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* BewareTheSillyOnes: He's crazy enough to earn the comparisons to Deadpool, cracks wise a fair bit, and is generally fairly kooky. Oh, and he tends to forget about his powers. However, if he turns off/is stripped of the Hellfire, he is shockingly lucid and capable of removing a dead god's nose with a broken bottle or leading an all out an assault on Hell. Even ''with'' the Hellfire, he reminds the alternate future Thanos, who he raised and who turned into a tyrant, just who and what he really is by delivering a ''brutal'' CurbstompBattle.
* CurbstompBattle: On the receiving end of one from Hela, thanks to being dead, and the Fallen One version of the Silver Surfer. Conversely, he hands these out to one of the most powerful teams of 616 Avengers and to an alternate version of Thanos.
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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The Power Cosmic and the powers of the Ghost Rider can both have somewhat odd effects on even stable minds, and at least one is a power mortals were never meant to wield. The combination, plus hundreds of millions of years of existence plus trauma plus going nuts from isolation, on a mind like that of ''Frank Castle''? Yeah. His behaviour tends to get markedly weirder the longer he's got the Hellfire going, as he himself lampshades, and he sobers up pretty quickly when he powers down.
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* KickTheDog: Boasts a long string of heinous crimes including stabbing Black Bolt which makes him scream in pain at maximum volume that disintegrates the Celestials. He also has surviving heroes fight in his death pit, until the Hulk got in where it instead changed to feeding survivors to the Hulk. The Hulk also became his enslaved pet that he had leaahed up in a chain.
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Cosmic Ghost Rider is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His physical appearance and origin are amalgam of Punisher and Ghost Rider. Cosmic Ghost Rider was created by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw, in Thanos #13 (January 2018). He made his debut as Thanos' right-hand man in Thanos #13. His origin story was revealed in Thanos #16 by writer Donny Cates and artist Geoff Shaw.
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Spending god knows how long wandering around on a dead Earth made the already questionably sane Frank go completely cuckoo, to the point where you would be forgiven if you thought he was a version of ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} than a Punisher.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Frank Castle was a mere man, a BadassNormal yes, but still a man. Now he has the powers of Hell and the Power Cosmic on his side, and he delivers one CurbStompBattle after another on the waves of superheroes alternate Cable sends after him, and when he fights the 616 Avengers, he whoops their asses seven ways to Sunday. He even possesses the corpse of a freaking ''Celestial''.
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* RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf: He has achieved pretty much everything present Thanos aspires: the death of those meddling heroes and the annihilation of all life in the universe. The only thing he doesn't have yet is Death's heart(?) and he's on the verge of attaining it anyway.
* TheWorfEffect: It speaks volumes to how powerful this Thanos has become when he singlehandedly kills Galactus without breaking a sweat without the Infinity Stones.
* TheWorfEffect: It speaks volumes to how powerful this Thanos has become when he singlehandedly kills Galactus without breaking a sweat without the Infinity Stones.
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* CompositeCharacter: He's a version of Frank Castle who made a deal with Mephisto to become Ghost Rider, then swore to serve Galactus as his new Herald and attained the Power Cosmic, and finally went into servitude of Thanos himself becoming the Black Hand of Thanos.
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* CessationOfExistence: This version of Thanos gets erased from existence due to his younger self from the past vowing to never become like him.
* DeathSeeker: He seeks to die so that he can finally be with Death. The only being he deems worthy to kill him is himself, specifically his past self.
* CessationOfExistence: This version of Thanos gets erased from existence due to his younger self from the past vowing to never become like him.
* DeathSeeker: He seeks to die so that he can finally be with Death. The only being he deems worthy to kill him is himself, specifically his past self.
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A version of Thanos from The same alternate future. He declared himself king of the universe after killing nearly everyone in it.
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A version of Thanos from The same alternate future. He declared himself king of the universe after killing nearly everyone in it.
