there, from being abandoned as a child to becoming the New York Police Department's biggest joke, and usually the sole member of the pointless "Punisher Taskforce". After the Punisher dismantled the Gnucci crime family, the hapless Soap became his informant within the NYPD.
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[[folder:Jimmy Pierce]]
!!Jimmy Pierce

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%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''

[[folder:The "Punisher"]]
!!The "Punisher"
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Joe Garrison
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Punisher'' Vol. 14, #1 (2023)
->''"After everything that happened, I swore I'd never come back. I thought I'd served my time... that my work was finished. But all I did was bring that evil to my doorstep."''
An ex-SHIELD "gravedigger" who retired from service to live peacefully with his wife and children only to turn to vigilantism when they are assassinated with a bomb that might've been meant for him.
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* AppropriatedAppellation: Gets mistaken for someone trying to take the exiled Frank Castle's mantle as the Punisher. Joe just shrugs and rolls with it, and the villains he fights do likewise because they can't be bothered to learn his real name or why he's interfering with their plans.
* {{Expy}}: His origin is reminiscent of Creator/DolphLundgren's depiction of the character, with his family being assassinated by a bomb. Additionally, Joe is blonde, Dolph's actual hair color.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Because Joe immediately went underground to hunt his family's killers, he seemed to be entirely absent from the site of the house bombing, leading to the detectives on the case to list him as a suspect for the very crime he is trying to avenge.
* SkeletonMotif: Garrison's old black-ops unit at SHIELD had gear that combined the usual iconography of the organization with a skull. However, because the skull symbol is associated so closely to Frank Castle in-universe, the media assumes Joe is trying to be a new Punisher when he digs out his old gear for his revenge quest.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Another Punisher copycat and would-be successor on this list with a comparable backstory of losing loved ones to violent crime, Joe also shares a number of commonalities with Frank during the early days of his career such as an immediately sympathetic perspective as his origin was fairly recent and a tech wiz partner who aids him from behind the scenes in the form of his old SHIELD comrade Triple-A.
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* PlayfulHacker: Both are somewhat easy going, make pop culture references and are hackers not far below Microchips level.

* ThoseTwoGuys: A rare male, female example.

* SkeletonMotif: Garrison's old black-ops unit at SHIELD had gear that combined the usual iconography of the organization with skull. However, because the skull symbol is associated so closely to Frank Castle in-universe, the media assumes Joe is trying to be a new Punisher when he digs out his old gear for his revenge quest.

* AppropriatedApellation: Gets mistaken for someone trying to take the exiled Frank Castle's mantle as the Punisher. Joe just shrugs and rolls with it, and the villains he fights do likewise because they can't be bothered to learn his real name or why he's interfering with their plans.

After his company went bankrupt, Silicon Valley industrialist Stu Clarke became the costumed criminal Rampage. During the events of ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' he joined forces with the Punisher and become the second Microchip. Like his predecessor, he and Frank eventually had a bitter falling out and became enemies.

* ManOfTheCity: At the end of ''ComicBook/WelcomeBackFrank'', Soap revels in how New York is a place where even "a loser like me" can rise to power through blind luck and a little blackmail, reiterates his love for the town even after another ButtMonkey humiliation, and vows that he will use his new authority as police commissioner to reform the deeply flawed NYPD into the police force "this city deserves." However, the humiliating loss of his job a short time later seems to sour Soap on this issue, and he leaves New York for Las Vegas in his final appearance.

* HiddenDepths: Despite being a walking joke, Soap did make it through the police academy and made detective without any trouble, he just cant seem to ever get past that point because of a ridiculous amount of bad luck.

* PutOnABus: Rucka's run ended with [[spoiler:Frank taking on the Avengers to distract them and allow her to escape]], with her ending up continuing her vigilantism in Los Angeles. Edmonson's run features the Punisher in LA, however, she only appears once during the storyline, giving Frank a car ride, and has not appeared since.

