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* Call Forward:
** Frank Kills Hulk by firing an arrow made from one of Wolverine's claws into his eye. [[In Marvel Universe vs the Avengers, it's shown that he probably got the idea by observing Hawkeye, who used the same trick (and the same arrow)to kill an infected Dr. Doom.]]
** Frank Kills Hulk by firing an arrow made from one of Wolverine's claws into his eye. [[In Marvel Universe vs the Avengers, it's shown that he probably got the idea by observing Hawkeye, who used the same trick (and the same arrow)to kill an infected Dr. Doom.]]
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** Frank Kills Hulk by firing an arrow made from one of Wolverine's claws into his eye.[[In [[Spoilers:In Marvel Universe vs the Avengers, it's shown that he probably got the idea by observing Hawkeye, who used the same trick (and the same arrow)to kill an infected Dr. Doom.]]
** Frank Kills Hulk by firing an arrow made from one of Wolverine's claws into his eye.
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**Frank Kills Hulk by firing an arrow made from one of Wolverine's claws into his eye. [[In Marvel Universe vs the Avengers, it's shown that he probably got the idea by observing Hawkeye, who used the same trick (and the same arrow)to kill an infected Dr. Doom.]]
**Frank Kills Hulk by firing an arrow made from one of Wolverine's claws into his eye. [[In Marvel Universe vs the Avengers, it's shown that he probably got the idea by observing Hawkeye, who used the same trick (and the same arrow)to kill an infected Dr. Doom.]]
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* PatientZero: Spider-Man was the first infected superhero. His infection alerted the scientific community about the virus, which had already infected countless other people beforehand.
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* PatientZero: Spider-Man was the first infected superhero. His infection It's subverted in that he wasn't actually the first to be infected, but the public nature of his breakdown alerted the scientific community about the virus, which had already infected countless other people beforehand.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: This could be read as a deconstruction on ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies''. In the MZ titles, the titular zombies don’t actually [[OurZombiesAreDifferent act like like zombies]], but rather intelligent cannibals that happen to be undead (who end up conquering their world). This story kinda runs with that idea, showing a mutating HatePlague that simply makes the infected savage maniacs that are easily dealt with. It also demonstrates a better understanding of the heroes; MZ!Mr. Fantastic loses his mind after the death of his children, whereas the Reed of ''this'' world keeps his sanity and helps establish a safe-zone with the surviving heroes.
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* TheImmune:
** Castle got a super-dose of the original bio-weapon that caused the plague, so he's completely immune to it.
** Characters with healing factors, like the Hulks, Wolverine and Deadpool, can feel the infection in their systems, but can also opt to ignore it if they exercise enough willpower.
** Hawkeye simply does not catch the plague. He believes himself immune for some reason, but never finds out why.
** Castle got a super-dose of the original bio-weapon that caused the plague, so he's completely immune to it.
** Characters with healing factors, like the Hulks, Wolverine and Deadpool, can feel the infection in their systems, but can also opt to ignore it if they exercise enough willpower.
** Hawkeye simply does not catch the plague. He believes himself immune for some reason, but never finds out why.
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* TheImmune:
** Castle got a super-dose of the original bio-weapon that caused the plague, so he's completely immune to it.
** Characters with healing factors, like the Hulks, Wolverine and Deadpool, can feel the infection in their systems, but can also opt to ignore it if they exercise enough willpower.
** Hawkeye simply does not catch the plague. He believes himself immune for some reason, but never finds out why.
** Castle got a super-dose of the original bio-weapon that caused the plague, so he's completely immune to it.
** Characters with healing factors, like the Hulks, Wolverine and Deadpool, can feel the infection in their systems, but can also opt to ignore it if they exercise enough willpower.
** Hawkeye simply does not catch the plague. He believes himself immune for some reason, but never finds out why.
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** The Thing is seen to do this with two superheroines before Frank blows up his lair.
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** The Thing is seen to do this with two superheroines Thundra and Red She-Hulk before Frank blows up his lair.