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Formerly ComicBook/ThePunisher of a universe where ComicBook/{{Thanos}} killed literally every other living being. Upon his death, he made a deal with ComicBook/{{Mephisto}}, becoming the [[ComicBook/GhostRider Spirit of Vengeance]], then received the Power Cosmic on top of that from ComicBook/{{Galactus}}, although he and Galactus were defeated by the Mad Titan. He then became the Black Hand of Thanos before being killed by the ComicBook/SilverSurfer. He was then 'escorted' out of Valhalla by [[Characters/TheMightyThorAsgardians Odin]] and sent back in time. It's a lot, we know.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Actually made three of these. First it was Mephisto - a dying Frank gets to be the Spirit of Vengeance and has the power to kill Thanos in return for Frank sending evil people to Hell in mass quantities. Next he makes a deal with Galactus - become a Herald and gain the Power Cosmic in return for handing over the Earth. Finally he makes a deal with Thanos the Final King - he serves as Thanos's Black Hand and he'll have an opportunity to kill more evil-doers than Frank had ever imagined.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Actually made three ''four'' of these. First it was Mephisto - a dying Frank gets to be the Spirit of Vengeance and has the power to kill Thanos in return for Frank sending evil people to Hell in mass quantities. Next he makes a deal with Galactus - become a Herald and gain the Power Cosmic in return for handing over the Earth. Finally Then he makes a deal with Thanos the Final King - he serves as Thanos's Black Hand and he'll have an opportunity to kill more evil-doers than Frank had ever imagined.imagined. Finally, he makes ''another'' deal with Mephisto to sell his soul and become the Ghost Rider again, in exchange for getting Cammi's back.
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* AxCrazy: Both more and less so than usual - more, in that he's more obviously nuts, but less in that he's actually come to terms with who he is a lot better than present-day Frank and doesn't always want to just resort to killing. While Frank is not very sane in most universes, this one is completely off his freaking gourd as a result of first wandering the barren Earth as Ghost Rider for several centuries with no one to punish, acting as a Herald of Galactus for who knows how long, then spending millions of years with Thanos, who enjoyed his Penance Stare. Per ''Cosmic Ghost Rider'' #1, some of it is also down to the fact mortal minds - even those as skewed as Frank's - [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity aren't meant to handle those powers]]. Indeed, Frank refuses having the powers back when he decides to leave Valhalla... but Odin returns them to him regardless. He also notes later in the series that the longer he's in Hellfire mode, the odder he gets.
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* AxCrazy: Both more and less so than usual - more, in that he's more obviously nuts, but less in that he's actually come to terms with who he is a lot better than present-day Frank and doesn't always want to just resort to killing. While Frank is not very sane in most universes, this one is completely off his freaking gourd as a result of first wandering the barren Earth as Ghost Rider for several centuries with no one to punish, acting as a Herald of Galactus for who knows how long, then spending millions of years with Thanos, who enjoyed his Penance Stare. Per ''Cosmic Ghost Rider'' #1, some of it is also down to the fact mortal minds - even those as skewed as Frank's - [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity aren't meant to handle those powers]]. Indeed, Frank refuses having the powers back when he decides to leave Valhalla... Valhalla… but Odin returns them to him regardless. He also notes later in the series that the longer he's in Hellfire mode, the odder he gets.
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Cosmic Ghost Rider is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His physical appearance and origin are amalgam of Punisher and Ghost Rider. Cosmic Ghost Rider was created by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw, in Thanos #13 (January 2018). He made his debut as Thanos' right-hand man in Thanos #13. His origin story was revealed in Thanos #16 by writer Donny Cates and artist Geoff Shaw.
Formerly ComicBook/ThePunisher of a universe where ComicBook/{{Thanos}} killed literally every other living being. Upon his death, he made a deal with ComicBook/{{Mephisto}}, becoming the [[ComicBook/GhostRider Spirit of Vengeance]], then received the Power Cosmic on top of that from ComicBook/{{Galactus}}, although he and Galactus were defeated by the Mad Titan. He then became the Black Hand of Thanos before being killed by the ComicBook/SilverSurfer. He was then 'escorted' out of Valhalla by [[Characters/TheMightyThorAsgardians Odin]] and sent back in time. It's a lot, we know.