* HiddenDepths: Despite being a walking joke, Soap did make it through the police academy and made detective without any trouble, he just cant seem to ever get past that point because of a ridiculous amount of bad luck.
* InterruptedSuicide: The first time he tried to commit suicide, in ''Army of One'', the Punisher talks him out of it and convinces him to be a mole for him. The second time, in ''Confederacy of Dunces'', he nearly [[AteHisGun eats his gun]] in the restroom of his favorite bar, but the bartender stops him, though only so he wouldn't have to clean up the blood. This leads to...
** TookALevelInBadass: He threatens the cruel bartender, breaks the nose of a snitch, and even attempts to arrest the Punisher before shooting him when Frank refuses to surrender. Ultimately subverted as Frank's kevlar tactical suit easily tanks the bullet, at which point Soap collapses and just begs Frank to put him out of his misery.
* TheDogBitesBack: As explained above, after one too many humiliations and putting up with being dismissed as being less than dirt from everyone in his life, Soap seemingly snaps and becomes a something of a CowboyCop.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Is generally regarded as a joke by the rest of the NYPD, leading him to be assigned to be the sole member of the Punisher Task Force, a position nobody else wants as a good portion of the NYPD are closeted supporters of Frank. Castle himself recruits him as his mole in the force simply because he finds Soap's self pitying personality so annoying that he wouldn't even care if he gets killed for being associated with him. Normally, Punisher avoids partnering with innocent people for that exact reason.

* HeroWorship: Towards the Punisher, [[spoiler: his father's worst enemy.]]
* ShooTheDog: Recieves it from Frank at the end of ''In The Blood'': [[spoiler: Frank, who has come to view Henry as a son, regrets putting him in danger. So he threatens to kill him if he ever sees him again.]]

* PutOnABus / TheBusCameBack: Rucka's run ended with [[spoiler: Frank taking on the Avengers to distract them and allow her to escape]], with her ending up continuing her vigilantism in Los Angeles. Edmonson's run features the Punisher in LA, however, she only appears once during the storyline, giving Frank a car ride, and has not appeared since.
** She finally reappears in ''The Punisher'' 2019 helping Frank alongside other vigilantes against Baron Zemo and his Thunderbolts.
* NinetiesAntiHero: Evokes this in her mimicry of Castle.

A cop who lost his wife and daughters to a mob bomb for helping Punisher and went o a brief vendetta against both the mobsters and Frank. He later put his grudge against Frank to rest, only to end up targeted due to his past association with him.

[[folder:Colonel Yorkie Mitchell]]
!!Colonel Yorkie Mitchell
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''[[ComicBook/MarvelKnightsPunisher The Punisher]]'' Vol. 6, #18 (2002)

--> ''"He's going to kill you. Not over me. You're going up against him, so he'll kill you. Because you're a joke in spite of it all, and he's the most dangerous man that ever walked this earth."''

A British officer who served with Castle in Vietnam. Shows up periodically to provide intelligence or recruit Frank for a mission in Britain.

* AscendedExtra: His only appearance in the main Marvel Universe was in the story ''Downtown''. He was promoted to a recurring character in the MAX series, showing up in ''Kitchen Irish, Man of Stone, Long Cold Dark'' and ''Get Castle''.
* MisterExposition: When it comes to UsefulNotes/TheTroubles.
* OldFriend: Well, as much as you can be one to the Punisher.
* OldSoldier: He's in his fifties, at least.

[[folder:Rampage]]
!!Rampage
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Stuart Clarke

!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Champions'' Vol. 1, #5 (1976)

-->''"Oh, don't worry about me, Bridge. I got big plans. Yessir. [[TemptingFate I got my whole life ahead of me]].''"

