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[[caption-width-right:320:pictured holding her son, Frank Castle Jr.]]

-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7,

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The father of Frank Castle. An Italian-American who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, where he fought against the Japaneses in Iwo Jima. He was awarded with the Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star. Sadly he passed away on the day that Frank considered enlisting in the Marines. Years before the series officially begins

* SemperFi: Just like his son, he too was a Marine, difference being is that he fought in the Pacific Theater of WW2. Specifically in Iwa Jiwa against the Japanese.

* NiceGirl: Easily one of the nicest characters in a series that is known for [[CrapsackWorld shady or morally depraved individuals]].
* PosthumousCharacter: Sadly she's already long dead before the main series begins.

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-> ''Debut''': ''The Punisher: The Tyger''

-> ''Debut''': ''The Punisher: The Tyger''

A girl belonging to Frank's "''past life''", as well as his closest childhood friend.

!Marine Corps

[[folder:Private Stevie Goodwin]]

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-> '''Debut:''' ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisherBorn Born]]'' #1

--> ''"I will not die in Vietnam. My name is Stevie Goodwin and I am so short I can taste it. I am down to thirty-nine days and a wake-up, and on that magic day I will step aboard the big freedom bird and leave this place forever. On the great silver craft that carries me home I will sleep the sleep of the just, and beautiful roundeye angels in stewardesses' outfits will smile with joy and bring me cold, cold beer. I will not die here. I will escape these fields of slaughter. I will not re-up and serve a second tour, will not become a combat-junkie like so many of the others -- forever jonesing for their next sweet firefight, their lethal speedball of adrenaline and tracer. I will not fall in love with war like Captain Castle."''

A young US Marine serving under Frank Castle at Firebase Valley Forge in the final years of the Vietnam War. He eagerly anticipates being able to return home from the war, counting down the days until he is discharged. Stating that he has no wish to experience the terror of combat ever again.

* AboveTheInfluence: Unlike the rest of the Marines, he keeps away from heroin.
* BayonetYa: How Stevie dies. His brother Michael noted that this is probably the most merciful death compare to the other kinds of deaths inflicted in the war.
* NaiveNewcomer: The newest addition to the Valley Forge Firebase, and he is very well aware of his status as the newcomer to the squad. And tries his best to avoid attracting any unwanted attention.
* PeacefulInDeath: Stevie's last moment is envisioning himself being on a plane bound for the United States with beautiful stewardesses tending to his every whim.
* SemperFi: Subverted; he makes it clear that he is an unwilling conscript who wanted nothing to do with the war. And whose only wish is to live long enough to go back home.
* SociopathicSoldier: Averted. It's for this reason that he hopes to be discharged and returned home as soon as possible. Out of fear that he will become another "combat junking, forever jonesing for his next firefight."
* TokenGoodTeammate: One of the better natured and genuinely likable of all the Marines in the base. With a strong moral compass to boot.
* WideEyedIdealist: He's by far the most optimistic and positive of all the Marines. And sincerely believes in the ideals and values that his country was founded on.

[[folder:Private James "Angel" Morris]]

-> '''Debut:''' ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisherBorn Born]]'' #1

A bitter young Marine, who alongside Stevie Goodwin is stationed at the Valley Forge Firebase, in the final years of the Vietnam War.

* AngryBlackMan: He's young, black, and mad as hell. Although seeing as how he's stuck in the hell hole that is the Vietnam War. It's not hard to see why he is so pissed off.
* BoomHeadshot: While ranting to his friend Stevie, in the middle of an all out NVA assault on the Valley Forge Firebase, about how there will be no cavalry to come and save them ,[[spoiler: he ends up getting his head completely blown off]].
* BlackBestFriend: To Stevie.
* DrugsAreBad: Like half of the other Marines at the base. He has developed a heroin habit much to the chagrin of his friend Stevie.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Throughout the ''Born'' miniseries, he is only ever referred to by his nickname. It's only till later on, in the ''Valley Forge'' arc do we learn that his name was, James Morris.
* StrawNihilist: His impoverished upbringing has left him with an extremely bitter and cynical outlook on life. At one point he tells Stevie that the only thing waiting for him back home is "a ghetto full of death."

[[folder:Coltrane]]

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-> '''Debut:''' ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisherBorn Born]]'' #2

An undisciplined thug stationed at Valley Forge Firebase, and the main heroin smuggler at the base.