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* TheAtoner: Frank's made A LOT of mistakes from the time he made a deal with Mephisto onwards. So he gets Odin to send him back in time, so that he could fix his mistakes and find a measure of redemption (Death says that it's hopeless for him, but Frank just tells her off). However, after this, he admits to his younger self that he believes that they deserve punishment.
* AxCrazy: Both more and less so than usual - more, in that he's more obviously nuts, but less in that he's actually come to terms with who he is a lot better than present-day Frank and doesn't always want to just resort to killing. While Frank is not very sane in most universes, this one is completely off his freaking gourd as a result of first wandering the barren Earth as Ghost Rider for several centuries with no one to punish, acting as a Herald of Galactus for who knows how long, then spending millions of years with Thanos, who enjoyed his Penance Stare. Per ''Cosmic Ghost Rider'' #1, some of it is also down to the fact mortal minds - even those as skewed as Frank's - [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity aren't meant to handle those powers]]. Indeed, Frank refuses having the powers back when he decides to leave Valhalla... but Odin returns them to him regardless. He also notes later in the series that the longer he's in Hellfire mode, the odder he gets.
* {{BFG}}: Frank seemed to have rubbed off on ol' Galactus, because when they were a team, Galactus would wear a raggedy olive cape a la ComicBook/HopeSummers and wield a gun the size of a skyscraper.
* BreakoutCharacter: Of the 2016 ''Thanos'' series. He ended up getting two solo miniseries out of it and went on to temporarily join the Guardians of the Galaxy.
* ChainPain: This version of the Rider carries a chain made from the Crimson Bones of Cyttorak. It's so tough that not even Thanos can break out of them.
* CloudCuckooLander: Out of his mind and hilariously so, getting lampshaded comparisons to Deadpool. He is certainly by far the oddest version of Frank Castle you'll ever see.
* DealWithTheDevil: Actually made three of these. First it was Mephisto - a dying Frank gets to be the Spirit of Vengeance and has the power to kill Thanos in return for Frank sending evil people to Hell in mass quantities. Next he makes a deal with Galactus - become a Herald and gain the Power Cosmic in return for handing over the Earth. Finally he makes a deal with Thanos the Final King - he serves as Thanos's Black Hand and he'll have an opportunity to kill more evil-doers than Frank had ever imagined.
* DeathIsCheap: In a short time since his debut, he's already died and come back twice. And that's not including his death as the Punisher, which started his new career.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Along with the aforementioned SanitySlippage, this Frank Castle's decision making skills have greatly suffered as a result of wielding two sets of powers mortals weren't meant to have (and being hundreds of millions of years old), which he's explicitly stated affect his mind - especially if he's in Ghost Rider mode for too long. This is demonstrated when he goes back in time to kill a baby Thanos but instead kidnaps him with the ultimate decision to raise him. He's called out by both Galactus and Uatu the Watcher who point out that a timeline where the Punisher raises Thanos is not a good one. This produces hilarious results as Frank faces the immediate consequences of his actions due to TimeTravel shenanigans.
* TheDragon: To King Thanos, although Thanos didn't really need him. Frank serves more as a recording of Thanos's greatest hits and a glorified butler.
* TheDreaded: The other Ghost Riders fear him for being the most powerful of them all... and for being totally insane.
* FailureHero: He's almost a poster boy for this because of his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} insanity, lack of judgement, bad luck and poor use of his powers. Johnny Blaze calls him out on this when he recruited Frank to do some wetwork for him and failed: "You're totally useless! The only thing you're good at is getting your family killed!" Frank then fails to hunt down Blaze after that cheapshot.
* FightsLikeANormal: He's a cosmic, supernatural powerhouse but he has an overwhelming tendency to default to shooting, stabbing and chain-smacking. Such as when Thanos was getting jumped by the Surfer's Annihilation Wave, and had to tell Frank to stop shooting them and do something hellish. Frank unloaded a hellfire storm that wiped the bugs out and mentioned he keeps forgetting he could do that. When he does get serious (usually when he's not using the Ghost Rider powers), he's much more effective.