After his company went bankrupt, Silicon Valley industrialist Stu Clarke became the costumed criminal Rampage. During the events of ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' he joined forces with the Punisher and become the second Microchip. Like his predecessor, he and Frank eventually had a bitter falling out and became enemies.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: His FatalFlaw is his difficulty in accepting this.
* AscendedFanboy: Of the Punisher, and later to Jigsaw.
* BrokenPedestal: During ''Secret Invasion'' he discovered that the Punisher, while being mind-controlled by the Hate Monger, killed his girlfriend. His partnership with Frank immediately dissolved, along with most of his sanity.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Inverted as he had his own company and he turned to crime when it failed. At the same time, also played somewhat straight in that he could have sold his company to Tony Stark, but refused because he didn't want to "sell his soul to big business".
* EvilerThanThou: Jigsaw. Stu learned this [[KilledOffForReal the hard way]].
* FacialHorror: Got his face mangled to the point he greatly resembled Jigsaw.
* GadgeteerGenius: His high tech weapons kept Frank alive against super-powered foes.
* GeniusCripple: Lost three fingers on his right hand to a gunshot wound. He compensated by wearing a [[TrickedOutGloves Power Glove]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Was eventually disfigured in a manner similar to Jigsaw, where they could almost pass as twins.
* PoweredArmor: Used one during his criminal career.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Initially a foe of The Champions and Iron Man before becoming an ally (and later enemy) of the Punisher.
* UnknownRival: Obsessed with Iron Man, but barely registered on Tony's radar.
* VillainTeamUp: Led his own team during his early career. Teamed up with The Hood during ''Secret Invasion'' and became one half of [[BigBadDuumvirate The Jigsaw Brothers]] in ''In The Blood''.

[[folder:Henry Russo]]
!!Henry Russo
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''[[ComicBook/RickRemendersPunisher Punisher]]'' Vol. 8, #1 (2009)

--> ''"Knowing how much he hated you made you my favorite person in the world."''

[[spoiler: The bastard son of Frank's archnemesis Jigsaw,]] Henry becomes the third Microchip and the youngest of Frank's allies.

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Jigsaw, unsurprisingly.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Rescued a pair of kittens [[spoiler: but was forced to kill them when his father threatened to kill his mother.]] He's also a vegetarian. This doesn't extend to the criminals he aids Frank in killing, though.
* KindheartedCatLover
* HeroWorship: Towards the Punisher, [[spoiler: his father's worst enemy.]]
* ShooTheDog: Recieves it from Frank at the end of ''In The Blood'': [[spoiler: Frank, who has come to view Henry as a son, regrets putting him in danger. So he threatens to kill him if he ever sees him again.]]

[[folder:Rachel Cole-Alves]]
!!Rachel Cole-Alves
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''[[ComicBook/GregRuckasPunisher The Punisher]]'' Vol. 9, #1 (2011)

--> ''"But I feel. I can't stop. God, I've tried, and I can't stop... and you do, too, I know you do... the gnawing that isn't anger and isn't rage and isn't guilt but it's all of it, a thousand times over. Feeding on you, devouring you, stealing your breath and you never stop seeing it... seeing them..."''

A Marine sergeant and decorated Afghan War veteran, Rachel saw her husband and entire wedding party die when they got in the way of a gangland hit ordered by Stephanie Gerard and Chris Poulsen. She worked alongside the Punisher for a time, eventually donning the same skull insignia worn by him.

Martin Soap was dropped on his head seconds after being born, and things just went downhill from there, from being abandoned as a child to becoming the New York Police Department's biggest joke, and the sole member of the pointless "Punisher Taskforce". After the Punisher dismantled the Gnucci crime family, the hapless Soap became his informant within the NYPD.

* DescentIntoAddiction: She started using drugs due to the stress of medial school and ended up getting hooked.

* BoxedCrook: Their introduced working for a mob money-laundering operation Frank shoots up. He spares their lives due to their young ages, lack of direct involvement in violence and his need for some techies at the moment.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After a relatively short run with Frank, while he's off on a major fight, they pack up their things, and all the money they can carry and flee the country to get away from Frank and his enemies.

After his family was killed by criminals, young London resident Nigel Higgins decided to take the law into his own hands by becoming the English equivalent of the Punisher (though his first choice was [[Characters/NewWarriors Night Thrasher]]). As the Outlaw, Nigel assisted his inspiration with preventing ComicBook/TheKingpin's hostile takeover of Europe's crime syndicates, and subsequently made a go at becoming America's new Punisher when it looked like Frank had perished during the events of ''ComicBook/ThePunisherSuicideRun''. After helping Frank foil the Architect's attempt at reviving the Kingpin's "Eurohit" plan, a wearied Outlaw retired from vigilantism, but was eventually forced back into action when the ComicBook/{{Maestro}} recruited him to compete for the Collector in the third ComicBook/ContestOfChampions.

