Punisher MAX (Ennis #1-60) Discussion *Spoilers*

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Punisher MAX Annual #1!! :rockon:

PUNISHER MAX ANNUAL #1
The Story: THE HUNTED
Award-winning TV scribe Mike Benson (Entourage) and Laurence Campbell (WOLVERINE) you a pulse-pounding, self-contained story!
Eddie Gands is the sole survivor of Tommy "Mad Dog" Schultz's gang. The Punisher cut through them like a chainsaw through butter, and now Eddie's on the wind, traveling through the dark underbelly of the city in a desperate attempt to evade the crosshairs of the Punisher's rifle. His only hope? An intricate web of back-alley connections that just might give Eddie home court advantage over his pursuer. That is, unless the Punisher is playing an entirely different game.
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
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I dunno. It's not Garth Ennis. I'm skeptical of any Punisher without Ennis. BUT, it is MAX, so I'll definately give it a look over.
 
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Ice said:
Punisher MAX Annual #1!! :rockon:
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Is this Mike Benson's first comics gig? Because hopefully he isn't one of those TV writers who suck at comics, like Daniel Knauf.
 
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The annual should have been done by Ennis and Bradstreet.
 
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Bass said:
Does anyone else kinda hope that Barracuda gets his own title? While I'm looking SO forward to what Barracuda has in store for Punisher and why he needs all that money and power (#50 anyone?) I also don't want him to do so because... dammit. Punisher's got to kill him. I want him to kill him, but I also want Barrcuda to live... DAMN YOU ENNIS!

Also, regarding Widowmaker, I'm thinking that Jenny's return to Frank after killing her nemeses will either be to put them both out of their misery, or to have Frank kill her. Or maybe have sex. Something's going on with Jenny. I really don't know what, but there's something here. She might turn out to be a recurring character in the comic. And then there's that cop... #49's also the seventh-part of Widowmaker instead of the usual six, and of course the next issue is #50... something... something particularly profound is about to happen.

On another note, I just saw an episode of Shark today in which the antagonist, a serial killer, gets away with six particularly horrific murders. It was at this moment I prayed for The Punisher. I want a TV show of the Punisher. One six-issue arc = Two episodes. The Punisher is so unbelievably cathartic. It's like 300, except... 299 less and set in the present day. And more different.

I really want a The Punisher TV show. From HBO. Or at least, a good film. Seriously, if I was in anyway capable of it, I'd just hire Garth Ennis to write the Punisher film. His MAX work is just incredible.
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How come I never responded to this?

:rockon: I've been talking about a Punisher MAX show on HBO for ages.

I'd do one arc an episode, which I think would be totally acheivable. Add in some new stories (possibly written by Ennis, if he's got the time), and adapt the various one-shots and you've got at least two or three seasons of excellent television.
Bass said:
I gotta disagree. I think if they did a Columbo type of show which is about 75-90 minutes long, you could fit an entire arc in that, and if you did, that show would be a HUGE hit. Sure, you could stretch it as you say, but then it'll be too much like many other shows around today. You'd have to add things that are either inconsequential or not really part of what makes Ennis' Punisher so great and it would only slow the pace. I mean, Ennis' work is paced so wonderfully, you could take six issues (140 pages) and make that an incredibly well-paced, action adventure for tv.

As for Born - it doesn't go in the show. Born is really good, but it adds an element of the supernatural that isn't part of the series proper. It's never brought up (maybe #50 will bring it up but I doubt it). You wouldn't want to place it into the show - first, there isn't enough to make a full movie about or feature-length super special episode, and secondly, from a production stand point, it would probably be vastly uneconomical as you'd have to recreate 'Nam, get loads of extras and what not, for just one storyline, unlike the rest of the show which is set in the Big Apple.

... I want my Punisher TV.
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If they did a Punisher MAX show and didn't do a BORN episode, I'd go to Hollywood and tie them to a tree with their own intestines. I don't care how expensive/difficult it would be.

I gotsta have it.
 
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Just so long as Born wasn't done like the prequel episode in prison break series one, which was completely unneeded and told us nothing we didn't know. If it were more like the Heroes "6 months ago" episode, where we weren't really sure what was going on at the start. I think Born could be done really well, but it needs to be done seriously and in quite a dark way. Like Jacobs ladder the film.
 
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Lying in the Gutters reports:



"From the solicitation to "Punisher" #51. "It's the grudge match of the century. In this corner, the 6'4", 220-pound force of nature known as the Punisher . . . And in this corner, the 6' 6", 300-pound engine of destruction know as Barracuda . . . The prize? A 7-pound, 10-ounce bundle of joy."

Whose bundle of joy? I understand the Punisher is a daddy again. Kevlar diapers? "
 
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Ice said:
Lying in the Gutters reports:



"From the solicitation to "Punisher" #51. "It's the grudge match of the century. In this corner, the 6'4", 220-pound force of nature known as the Punisher . . . And in this corner, the 6' 6", 300-pound engine of destruction know as Barracuda . . . The prize? A 7-pound, 10-ounce bundle of joy."

Whose bundle of joy? I understand the Punisher is a daddy again. Kevlar diapers? "
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A daddy again?! Wha--?
 
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It will be something like Frank rescues a baby from a crack den, but it's the very same baby Barracuda has been sent to retrieve or kill or something.
 
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Maybe "bundle of joy" is 7-pounds of money. Or cocaine.

But dizzam... Barracuda's back. That means he's so, so, dead... :cry:

YES!

:rockon:
 
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Anyone else ecstatic that Ennis wanted to do a Barracuda mini in part to set up Barracuda's return in The Punisher and the mini will be finished before the second Barracuda Punisher arc, completely in time?

Compare this to how awful Ultimates 2, and the Ultimate Galactus trilogy got released, and how often this thing ****s up - congrats on this one Marvel!
 
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Bass said:
Anyone else ecstatic that Ennis wanted to do a Barracuda mini in part to set up Barracuda's return in The Punisher and the mini will be finished before the second Barracuda Punisher arc, completely in time?

Compare this to how awful Ultimates 2, and the Ultimate Galactus trilogy got released, and how often this thing ****s up - congrats on this one Marvel!
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You know I am!


Both the conclusion to the Barracuda mini and current Punisher MAX arc come out next week! 2 awesome Ennis titles in one week! I think I might sport mahogany!
 
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And that week - Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane! NOTHING MAKES SENSE! BUT I LIKES IT SO!
 
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Punisher #49..... :shock:

Barracuda #5..... :rockon:




Wow. Especially Punisher. That chick was so hardcore. And she did it totally bucked naked. Wow.
 
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****ing brilliant climaxes to both stories.

#50 is going to be ****ing hardcore!
 
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Bass said:
****ing brilliant climaxes to both stories.

#50 is going to be ****ing hardcore!
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Punisher MAX especially. I seriously was not expecting that to go go down that way between Frank and her.
 
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I thought it might. I wasn't sure, but as it happened I said to myself, "Yeah - I thought this is how it would go down." It seemed like the inevitable result of the story, but I wasn't sure if we were going to get a big twist at the end of it.

And we did in a way - Frank saying he'd kill every person on the planet is kind of a twist.
 
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