* GadgeteerGenius: Downplayed. Frank is no genius and may even be dumber than the average person now, but all those eons of hanging around Galactus and Thanos seem to have taught him a few things about technology. In a fight against Captain Marvel, Frank was able to make a RayGun with parts that Iron Man left around, using only one hand.
* TheJuggernaut: Frank may have [[TookALevelInDumbass gotten stupider]] but if he's not up against an upper-echelon Thanos and above, he's practically unstoppable. As he mentions to baby Thanos, he's got cosmic hellfire powers, of course he can kill every alternate-universe superhero out to get him. And he does. He also easily slaughters an alternate version of Thanos who hadn't been empowered by Death or a Cosmic Cube. In an offscreen fight, he decapitates and carries off the head of Eli Morrow, who was possessing the body of a [[CosmicEntity Celestial]] at the time.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: He reacts this way upon meeting Wraith, idolizing him for the exact same reasons that readers mocked the character back in Annihilation Conquest.
* KryptoniteFactor: Brute force doesn't work that well on him as Hulk and Thor found out, but Frank is vulnerable to some supernatural attacks especially if they affect the dead.
* IHatePastMe: Inverted. The Punisher hates Cosmic Ghost Rider and tried to kill him, once he found out that future Frank went back in time and failed to save their family. For his part, future Frank is merely disappointed at how miserable and misguided his past self was.
* LastOfTheirKind: He was the last living thing on Earth and after that he became the sole survivor of his timeline's universe.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Pretty much the basic concept: an elderly Punisher as Ghost Rider wielding the Power Cosmic.
* OddFriendship: He considers Galactus one of his closest friends, is fond of the Phoenix Force and has friendly relations with Thanos the Final King (but not the 616 Thanos).
* PapaWolf: He was very protective of baby Thanos.
* PhysicalGod: Demonic powers from Mephisto plus the Power Cosmic from Galactus. It took a greatly aged Silver Surfer with the Annihilation Wave and Thor's hammer to kill him. He's so powerful that he can possess and animate the dead Celestial that's the Avengers's current base, then immediately after he fought and was winning against the Avengers which included powerhouses like Thor, Hulk (Jennifer Walters version) and Captain Marvel as well as Captain America and Black Panther who were both infused with Celestial power. When something does manage to hurt him, like Moondragon did when he was briefly on the Guardians of the Galaxy, he gets genuinely shocked and impressed.
* TheStoic: Averted; his days as the Punisher are long over and he's become very emotional (he's far more capable of expressing happiness and sorrow) after living so long and through so much.
* TimeAbyss: By the time we meet him he's spent millions of years with Thanos, and that's after his years as the Ghost Rider and as Galactus' Herald.
* TookALevelInKindness: A far cry from the glowering Punisher he previously was. All those millennia of being alone on a dead Earth have made him a MUCH friendlier person and a lot less contemptuous of superheroes.
* UnwittingPawn: Turns out to have ultimately been manipulated by Death to help make Thanos into the person he is.
* WorfEffect: He jobs a lot of fights, including against himself - there's a draw in fist fight against a pre-Punisher Frank Castle, and another draw against the Punisher. However, the first time, he was powered down and didn't want to fight, and the second time, the Punisher was ready for his future self (he had hellfire rounds in a submachine gun and a knife made of an adamantium-vibranium alloy) and even then, Frank was mostly just surprised and annoyed. That aside, though, if the events from his time travel adventures were even a little bit true, then he was captured by Moloids.
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Cosmic Ghost Rider is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His physical appearance and origin are amalgam of Punisher and Ghost Rider. Cosmic Ghost Rider was created by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw, in Thanos #13 (January 2018). He made his debut as Thanos' right-hand man in Thanos #13. His origin story was revealed in Thanos #16 by writer Donny Cates and artist Geoff Shaw.