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!!Allies

[[folder:Microchip]]
!!Microchip
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' David Linus Lieberman
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 2, #4 (1987)

--> ''"I hacked computers to find him targets. I customized guns and ammunition. I put him in the right place at the right time to kill the maximum number of people; without me the body count for those ten years would be a third of what it is. I turned a lone gunman into a machine that runs at optimum efficiency. Because of me, what he does can be truly defined as war."''

A computer and engineering whiz, Linus "Microchip" Lieberman joined the Punisher's crusade after his nephew was murdered under orders of the Kingpin, and worked alongside the vigilante for years, becoming the closest thing Frank had to a best friend. Unfortunately, a series of tragedies and clashing ideologies led to the two butting heads, and becoming bitter enemies, which ultimately led to Micro's death at the hands of a rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. agent called Stone Cold.
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* BackFromTheDead: He's ResurrectedForAJob by [[ComicBook/TheHood the Hood]]. Micro is initially [[UnwantedRevival peeved]], claiming he was fine with being dead, but is convinced to go along with the Hood's plans after the villain promises to also bring back Micro's son, Louis.
* FaceHeelTurn: Started out as one of Frank's closest allies, but eventually turned against him.
* {{Fingore}}: One of his fingers was cut off by the Kingpin and sent to the Punisher as proof.
* GadgeteerGenius: He helped create Punisher's Exo-Armor, a battlesuit which he used against the Reavers. Microchip created him the Battle Van along with other armored vehicles such as the The Fury, motorcycles, helicopters and other aircraft.
* KilledOffForReal: He was first killed by a rocket launched by Stone Cold, and later had his throat sliced open by the Punisher.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Even people who didn't know about his activities usually just called him "Micro" or "Chip". Frank refers to him by his first name ''once'' during their entire partnership.
* TheSmartGuy: Micro was an expert in the field of computer science, demonstrating genius-level aptitude for programming, modifying, and diagnosing almost any computer system.
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[[folder:Mickey Fondozzi]]
!!Mickey Fondozzi
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/ThePunisherWarZone'' Vol. 1, #1 (1992)

--> '''Punisher:''' You know better than to lie to me, Mickey.
--> '''Mickey:''' You're nuts. You can't do this to me.
--> '''Punisher:''' That's where you're wrong. I asked you a question and you tell me you're not connected anymore.
--> '''Mickey:''' Buh-but you kill connected guys.
--> '''Punisher:''' Not ones I have a use for. Give me something big.

A low (almost subterranean) level criminal, Mickey was strong-armed by the Punisher into helping him infiltrate the Carbone crime family. After that misadventure, the Punisher reluctantly kept Mickey around as a source of information regarding the various goings-on in the criminal underworld.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Mickey referred to Frank as "Johnny", the alias he was using when they first met. He also refers to Micro as 'Mike", despite constant corrections from both.
* AdaptationNameChange: Fondozzi became Duka in the 2004 film.
* ChronicVillainy: Despite being a main source of information for '''the Punisher''', he tended to be embroiled in various petty crimes whenever Frank contacted him. Frank had to remind him of their arrangement. Often with extreme prejudice. Mickey at least once tried to use this to his advantage by ripping off counterfeiters with the intention of siccing the Punisher on them, but Frank was out that day, so Mickey ended up with Microchip instead.
* {{Fauxreigner}}: He managed to become a made man despite the fact that he's not Italian. He's actually Albanian.
* HeelFaceTurn: In the original ''Marvel Knights'' series, he got hit by one of [[ComicBook/CloakAndDagger Dagger's]] light daggers, which sometimes cure someone's criminal impulses. Seeing that he genuinely turned over a new leaf, Frank let him be.
* TheInformant: Whether he liked it or not.
* RunningGag: Mickey's small-time criminal venture du jour (cigarettes, car parts, bootleg videos, [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons counterfeit jeans]], etc.) is shut down in an over-the-top violent fashion by the Punisher.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: ''The Resurrection of Ma Gnucci'' saw the introduction of Charles B. Schitti, a similarly downtrodden and low-level mob affiliate who the Punisher agrees to spare in exchange for his aid against a crime family.
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[[folder:Outlaw]]
!!Outlaw
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Nigel Higgins
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 2, #64 (1992)