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* KneelBeforeZod: Doom claims his Magitek Doomstones have prevented the plague from taking hold of Latveria, and he will share it with hte rest of the world... if they acknowledge him as their ruler. [[spoiler:They don't cure anything and he's already infected- the stones allow Doom to control the level of rage felt by the infected]].
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* KneelBeforeZod: Doom claims his Magitek Doomstones have prevented the plague from taking hold of Latveria, and he will share it with hte the rest of the world... if they acknowledge him as their ruler. [[spoiler:They don't cure anything and he's already infected- the stones allow Doom to control the level of rage felt by the infected]].
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-->'''Priest:''' ''(scornfully)'' [[ThoseWhoFightMonsters I see only ''one'' monster]].
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-->'''Priest:''' ''(scornfully)'' [[ThoseWhoFightMonsters I see only ''one'' [[ThoseWhoFightMonsters monster]].
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* WholePlotReference: Jonathan Maberry has said that the inspiration for the series comes from George Romero's ''Film/TheCrazies'' and Richard Matheson's novel ''Literature/IAmLegend''.
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* WholePlotReference: Jonathan Maberry has said that the inspiration for the series comes from George Romero's ''Film/TheCrazies'' ''Film/TheCrazies1973'' and Richard Matheson's novel ''Literature/IAmLegend''.
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* BadassLonghair: Frank Castle, as you can see from the picture. He usually wears it in a ponytail.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:The Hulk]] goes down very easily in ''Punisher'' (via Wolverine's claw on an arrow through the brain) considering how difficult the first fight was in ''Wolverine''.
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* ButtMonkey: Deadpool.
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* ButtMonkey: Deadpool. Just about every hero shoots or hits him, if only to make him shut up.
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* EvilVersusEvil: The cannibals are split into tribes that oppose to each other.
* EyeScream: Frank takes out TheHulk with an arrow to the eye.
* EyeScream: Frank takes out TheHulk with an arrow to the eye.
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* EvilVersusEvil: The cannibals are split into tribes that oppose to each other.
* EyeScream: Frank takes outTheHulk the Hulk with an arrow to the eye.eye.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The virus was engineered to allow people to survive in a post-apocalyptic environment... and ended up creating one.
* EyeScream: Frank takes out
* GoneHorriblyRight: The virus was engineered to allow people to survive in a post-apocalyptic environment... and ended up creating one.
* HorrorHunger: "Meat" is just about the only thing the infected can say.
* KneelBeforeZod: Doom claims his Magitek Doomstones have prevented the plague from taking hold of Latveria, and he will share it with hte rest of the world... if they acknowledge him as their ruler. [[spoiler:They don't cure anything and he's already infected- the stones allow Doom to control the level of rage felt by the infected]].
* KneelBeforeZod: Doom claims his Magitek Doomstones have prevented the plague from taking hold of Latveria, and he will share it with hte rest of the world... if they acknowledge him as their ruler. [[spoiler:They don't cure anything and he's already infected- the stones allow Doom to control the level of rage felt by the infected]].
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** Castle executes [[spoiler: Captain America, by his request, just before Cap succumbs to the plague.]]
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** Castle executes [[spoiler: Captain America, by at his request, just before Cap succumbs to the plague.]]
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* OneManArmy: Just like his mainstream counterpart, Frank has been fighting hordes of mutant cannibals, and especially from the superhuman types, by himself after civilizaiton fell.
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* OneManArmy: Just like his mainstream counterpart, Frank has been fighting hordes of mutant cannibals, and especially from the superhuman types, by himself after civilizaiton civilization fell.
* OffingTheMouth: Deadpool is forever getting shot by people who just want him to shut up.
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* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Inverted, Frank made a deal with Zero (Zombie Spide-Man) to leave the uninfected alone if he took out Fisk and rescued MJ. After Zero and MJ and reunited, [[spoiler:Frank shoots Zero in the head.]]
