Comic Book

I haven't said anything about one of my favorite topics in a bit... the wonderful world of Comic Books. I think today I am going to talk about the Punisher. There is a new movie coming out in December called Punisher War Zone. I just finished watching the trailer. My God if he wasn't supposed to be the good guy I'd think it was some sort of horror movie.

The Punisher is one of those gritty anti-hero heroes. Kicks Butt takes names. In the comic books he was a cop that had his family killed by the mob and becomes the Punisher for revenge... and maybe just for a teeny bit of Justice. I believe he is based off of Don Pendleton's book series Mack Bolan:The Executioner. Mack Bolan was a soldier in Vietnam that came home from the war when his family was murdered by the mob and has waged a personal war against the mob since then.

As with most of the justice driven characters he has mistakenly gone after some of the heroes in the Marvel Universe. This lasts until some bad guy tries to kill both the Punisher and whatever hero he is fighting and they team up to take out the bad guy.

The first Punisher Movie with Dolph Lungren flopped. The second (not a sequel) did good which of coursed geared us up for the sequel Punisher War Zone. I think it will do good as long as people remember one important detail, the same detail that was true for Batman. These comic books aren't being written for kids and its fan base are largely adults. As long as they play to that it should be fine...

Maybe some day they will do a crossover with the Punisher, Ghostrider and Blade.

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