* TheBully: And a drug dealer as well.
* DrugsAreBad: It's stated that the heroin he's smuggled into the Firebase is one of the contributing factors behind why the base is in such bad shape.
* FantasticRacism: He makes no attempt at masking his overt racism. Referring to Angel as a "jungle bunny" and even calling his right-hand man a "spic".
* SemperFi: Subverted; he's a Marine in name only. Lacking any of the discipline or honor associated with the Corps.
* ShovelStrike: How Frank finishes him off.

!Central Intelligence Agency

[[folder:Microchip]]

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--> '''Aka:''' David L. Lieberman
--> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol, 7 #1

--> ''"I know how he operates I know his routine. In as much as he has one. I can take him. When the time comes I can put him down like a rabid dog. I'm his only friend in all the world."''

One of Frank's old partner's and presumedly, his only friend in the world. He has returned to Frank's life in an attempt to recruit him into a {{CIA}} Black ops unit.

* BadassBoast: When Roth makes the mistake of bad mouthing him. Microchip responds by (quite literally) grabbing him by the balls and telling him this:
--> '''Micro:''' I think you've gotten the wrong idea about me, Roth. First of all, I'm not what I look like. But that must be all too apparent right now. Second of all, my name is ''Micro''. Not Fat boy. The third thing is that I worked with Frank Castle for ten years. I helped him kill over ''eight hundred people''. Anyone who knows him better than I do is long dead. I hacked computers to help find him targets. I customized his 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 all those years would be a third of what it is. I turned a lone gunman into a killing machine that runs at optimum efficiency. Because of me, what he does can truly be defined as ''war''.
* BoomHeadshot: How [[spoiler: Castle disposes off him.]] [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/52/7f/93/527f93f5a387fc6cfa75275b7e30ec3a.jpg]]
* {{CIA}}: His current handlers.
* EveryoneHasStandards: This is the reason why he forbids his CIA colleague's from ambushing Frank during his visit in the graveyard. He feels that doing so would be, "indecent".
* NoodleIncident: Whatever it is that caused him and the Punisher's relationship to turn sour, leading Micro to fake his own death, and Frank to become willing to kill him on sight.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Wears a pair of thick rims, and is one of the smarter characters in the series.
* TrueCompanions: ''Brutally averted''. He seems to believe that he and Frank are this, even going so far as to call himself Frank's "only friend in the world". He finds out the hard way that the feeling ''isn't'' mutual.

[[folder:William Roth]]

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-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' vol. 7 #1

A surly and uncouth CIA agent who is a part of a covert task force, dedicated to taking the Punisher into custody.

* ButtMonkey: Just about ''all'' of his appearances end with him being somebody's proverbial punching bag. Either verbal or physically.
* {{CIA}}: The occupation he holds when we are first introduced to him.
* HumiliationConga: ''Oh dear lord does he ever''. The guy may have been a bit of a jerk, but he still didn't deserve half the crap that happened to him.
* TheMenInBlack: Subverted. Although he is a CIA agent in a black ops unit, he doesn't fit the image of this trope at all.

!Citizens of New York

[[folder:Jen Cooke]]

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-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #26

-> ''"The horror , the '''''unspeakable fucking cruelty''''' just keeps happening -- and nothing gets done about it, they just keep on getting away with it... And it makes me want to not '''''be''''' a social worker anymore, it makes me want to '''''burn the world clean''''' like an '''''angel with a fiery sword'''''...! But there are no angels are there?"''

A liberal activist and social worker, who is currently investigating the Eastern European sex slavery trade, and begrudgingly helps Castle go after the Romanian gang behind the operation.

* ButtMonkey: The poor woman genuinely means well, but her luck just ''never'' lets up.

[[folder:Paul Budiansky]]

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-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #44

A hard lined NYPD cop who gained notoriety when he responded to a school shooting.

* ComicBookFantasyCasting: The man bears a ''striking'' resemblance Samuel L. Jackson.
* CowboyCop: Deconstructed to hell and back. He disobeys orders and kills a teen aged school shooter to save a gym full of kids but while the media loves it the department does their best to punish him for it, sending him to therapy where a condescending therapist implies that he sees himself as this trope, [[DefiedTrope which he denies.]] He feels no remorse for what he did and wonders if that makes him similar to the Punisher. Near the end of the story his wife is grievously and he tries to take the law into his own hands, but rather than being a [[SubvertedTrope badass vigilante he is simply acting out of range and helplessness]]. In the end, a brief encounter with Frank proves to him that they are ''nothing'' alike.
* WouldHurtAChild: Played with. Although he did kill a teen killer to stop him from harming other children, he doesn't feel the least bit bad about it, and regrets nothing. During a therapy session his therapist tries to guilt him for this only for him to rebuff her with this: ''"That wasn't a child. He might have been when he woke up that morning, but the first time he pulled the trigger he grew up goddamn fast"''.