--> ''"You know the story, right? Something bad sucks you down. Takes away everything you have. Mother... sister... family. It's all the same, right? Then the guilt hollows you out, and the rage fills you up. And there's always someone out there to take the blame. You know the story. You lived it."''

After his family was killed by criminals, young London resident Nigel Higgins decided to take the law into his own hands by becoming the English equivalent of the Punisher (though his first choice was [[Characters/NewWarriors Night Thrasher]]). As the Outlaw, Nigel assisted his inspiration with preventing ComicBook/TheKingpin's hostile takeover of Europe's crime syndicates, and subsequently made a go at becoming America's new Punisher when it looked like Frank had perished during the events of ''ComicBook/ThePunisherSuicideRun''. After helping Frank foil the Architect's attempt at reviving the Kingpin's "Eurohit" plan, a wearied Outlaw retired from vigilantism, but was eventually forced back into action when the ComicBook/{{Maestro}} recruited him to compete for the Collector in the third ComicBook/ContestOfChampions.
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* TheAtoner: In ''Contest of Champions'', it's shown he genuinely regrets all the killing he perpetrated. [[spoiler: When he gets the Iso-Sphere, one of his actions was to reshape the past so he only used rubber bullets.]]
* {{Fanboy}}: Of Night Trasher.
* HotBlooded: In his earliest appearances, Nigel was willing to charge headlong into a gunfight.
* OneSteveLimit: He shares moniker with Deadpool's associate Inez Temple. Luckily they live far away so they don't intersect.
* RetiredBadass: A vigilante styled after the Punisher who hung up his guns.
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[[folder:Lynn Michaels]]
!!Lynn Michaels
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/ThePunisherWarZone'' Vol. 1, #7 (1992)

A ten-year veteran of the New York Police Department, Detective Lynn Michaels first crossed paths with the Punisher while the two of them were out hunting a serial rapist who was assaulting women in Central Park. After the stalker was dealt with, Lynn became the Punisher's semi-reluctant ally within the NYPD, which she eventually quit, her faith in the law shaken by both her dealings with Frank, and the acquittal of a pedophilic serial killer who she had helped arrest. When the Punisher was falsely believed to have died during the events of ''ComicBook/ThePunisherSuicideRun'', Lynn was among the many who attempted to replace him, which brought her into conflict with the government-sanctioned anti-vigilante group V.I.G.I.L. and its secret backers, the Trust. Narrowly making it out of the chaos that becoming the "Lady Punisher" had caused her life to spiral into alive, Lynn realized that Frank's life was not for her and gave up vigilantism, though at some point the crime fighting itch came back, as she was later revealed to have become an agent of [[ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D]]
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* DistaffCounterpart: The very first female version of The Punisher.
* FairCop: Quite an attractive police officer and SHIELD agent.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her last appearance was in ''Punisher War Journal'' vol. 2 in 2008. This is after she had been missing since 1995.
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[[folder:Martin Soap]]
!!Martin Soap
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Comicbook/{{The Punisher}}'' [[ComicBook/ThePunisherWelcomeBackFrank Vol. 5]], #2 (200)

--> ''"You know how they say it can't rain all the time? They're lying through their teeth. Really. I should know, I've been getting rained on my whole life."''