Formerly ComicBook/ThePunisher of a universe where ComicBook/{{Thanos}} killed literally every other living being. Upon his death, he made a deal with ComicBook/{{Mephisto}}, becoming the [[ComicBook/GhostRider Spirit of Vengeance]], then received the Power Cosmic on top of that from ComicBook/{{Galactus}}, although he and Galactus were defeated by the Mad Titan. He then became the Black Hand of Thanos before being killed by the ComicBook/SilverSurfer. He was then 'escorted' out of Valhalla by [[Characters/TheMightyThorAsgardians Odin]] and sent back in time. It's a lot, we know.
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* TheAtoner: Frank's made A LOT of mistakes from the time he made a deal with Mephisto onwards. So he gets Odin to send him back in time, so that he could fix his mistakes and find a measure of redemption (Death says that it's hopeless for him, but Frank just tells her off). However, after this, he admits to his younger self that he believes that they deserve punishment.
* AxCrazy: Both more and less so than usual - more, in that he's more obviously nuts, but less in that he's actually come to terms with who he is a lot better than present-day Frank and doesn't always want to just resort to killing. While Frank is not very sane in most universes, this one is completely off his freaking gourd as a result of first wandering the barren Earth as Ghost Rider for several centuries with no one to punish, acting as a Herald of Galactus for who knows how long, then spending millions of years with Thanos, who enjoyed his Penance Stare. Per ''Cosmic Ghost Rider'' #1, some of it is also down to the fact mortal minds - even those as skewed as Frank's - [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity aren't meant to handle those powers]]. Indeed, Frank refuses having the powers back when he decides to leave Valhalla... but Odin returns them to him regardless. He also notes later in the series that the longer he's in Hellfire mode, the odder he gets.
* {{BFG}}: Frank seemed to have rubbed off on ol' Galactus, because when they were a team, Galactus would wear a raggedy olive cape a la ComicBook/HopeSummers and wield a gun the size of a skyscraper.
* BreakoutCharacter: Of the 2016 ''Thanos'' series. He ended up getting two solo miniseries out of it and went on to temporarily join the Guardians of the Galaxy.
* ChainPain: This version of the Rider carries a chain made from the Crimson Bones of Cyttorak. It's so tough that not even Thanos can break out of them.
* CloudCuckooLander: Out of his mind and hilariously so, getting lampshaded comparisons to Deadpool. He is certainly by far the oddest version of Frank Castle you'll ever see.
* DealWithTheDevil: Actually made three of these. First it was Mephisto - a dying Frank gets to be the Spirit of Vengeance and has the power to kill Thanos in return for Frank sending evil people to Hell in mass quantities. Next he makes a deal with Galactus - become a Herald and gain the Power Cosmic in return for handing over the Earth. Finally he makes a deal with Thanos the Final King - he serves as Thanos's Black Hand and he'll have an opportunity to kill more evil-doers than Frank had ever imagined.
* DeathIsCheap: In a short time since his debut, he's already died and come back twice. And that's not including his death as the Punisher, which started his new career.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Along with the aforementioned SanitySlippage, this Frank Castle's decision making skills have greatly suffered as a result of wielding two sets of powers mortals weren't meant to have (and being hundreds of millions of years old), which he's explicitly stated affect his mind - especially if he's in Ghost Rider mode for too long. This is demonstrated when he goes back in time to kill a baby Thanos but instead kidnaps him with the ultimate decision to raise him. He's called out by both Galactus and Uatu the Watcher who point out that a timeline where the Punisher raises Thanos is not a good one. This produces hilarious results as Frank faces the immediate consequences of his actions due to TimeTravel shenanigans.
* TheDragon: To King Thanos, although Thanos didn't really need him. Frank serves more as a recording of Thanos's greatest hits and a glorified butler.
* TheDreaded: The other Ghost Riders fear him for being the most powerful of them all... and for being totally insane.
* FailureHero: He's almost a poster boy for this because of his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} insanity, lack of judgement, bad luck and poor use of his powers. Johnny Blaze calls him out on this when he recruited Frank to do some wetwork for him and failed: "You're totally useless! The only thing you're good at is getting your family killed!" Frank then fails to hunt down Blaze after that cheapshot.