[[folder:Sal Buvoli]]

[[folder:Lauren Buvoli]]

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!Family Of Frank Castle

[[folder:Maria Castle]]

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[[folder:Frank Castle Jr.]]

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[[folder:Lisa Castle]]

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[[folder:Mario Lorenzo Castiglione]]

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[[folder:Louisa Castiglione]]

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!US Army

[[folder:Martin Vanheim]]

-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7 #13

--> ''"I am Delta Force. The best of the best. I have what it takes and I will do what it takes."''

An elite Delta Force operative, who along with Frank was hand picked to participate in "Operation Barbarossa." A covert military operation that involves rescuing a six year girl (whose blood contains an experimental super virus) from Russian captivity.

* TheCaptain: Before taking part in Operation Barbarossa. He was a Captain in Delta Force.
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: During a BarBrawl in a Siberian pub, he can be seen swinging a chair at a pub dweller.
* CurbStompBattle: Despite his muscular build, and combat prowess, the Mongolian manages to make short work of him without even breaking a sweat.
** Ditto for his brief fight with [[spoiler:Frank.]]
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: When Frank catches him doing something he really shouldn't be doing. Vanheim shouts at Frank, telling him. "Back Off! Don't make me fuck you up!" Frank just kicks him in the face and knocks half his teeth out.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: He's a Delta Force soldier by way of the 82nd Airborne Division.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Averted; [[spoiler:the man was about to give a little girl a poison that would kill her and stabilize the supervirus in her blood.]] Had it not been for Frank, he would have gone through with it. a few arcs later, his squadmates refuse to believe that he'd go through with it.
* HollywoodActionHero: Amusingly this is the reason behind why Frank doesn't like him. As Frank thinks that Vanheim's action star good looks make him stand out too much.
* {{Hunk}}: He's six feet tall, blonde, and according to Frank, is built like an "action figure."
* ItsRainingMen: In order for him and Frank to covertly make their way into Siberia undetected. They sneak aboard a Commercial Airliner and HALO jump unto their target. Later on, when they have to sneak out, they do so by HALO jumping out of a ''nuclear missile.'' What's more, before joining Delta Force, he was once a paratrooper in the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division.
* JustFollowingOrders: When Frank catches him [[spoiler:trying to inject Galina with a lethal poison that will kill her, he tries using this as an excuse for his actions.]] Naturally Frank isn't having any of it.
* OverShadowedByAwesome: Vanheim is a legitimate badass in his own right, but he is easily overshadowed by his partner Frank. In both skill, and body count.
* OvertOperative: Apparently this is one of the things about him that annoys Frank to no end. In Frank's monologue he talks about how back in his day, the Spec Ops guys did their best to keep a low profile. Chastising Vanheim, for looking like a "walking action figure."
* WouldHurtAChild: Has no problem [[spoiler:trying to injecting a six year old girl with a lethal poison that will almost certainly kill her.]] That is until Frank stops him.

!Citizens of New York

[[folder:Jen Cooke]]

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-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #26

-> ''"The horror , the '''''unspeakable fucking cruelty''''' just keeps happening -- and nothing gets done about it, they just keep on getting away with it... And it makes me want to not '''''be''''' a social worker anymore, it makes me want to '''''burn the world clean''''' like an '''''angel with a fiery sword'''''...! But there are no angels are there?"''

A liberal activist and social worker, who is currently investigating the Eastern European sex slavery trade, and begrudgingly helps Castle go after the Romanian gang behind the operation.

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* ButtMonkey: The poor woman genuinely means well, but her luck just ''never'' lets up.
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[[folder:"Fifty"]]

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-> '''Debut''': ''ComicBook/ThePunisherPresentsBarracuda'' #2

A truly ''unique'' officer in the United States Army, and an exceptionally skilled soldier with a love for violence and complete lack of morality. During the Cold War he served in the same unit as Barracuda and took part in countless black ops missions all throughout Latin America to battle the spread of Communism.

Lately he has been called upon by his old war buddie 'Cuda to help him out in his latest scheme.

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--> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' vol. 7 #1

-> '''Debut:''' ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisherBorn Born]]'' 2

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[[folder:Private "Angel"]]

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