Martin Soap was dropped on his head seconds after being born, and things just went downhill from there, from being abandoned as a child to becoming the New York Police Department's biggest joke, and the sole member of the pointless "Punisher Taskforce". After the Punisher dismantled the Gnucci crime family, the hapless Soap became his informant within the NYPD.
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* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Apparently. At the end of the series he's left the force and found a career in porn.
* ButtMonkey: He's the biggest joke in the [=NYPD=].
* TheChewToy: Some of his highlights include getting dropped on the head as a newborn, finding an ax murderer by getting drunk and sleeping with him, going out with an obvious crossdresser, and accidentally dating his own mother.
* ChildhoodBrainDamage: A variation of the trope occurs: We see the nurse dropping him on his head just after being born, but he doesn't end up with any mental handicap for it (it's just there to show the crap life shoves on him started very early and never let up).
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: He's like an M-rated [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Dr Doofenshmirtz]]. His life has been so miserable that only it being so over the top keeps it from getting too uncomfortable to read.
* HiddenDepths: Despite being a walking joke, Soap did make it through the police academy and made detective without any trouble, he just cant seem to ever get past that point because of a ridiculous amount of bad luck.
* InterruptedSuicide: The first time he tried to commit suicide, in ''Army of One'', the Punisher talks him out of it and convinces him to be a mole for him. The second time, in ''Confederacy of Dunces'', he AteHisGun in the restroom of his favorite bar, but the bartender stops him, though only so he wouldn't have to clean up the blood. This leads to...
* TookALevelInBadass: He threatens the cruel bartender, breaks the nose of a snitch, and even ''shoots the Punisher and almost arrests him.'' Then subverted almost immediately as the Punisher just gives him a mean look in the middle of his attempted arrest and Soap breaks down whimpering.
* {{Wangst}}: While he definitely has reasons to be miserable, his whining and stupidity makes it hard to feel truly bad for him. Punisher even mentions that he keeps Soap around because his annoying personality and self-pity makes it harder to worry about Soap getting killed for being associated with him. Normally, Punisher avoids partnering with innocent people for that exact reason.
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[[folder:Colonel Yorkie Mitchell]]
!!Colonel Yorkie Mitchell
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''[[ComicBook/MarvelKnightsPunisher The Punisher]]'' Vol. 6, #18 (2002)

--> ''"He's going to kill you. Not over me. You're going up against him, so he'll kill you. Because you're a joke in spite of it all, and he's the most dangerous man that ever walked this earth."''

A British officer who served with Castle in Vietnam. Shows up periodically to provide intelligence or recruit Frank for a mission in Britain.
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* AscendedExtra: His only appearance in the main Marvel Universe was in the story ''Downtown''. He was promoted to a recurring character in the MAX series, showing up in ''Kitchen Irish, Man of Stone, Long Cold Dark'' and ''Get Castle''.
* BadassMustache: He's an old British soldier, so him having one is requisite.
* MisterExposition: When it comes to UsefulNotes/TheTroubles.
* OldFriend: Well, as much as you can be one to the Punisher.
* OldSoldier: He's in his fifties, at least.
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[[folder:Rampage]]
!!Rampage
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Stuart Clarke
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Champions'' Vol. 1, #5 (1976)

-->''"Oh, don't worry about me, Bridge. I got big plans. Yessir. [[TemptingFate I got my whole life ahead of me]].''"

