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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I just feel like one Badass Normal successfully taking on Frank and the Defenders and having a good shot at winning would be a good arc villain, and Barracuda is the kind of villain who could pull that off.
Depending on how much they choose to take from the Netflix Punisher series specifically, it might not be so much of a problem with Frank. Outside of his first appearance on Daredevil, which plays him more dark, damaged and sinister, Netflix Frank turned out to be one of the more overtly heroic versions of the Punisher we've seen.
By the end of his series, he's basically just your average action movie hero morality wise, and content wise wasn't too far off from what Marvel Studios later did with - say - Falcon & Winter Soldier.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Apr 13th 2022 at 12:32:11 PM
I'm still surprised people want to see him join the Midnight Sons based on that fake/unreleased comic cover. While I see some team ups working, such as with Daredevil, Moon Knight and maybe Blade, Frank would definitely stick out like a sore thumb next to Doctor Strange.
"I'm Mr. Blue, woah-woah-ooh..."Punisher in Midnight Suns/Sons only makes sense under the idea that you're also having the team be a pseudo "Marvel Knights", aka a hypothetical "adult-oriented" Marvel team-up.
No do not poke at how many things aren't actually correct about that, the idea basically begins and ends at the comparison to Justice League Dark.
Besides the far better pick for a supernatural gunslinger would be Elsa Bloodstone anyway. She even fits better in the Constantine mold.
Honestly, Frank, like many Badass Normal, has the power of the plot, so he could kill with bullets the character that logically shouldn't be able to kill with bullets.
Y'know, I wouldn't mind the Punisher getting involved in some supernatural story completely by accident that confuses/pisses him off enough to just give up and leave midway through the story, then have him bring it up as a Continuity Nod / Brick Joke in some other series.
Would it be dumb? Yes. Would it be kinda funny though? Also yes. Will other people see my viewpoint on this? Probably not.
"I'm Mr. Blue, woah-woah-ooh..."I’m not a huge fan of the recurring theme of Punisher just shooting villains heroes have trouble dealing with
But in the case of the Hood I’d laugh my ass off and never stop laughing
Forever liveblogging the AvengersI'm not surprised.
Nobody seems to like the Hood.
...was he a Brian Michael Bendis creation?
I think he was.
One Strip! One Strip!He'd try with the Hood and it wouldn't work, then Parker stops messing around and Frank has to run for his life and gets saved by a couple Midnight Sons who are in town on an unrelated matter. Probably ends with Blade or Elsa unceremoniously killing him and Frank just being like "I don't even want an explanation".
Edited by HasturHasturHastur on Apr 13th 2022 at 5:38:54 AM
In War of the Realms, a situation you’d think he’d be out of his depth in given all the nonsense monsters, he just grabbed a bunch of rocket launchers and blew up a fire demon’s head
Oddly, frost giants are more durable to explosives than fire demons
Forever liveblogging the Avengers

One way or the other, I'd really like for Frank to stay in his own corner. I always prefered the gritty, realistic tones of his own stories to him crossing over with regular superheroes.
We already have that for all the rest, let him have his own Streetlevel shtick.
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