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* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Inverted, Frank made a deal with Zero (Zombie Spide-Man) Spider-Man) to leave the uninfected alone if he took out Fisk and rescued MJ. After Zero and MJ and reunited, [[spoiler:Frank shoots Zero in the head.]]
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* AndIMustScream: Right as he's infected, Iron Man's suit malfunctions, trapping him in a stationary pose for the rest of his life. And yes, the last time we see him alive, he is screaming.
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* BadassLonghair: Frank Castle, as you can see from the picture. He usually wears it in a ponytail.
* BloodKnight: Frank Castle, naturally. At the story's end, rather than leave Manhattan with the uninfected humans he rescues, he stays to continue hunting the infected.
* BloodKnight: Frank Castle, naturally. At the story's end, rather than leave Manhattan with the uninfected humans he rescues, he stays to continue hunting the infected.
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**[[spoiler: Likewise, in ''Marvel Universe vs the Avengers'', Hawkeye kills Dr Doom -- the MU's most dangerous and formidable villain -- in the same way.]]
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** Characters with healing factors, like Wolverine and Deadpool, can feel the infection in their systems, but can also opt to ignore it if they exercise enough willpower.
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** Characters with healing factors, like the Hulks, Wolverine and Deadpool, can feel the infection in their systems, but can also opt to ignore it if they exercise enough willpower.
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler:Hawkeye, the last uninfected Avenger, kills Dr Doom and swears to honour his fallen comrades... just before an infected Thor arrives and crushes his head.]]
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* WhyWontYouDie: If Deadpool was hard enough to get rid of before, it's damn near impossible now.
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* WhyWontYouDie: If Deadpool was hard enough to get rid of before, it's damn near impossible now. Frank mentions killing him ''33 times''.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Frank accidentally caused the outbreak when he ambushed and killed Russian mobsters trying to sell the virus. He didn't know that the idiots were in fact carrying the virus in [[TooDumbToLive vials in their own pockets]]]].
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* TheWorfEffect: In the prequel, Hulk and Wolverine have a drawn-out battle that ends with Wolverine getting a hand ripped off. Frank just shoots Hulk in the eye with an arrow.
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* TheWorfEffect: In the prequel, Hulk and Wolverine have a drawn-out battle that ends with Wolverine getting a hand ripped off. Frank just shoots Hulk in the eye with an arrow.arrow (the arrowhead is the tip of one of Logan's severed claws though).
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* MercyKill: Castle executes [[spoiler: Captain America, by his request, just before Cap succumbs to the plague.]]
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* MercyKill: MercyKill:
** Castle executes [[spoiler: Captain America, by his request, just before Cap succumbs to the plague.]]
** Castle executes [[spoiler: Captain America, by his request, just before Cap succumbs to the plague.]]
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* TheImmune: Castle got a super-dose of the original bio-weapon that caused the plague, so he's completely immune to it. Characters with healing factors, like Wolverine and Deadpool, can feel the infection in their systems, but can also opt to ignore it if they exercise enough willpower.
* TheImmune: Castle got a super-dose of the original bio-weapon that caused the plague, so he's completely immune to it. Characters with healing factors, like Wolverine and Deadpool, can feel the infection in their systems, but can also opt to ignore it if they exercise enough willpower.
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** Castle got a super-dose of the original bio-weapon that caused the plague, so he's completely immune to
** Characters with healing factors, like Wolverine and Deadpool, can feel the infection in their systems, but can also opt to ignore it if they exercise enough willpower.
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* ThePlague: A terrible plague has swept the Earth, turning everyone – human, hero, villain, god and monster — into sadistic cannibal predators.
* ThePlague: A terrible plague has swept the Earth, turning everyone – human, hero, villain, god and monster — into sadistic cannibal predators.
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* LegCling: The Thing is seen to do this with two superheroines before Frank blows up his lair.