After his company went bankrupt, Silicon Valley industrialist Stu Clarke became the costumed criminal Rampage. During the events of ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' he joined forces with the Punisher and become the second Microchip. Like his predecessor, he and Frank eventually had a bitter falling out and became enemies.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: His FatalFlaw is his difficulty in accepting this.
* AscendedFanboy: Of the Punisher, and later to Jigsaw.
* BrokenPedestal: During ''Secret Invasion'' he discovered that the Punisher, while being mind-controlled by the Hate Monger, killed his girlfriend. His partnership with Frank immediately dissolved, along with most of his sanity.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Inverted as he had his own company and he turned to crime when it failed. At the same time, also played somewhat straight in that he could have sold his company to Tony Stark, but refused because he didn't want to "sell his soul to big business".
* EvilerThanThou: Jigsaw. Stu learned this [[KilledOffForReal the hard way]].
* FacialHorror: Got his face mangled to the point he greatly resembled Jigsaw.
* GadgeteerGenius: His high tech weapons kept Frank alive against super-powered foes.
* GeniusCripple: Lost three fingers on his right hand to a gunshot wound. He compensated by wearing a [[TrickedOutGloves Power Glove]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Was eventually disfigured in a manner similar to Jigsaw, where they could almost pass as twins.
* PoweredArmor: Used one during his criminal career.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Initially a foe of The Champions and Iron Man before becoming an ally (and later enemy) of the Punisher.
* UnknownRival: Obsessed with Iron Man, but barely registered on Tony's radar.
* VillainTeamUp: Led his own team during his early career. Teamed up with The Hood during ''Secret Invasion'' and became one half of [[BigBadDuumvirate The Jigsaw Brothers]] in ''In The Blood''.
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[[folder:Henry Russo]]
!!Henry Russo
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%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''[[ComicBook/RickRemendersPunisher Punisher]]'' Vol. 8, #1 (2009)

--> ''"Knowing how much he hated you made you my favorite person in the world."''

[[spoiler: The bastard son of Frank's archnemesis Jigsaw,]] Henry becomes the third Microchip and the youngest of Frank's allies.
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Jigsaw, unsurprisingly.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Rescued a pair of kittens [[spoiler: but was forced to kill them when his father threatened to kill his mother.]] He's also a vegetarian. This doesn't extend to the criminals he aids Frank in killing, though.
* KindheartedCatLover
* HeroWorship: Towards the Punisher, [[spoiler: his father's worst enemy.]]
* ShooTheDog: Recieves it from Frank at the end of ''In The Blood'': [[spoiler: Frank, who has come to view Henry as a son, regrets putting him in danger. So he threatens to kill him if he ever sees him again.]]
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[[folder:Rachel Cole-Alves]]
!!Rachel Cole-Alves
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''[[ComicBook/GregRuckasPunisher The Punisher]]'' Vol. 9, #1 (2011)

--> ''"But I feel. I can't stop. God, I've tried, and I can't stop... and you do, too, I know you do... the gnawing that isn't anger and isn't rage and isn't guilt but it's all of it, a thousand times over. Feeding on you, devouring you, stealing your breath and you never stop seeing it... seeing them..."''

A Marine sergeant and decorated Afghan War veteran, Rachel saw her husband and entire wedding party die when they got in the way of a gangland hit ordered by Stephanie Gerard and Chris Poulsen. She worked alongside the Punisher for a time, eventually donning the same skull insignia worn by him.
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* AntiHero: [[UnscrupulousHero Unscrupulous Heroine]]. Possibly a [[NominalHero Nominal Heroine]] by the end.
* BrokenBird: Though she notes that's she still far from being on Castle's level ("No one can be like you").
* CaptainErsatz: Her backstory is lifted from the Bride from ''Film/KillBill''.
* ChestInsignia: Castle allows her to wear a copy of his chestplate and its skull insignia.
* DarkActionGirl: Given her general instability she fits this better than ActionGirl.
* DistaffCounterpart: To Frank Castle.
* EvilWearsBlack: Mimics Frank in this regard.
* FieryRedhead: Rachel's even less stable than Frank, and has flaming red hair.
* {{Foil}}: To Castle, with her fiery temper and immediate need for revenge, contrasting his cold-blooded pragmatism. She's him as he was at the start of his career.
* GunsAkimbo: As prone to Frank at charging in with a weapon in each hand.
* HotBlooded: Contrasting the far icier Castle.
* InsistentTerminology: She prefers to be called by the last name of Alves instead of Cole, as she took her husband's name upon being married.
* LegacyCharacter: Preceded by Lynn Michaels as the "Lady Punisher".
* MoreDakka: Shares Castle's conviction that bullets solve all problems, and that more bullets solve more problems.
* MurderByMistake: Kills Detective Walter Bolt when she panics and mistakes him for Poulsen.
* PutOnABus / TheBusCameBack: Rucka's run ended with [[spoiler: Frank taking on the Avengers to distract them and allow her to escape]], with her ending up continuing her vigilantism in Los Angeles. Edmonson's run features the Punisher in LA, however, she only appears once during the storyline, giving Frank a car ride, and has not appeared since.
** She finally reappears in ''The Punisher'' 2019 helping Frank alongside other vigilantes against Baron Zemo and his Thunderbolts.
* NinetiesAntiHero: Evokes this in her mimicry of Castle.
* {{Revenge}}: Wants revenge on Gerard and Poulsen.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Repeatedly jeopardizes her own safety and Frank's in order to get at Gerard and Poulsen.
* SemperFi: Like Castle she's a former Marine.
* ThatManIsDead: Forced to cut all ties to her past by Castle.
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[[folder:Vernon Brooks]]
!!Vernon Brooks
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' Vol. 2 #14

