History Characters / ThePunisherMAXTheItalianMafia

One of the most powerful and influential families in all of New York. Lately they've [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen fallen on hard times]] thank's to a certain [[Characters/ThePunisherMAXThePunisher vigilante's]] increasingly vicious attacks directed against them.

-->'''Lorraine''': Oh shit. Barbi, can you read?
-->'''Bonnie''': Oh, you ''poor thing''...!
-->'''Barbara''': Fuck you, Bonnie, I don't want your fucking pity! I'm dyslexic, not some goddamn ''cripple''!

* KilledOffForReal: Shot in the stomach by Jenny.

* KilledOffForReal: Shot twice by Jenny, then finished off with a headshot.

* WouldHurtAChild. Invoked in the most brutal way imaginable. [[spoiler:After discovering Fisk's plan to betray him, he and his henchmen find Fisk's family and hold them hostage-- Wilson's son at knife point and his wife handcuffed. When Fisk arrives Rigoletto threatens to slit the boy's throat unless Fisk drops his gun. This backfires ''horribly'' as Fisk, in a inhumanly cruel act, simply ignores Rigoletto's demand, choosing instead to kill his him and his men, which in turn causes Rigoletto to kill Fisk's son as a final "screw you" to Fisk, before inevitably being killed himself.]]

* BigBadWannabe: That said, in ''Up is Down and Black is White'', he's little more than a footnote in the Punisher's long list of victims, '''especially''' when compared to the much more dangerous and lethal Nikolai Zakharov and William Rawlins. Frank even quickly deduces him for the smug little coward he is over a telephone conversation.

* StupidEvil: Of the [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] variety. He seems to be under the assumption that the best way to make the other gangs fear them is to be the [[AxCrazy most violent]] and {{sadist}}ic capo possible. This backfires, as his methods result in him and his crew being exiled to Boston and also kicks off a gang war between the triads and Cesare Family. What's more is that both Frank and Rawlins can easily see past his false bravado and see him for the coward that he really is.
-->'''Rawlins:''' Waah,[[spoiler: I killed my sister and fucked my auntie]], I'm such a badass! You talk in your sleep, you dumb little cunt.

* StrawNihilist: He freely admits to hating everyone in the whole world, and believes that when he dies he'll be able to tell ''God'' how much he hates Him.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:By the end of the "In The Beginning" arc, he manages to escape, avoiding any kind of deserved justice or punishment. However, the reader will have to wait until "Up is Down and Black is White" to witness his well-deserved comeuppance.]]

* KarmaHoudniWarranty: [[spoiler:By the end of the "In The Beginning" arc, he manages to escape, avoiding any kind of deserved justice or punishment. However, the reader will have to wait until "Up is Down and Black is White" to witness his well-deserved comeuppance.]]

* BigBadWannabe: In ''Up is Down and Black is White'', he's little more than a footnote in the Punisher's long list of victims. Frank even quickly deduces him for the smug little coward he is over a telephone conversation.

* BigBadWannabe: He certainly seems to be under the impression that he's the single greatest threat that the Punisher has ever faced. In reality he's little more than a footnote in the Punisher's long list of victims. Frank even quickly deduces him for the smug little coward he is over a telephone conversation.

* TheDreaded: Zigzagged; he certainly seems to ''think'' he's this, and Stu Westin later confirms he has a terrifying reputation with the police. However, the reason why the other Capo's don't want him around isn't because they think he's terrifying. They just find him and his tactics [[EvenEvilHasStandards revolting.]]

[[folder:"Don" Massimo Cesare]]

* SmallRoleBigImpact: After his death, he becomes the primary reason TheMafia turns against the Punisher, prompting them to make a desperate attempt to contact the exiles in Boston to eliminate him—the same crew Massimo exiled for their brutality.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He kicked Nicky Cavella out of town after the latter was shown to be too psychotic.

* SacrificialLamb: His sole purpose in the series is to be [[spoiler:shot and killed by the Punisher]]. Escalating Frank's increasingly violent war on crime.

* EvilerThanThou: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}-- he seems to be under the assumption that the best way to make the other gangs fear them is to be the most psychotic capo possible. This backfires, as his methods result in him and his crew being exiled to Boston and also kicks off a gang war between the triads and Cesare Family. What's more is that both Frank and Rawlins can easily see past his false bravado and see him for the coward that he really is.
-->'''Rawlins:''' Waah,[[spoiler: I killed my sister and fucked my auntie]], I'm such a badass! You talk in your sleep, you dumb little cunt.

* StarterVillain: While he's not the first villain Frank Castle has faced throughout his career, he's the first BigBad Frank faces in the [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX MAX imprint]].

* BigBad: He is the main antagonist of the volumes ''[[StarterVillain In the Beginning]]'' and ''Up is Down and Black is White''.