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* LegCling: LegCling:
** Mary Jane Watson to the Punisher in the cover like you can see.
** The Thing is seen to do this with two superheroines before Frank blows up his lair.
** Mary Jane Watson to the Punisher in the cover like you can see.
** The Thing is seen to do this with two superheroines before Frank blows up his lair.
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* OneManArmy: Just like his mainstream counterpart, Frank has been fighting hordes of mutant cannibals, and especially from the superhuman types.
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* OneManArmy: Just like his mainstream counterpart, Frank has been fighting hordes of mutant cannibals, and especially from the superhuman types.types, by himself after civilizaiton fell.
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* DevilButNoGod: Quoted by Frank Castle: "See a lot of Hell, padre. Hard to build any kind of case for Heaven."
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* PatientZero: Spider-Man was the first infected superhero. His infection alerted the scientific community about the virus, which had already infected countless other people beforehand.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Frank mentions that Thor killed Ares and Hercules before leaving.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: ThoseWhoFightMonsters: Frank's obsession on hunting down the cannibals is not so different from how the cannibals hunt the uninfected. Frank, unsurprisingly, is all too aware of this.
* WhatTheHellHero: The priest's reactions over Frankmentions killing [[spoiler:Spider-Man]] after the latter kept his promise of helping the uninfected. Castle bluntly answer that Thor killed Ares he doesn't deal with monsters.
-->'''Priest:''' For the love of God--''why?''
-->'''Frank:''' I don't make deals with monsters.
-->'''Priest:''' ''(scornfully)'' [[ThoseWhoFightMonsters I see only ''one'' monster]].
* WholePlotReference: Jonathan Maberry has said that the inspiration for the series comes from George Romero's ''Film/TheCrazies'' andHercules before leaving.
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* WhatTheHellHero: The priest's reactions over Frank
-->'''Priest:''' For the love of God--''why?''
-->'''Frank:''' I don't make deals with monsters.
-->'''Priest:''' ''(scornfully)'' [[ThoseWhoFightMonsters I see only ''one'' monster]].
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* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Inverted, Frank made a deal with Zero (Zombie Spiderman) to leave the uninfected alone if he took out Fisk and rescued MJ. After Zero and MJ and reunited, [[spoiler:Frank shoots Zero in the head.]]
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* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Inverted, Frank made a deal with Zero (Zombie Spiderman) Spide-Man) to leave the uninfected alone if he took out Fisk and rescued MJ. After Zero and MJ and reunited, [[spoiler:Frank shoots Zero in the head.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Frank Castle refuses transport out of Manhattan, in order to remain behind and continue killing off the infectees.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Frank Castle refuses transport out of Manhattan, in order to remain behind and continue killing off the infectees. Although for [[BloodKnight him]], that might be a happy ending.]]
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* TheWorfEffect: In the prequel, Hulk and Wolverine have a drawn-out battle that ends with Wolverine getting a hand ripped off. Frank just shoots Hulk in the eye with an arrow.
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* DiabolusExMachina: Everything seems to be going fine for Hawkeye, and then [[spoiler: an infected Thor comes out of nowhere and crushes his head]]
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* DiabolusExMachina: Everything seems to be going fine for Hawkeye, and then [[spoiler: an infected Thor comes out of nowhere and crushes his head]]head.]]
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* TechnicallyLivingZombie: The plague in this alternate reality is a lot more like some kind of hell-blend between the Comicbook/{{Crossed}} and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Plagas infection]]. Higher brain functions take a hike and all victims devolve into members of cannibalistic, tribal societies.
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* TechnicallyLivingZombie: The plague in this alternate reality is a lot more like some kind of hell-blend between the Comicbook/{{Crossed}} and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Plagas infection]]. Higher brain functions take a hike and all victims devolve into members of cannibalistic, tribal societies.societies, although are still highly intelligent.
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* LuckyTranslation: The French version has Deadpool make a torturous pun on "hero sandwich" work by referring to panini instead (the name of the company that publishes Marvel comics in France, and a different type of sandwich).