A teacher at a school where Frank briefly goes undercover who is later recruited by him for one of his campaigns against the Kingpin.
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* BadassTeacher: A gun wielding veteran willing to fight those who threaten his students, and eventually take a more active (albeit short-lived) role in crime fighting.
* FriendlySniper: He's a good marksman, and can't bring himself to shoot a teenage boy (even a murderous one).
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[[folder:Melinda Brewer]]
!!Melinda Brewer
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%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' Vol. 2 #58

A doctor who operates on the Punisher at times.
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* BackAlleyDoctor: She had to leave her medical practice in disgrace and is reduced to doing illicit operations for people like Frank.
* DescentIntoAddiction: She started using drugs due to the stress of medial school and ended up getting hooked.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: She eventually she leaves the country and manages to start over at a legitimate clinic.
* HospitalHottie: She's a doctor who wears somewhat revealing minidresses.
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[[folder:Ponygirl and Mouse]]
!!Ponygirl and Mouse

!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Wendy Christiansen (Ponygirl) and Hal Flynt (Mouse)
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 2 #98

A pair of hackers who serve Frank for a while in the nineties.
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* BlackAndNerdy: Although a little more fashionable than most examples, Wendy/Ponygirl is a bespectacled African-American computer expert.
* BoxedCrook: Their introduced working for a mob money-laundering operation Frank shoots up. He spares their lives due to their young ages, lack of direct involvement in violence and his need for some techies at the moment.
* PlayfulHacker: Both are somewhat easy going, make pop culture references and are hackers not far below Microchips level.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After a relatively short run with Frank, while he's off on a major fight, they pack up their things, and all the money they can carry and flee the country to get away from Frank and his enemies.
* ThoseTwoGuys: A rare male, female example.
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[[folder:Jimmy Pierce]]
!!Jimmy Pierce
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%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 2 #86

A blackmailed mob enforcer who proves to be willing to work with Punisher in the end.
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* GunsAkimbo: He goes into battle this way sometimes.
* LeftForDead: He gets shot and left for dead in ''ComicBook/ThePunisherSuicideRun'' but turns up later.
* SkullForAHead: He wears a Punisher costume with a skull mask.
* WhiteSheep: The only member of his family who doesn't want to be a mobster, although he ends up working for his uncle due to threats to his mothers life.
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[[folder:Payback]]
!!Payback
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Eddie Dyson
%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Punisher War Journal'' #148

A cop who lost his wife and daughters to a mob bomb for helping Punisher and went o a brief vendetta against both the mobsters and Frank. He later put his grudge against Frank to rest, only to end up targeted due to his past association with him.
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* BattleCouple: He spends a lot of his screen time fighting alongside Lynn Michaels, and eventually romantically attached to her.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Once his families killers are dead, he stops being a vigilante only to still be targeted by anti-Vigilante forces.
* CoolMask: His vigilante costume has a hockey mask (in addition to a Punisher full crossed out on his shirt).
* FriendOnTheForce: Before the death of his family, had a six month long association as a police source of Frank after Frank gave him the credit for taking down a criminal Frank killed.
* OneSteveLimit: There's the symbiote Payback and Kasey Nash from ''2099''.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: PlayedForDrama. Eddie is very upset Frank killed his family's murderers rather than letting him do it.
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