* FightsLikeANormal: He's a cosmic, supernatural powerhouse but he has an overwhelming tendency to default to shooting, stabbing and chain-smacking. Such as when Thanos was getting jumped by the Surfer's Annihilation Wave, and had to tell Frank to stop shooting them and do something hellish. Frank unloaded a hellfire storm that wiped the bugs out and mentioned he keeps forgetting he could do that. When he does get serious (usually when he's not using the Ghost Rider powers), he's much more effective.
* GadgeteerGenius: Downplayed. Frank is no genius and may even be dumber than the average person now, but all those eons of hanging around Galactus and Thanos seem to have taught him a few things about technology. In a fight against Captain Marvel, Frank was able to make a RayGun with parts that Iron Man left around, using only one hand.
* TheJuggernaut: Frank may have [[TookALevelInDumbass gotten stupider]] but if he's not up against an upper-echelon Thanos and above, he's practically unstoppable. As he mentions to baby Thanos, he's got cosmic hellfire powers, of course he can kill every alternate-universe superhero out to get him. And he does. He also easily slaughters an alternate version of Thanos who hadn't been empowered by Death or a Cosmic Cube. In an offscreen fight, he decapitates and carries off the head of Eli Morrow, who was possessing the body of a [[CosmicEntity Celestial]] at the time.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: He reacts this way upon meeting Wraith, idolizing him for the exact same reasons that readers mocked the character back in Annihilation Conquest.
* KryptoniteFactor: Brute force doesn't work that well on him as Hulk and Thor found out, but Frank is vulnerable to some supernatural attacks especially if they affect the dead.
* IHatePastMe: Inverted. The Punisher hates Cosmic Ghost Rider and tried to kill him, once he found out that future Frank went back in time and failed to save their family. For his part, future Frank is merely disappointed at how miserable and misguided his past self was.
* LastOfTheirKind: He was the last living thing on Earth and after that he became the sole survivor of his timeline's universe.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Pretty much the basic concept: an elderly Punisher as Ghost Rider wielding the Power Cosmic.
* OddFriendship: He considers Galactus one of his closest friends, is fond of the Phoenix Force and has friendly relations with Thanos the Final King (but not the 616 Thanos).
* PapaWolf: He was very protective of baby Thanos.
* PhysicalGod: Demonic powers from Mephisto plus the Power Cosmic from Galactus. It took a greatly aged Silver Surfer with the Annihilation Wave and Thor's hammer to kill him. He's so powerful that he can possess and animate the dead Celestial that's the Avengers's current base, then immediately after he fought and was winning against the Avengers which included powerhouses like Thor, Hulk (Jennifer Walters version) and Captain Marvel as well as Captain America and Black Panther who were both infused with Celestial power. When something does manage to hurt him, like Moondragon did when he was briefly on the Guardians of the Galaxy, he gets genuinely shocked and impressed.
* TheStoic: Averted; his days as the Punisher are long over and he's become very emotional (he's far more capable of expressing happiness and sorrow) after living so long and through so much.
* TimeAbyss: By the time we meet him he's spent millions of years with Thanos, and that's after his years as the Ghost Rider and as Galactus' Herald.
* TookALevelInKindness: A far cry from the glowering Punisher he previously was. All those millennia of being alone on a dead Earth have made him a MUCH friendlier person and a lot less contemptuous of superheroes.
* UnwittingPawn: Turns out to have ultimately been manipulated by Death to help make Thanos into the person he is.
* WorfEffect: He jobs a lot of fights, including against himself - there's a draw in fist fight against a pre-Punisher Frank Castle, and another draw against the Punisher. However, the first time, he was powered down and didn't want to fight, and the second time, the Punisher was ready for his future self (he had hellfire rounds in a submachine gun and a knife made of an adamantium-vibranium alloy) and even then, Frank was mostly just surprised and annoyed. That aside, though, if the events from his time travel adventures were even a little bit true, then he was captured by Moloids.
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