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* EyeScream: Frank takes out TheHulk with an arrow to the eye.
** Sue Storm does this to her children by choking them with forcefields.
* LegCling: The Thing is seen to do this with two superheroines before Frank blows up his lair.
* OurOgresAreHungrier: Fisk has basically become this, complete with blunt tusks.
* OurOgresAreHungrier: Fisk has basically become this, complete with blunt tusks.
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* WhyWontYouDie: If Deadpool was hard enough to get rid of before, it's damn near impossible now.
* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Inverted, Frank made a deal with Zero (Zombie Spiderman) to leave the uninfected alone if he took out Fisk and rescued MJ. After Zero and MJ and reunited, [[spoiler:Frank shoots Zero in the head.]]
* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Inverted, Frank made a deal with Zero (Zombie Spiderman) to leave the uninfected alone if he took out Fisk and rescued MJ. After Zero and MJ and reunited, [[spoiler:Frank shoots Zero in the head.]]
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Not to be confused with the 1995 one-shot comic, ''Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe'', by GarthEnnis and Doug Braithwaite.
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Not to be confused with the 1995 one-shot comic, ''Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe'', ''Comicbook/ThePunisherKillsTheMarvelUniverse'', by GarthEnnis Creator/GarthEnnis and Doug Braithwaite.
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* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: Used on the [[http://s69.photobucket.com/user/JackSkinnerMorningstar/media/MarvelUniverseVsThePunisher3025.jpg.html fourth cover]] of the original miniseries, with some additional LegCling.
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* TechnicallyLivingZombie: The plague in this alternate reality is a lot more like some kind of hell-blend between the [[Crossed]] Comicbook/{{Crossed}} and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Plagas infection]]. Higher brain functions take a hike and all victims devolve into members of cannibalistic, tribal societies.
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A terrible plague has swept the Earth, turning everyone – human, hero, villain, god and monster — into sadistic cannibal predators. As Spider-Man, the Hulk, the Thing and other infected start a feeding frenzy, the world falls in a wave of insatiable violence. Now, five years later, one man hunts the wasteland that was New York City. One man stands against the hordes of monsters who hunt the night. He is the Punisher, the Last Gun on Earth, and he has an endless supply of ammunition.
''Marvel Universe vs. the Punisher'' is a four-issue miniseries by Jonathan Maberry and Goran Parlov, set in an alternate universe where an accidental bio-weapon spill has mutated almost every major Marvel character with the notable exception of Frank Castle. In an effort to make up for having caused that spill, Castle hunts the former heroes and villains throughout what used to be New York City.
The original miniseries was followed by a prequel, ''Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine''. Set during the original outbreak, it follows Logan and a handful of other surviving heroes as they do their best to survive against overwhelming odds. Unfortunately for Wolverine, as we know from the original series, there's one big obstacle in their way. His name is the Hulk.
A third volume began in October of 2012, ''The Marvel Universe vs. the Avengers''. It's primarily focused on Hawkeye, who manages to survive when the other heroes and villains are falling all around him, and ends where ''Punisher'' begins.
Not to be confused with the 1995 one-shot comic, ''Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe'', by GarthEnnis and Doug Braithwaite.
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* AntiHero: The Punisher, as usual.
* AfterTheEnd
* ApocalypseHow: New York City is a depopulated hellhole, occupied by cannibal mutants, the ''very'' occasional uninfected survivor, and Frank Castle. It is heavily implied that the plague has spread everywhere else in the world as well. [[spoiler: The handful of surviving super heroes and scientists who escaped the city, however, have successfully evacuated to a hidden base in Antarctica, where they're working on a cure, and more survivors arrive at their facility every day. The world could conceivably rebuild.]]
* ButtMonkey: Deadpool.
* DiabolusExMachina: Everything seems to be going fine for Hawkeye, and then [[spoiler: an infected Thor comes out of nowhere and crushes his head]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Frank Castle refuses transport out of Manhattan, in order to remain behind and continue killing off the infectees.]]
** Hawkeye [[spoiler: kills the infected Doctor Doom, and in the middle of his tense internal monologue about how he's the last Avenger, his skull is crushed by an infected Thor.]]
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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Logan, Reed, and T'Challa have successfully evacuated to a facility in the Antarctic, where they work on a cure to the plague. Logan's arm did in fact grow back.]]
* MercyKill: Castle executes [[spoiler: Captain America, by his request, just before Cap succumbs to the plague.]]
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* TheImmune: Castle got a super-dose of the original bio-weapon that caused the plague, so he's completely immune to it. Characters with healing factors, like Wolverine and Deadpool, can feel the infection in their systems, but can also opt to ignore it if they exercise enough willpower.
** Hawkeye simply does not catch the plague. He believes himself immune for some reason, but never finds out why.
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* TechnicallyLivingZombie: The plague in this alternate reality is a lot more like some kind of hell-blend between the [[Crossed]] and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Plagas infection]]. Higher brain functions take a hike and all victims devolve into members of cannibalistic, tribal societies.
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''Marvel Universe vs. the Punisher'' is a four-issue miniseries by Jonathan Maberry and Goran Parlov, set in an alternate universe where an accidental bio-weapon spill has mutated almost every major Marvel character with the notable exception of Frank Castle. In an effort to make up for having caused that spill, Castle hunts the former heroes and villains throughout what used to be New York City.
The original miniseries was followed by a prequel, ''Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine''. Set during the original outbreak, it follows Logan and a handful of other surviving heroes as they do their best to survive against overwhelming odds. Unfortunately for Wolverine, as we know from the original series, there's one big obstacle in their way. His name is the Hulk.
A third volume began in October of 2012, ''The Marvel Universe vs. the Avengers''. It's primarily focused on Hawkeye, who manages to survive when the other heroes and villains are falling all around him, and ends where ''Punisher'' begins.
Not to be confused with the 1995 one-shot comic, ''Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe'', by GarthEnnis and Doug Braithwaite.
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* AntiHero: The Punisher, as usual.
* AfterTheEnd
* ApocalypseHow: New York City is a depopulated hellhole, occupied by cannibal mutants, the ''very'' occasional uninfected survivor, and Frank Castle. It is heavily implied that the plague has spread everywhere else in the world as well. [[spoiler: The handful of surviving super heroes and scientists who escaped the city, however, have successfully evacuated to a hidden base in Antarctica, where they're working on a cure, and more survivors arrive at their facility every day. The world could conceivably rebuild.]]
* ButtMonkey: Deadpool.
* DiabolusExMachina: Everything seems to be going fine for Hawkeye, and then [[spoiler: an infected Thor comes out of nowhere and crushes his head]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Frank Castle refuses transport out of Manhattan, in order to remain behind and continue killing off the infectees.]]
** Hawkeye [[spoiler: kills the infected Doctor Doom, and in the middle of his tense internal monologue about how he's the last Avenger, his skull is crushed by an infected Thor.]]
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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Logan, Reed, and T'Challa have successfully evacuated to a facility in the Antarctic, where they work on a cure to the plague. Logan's arm did in fact grow back.]]
* MercyKill: Castle executes [[spoiler: Captain America, by his request, just before Cap succumbs to the plague.]]
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* TheImmune: Castle got a super-dose of the original bio-weapon that caused the plague, so he's completely immune to it. Characters with healing factors, like Wolverine and Deadpool, can feel the infection in their systems, but can also opt to ignore it if they exercise enough willpower.
** Hawkeye simply does not catch the plague. He believes himself immune for some reason, but never finds out why.
%%* ThePlague
%%* PreacherMan
* TechnicallyLivingZombie: The plague in this alternate reality is a lot more like some kind of hell-blend between the [[Crossed]] and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Plagas infection]]. Higher brain functions take a hike and all victims devolve into members of cannibalistic, tribal societies.
%%* ThoseWhoFightMonsters
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