nepatkm Posted May 22, 2023 Author Share Posted May 22, 2023 Gone way to soon at 58… R.I.P Ray Stevenson 🙏 ADAMANTIUM, eastbayrudy and Microchip 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabellum Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 That’s too bad. RIP ADAMANTIUM and eastbayrudy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LadyDeath Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 On 5/22/2023 at 6:56 PM, nepatkm said: Gone way to soon at 58… R.I.P Ray Stevenson 🙏 That's such a bummer, especially after discussing him here. Sucks. nepatkm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microchip Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Parabellum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdandns Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 He's theirs. They can do whatever they want with him for any reason they want, but to anyone concerned, your Punisher comics and fond memories of vintage Frank are safe, right where you left them. Hopefully, the moderator can just take care of tonight's political posts without locking/nuking the thread, but if not, sorry to see it go. MAR1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browns81 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Fundamentally changing everything the character is about is so crazy. What happened to “if you don’t like it, don’t read it”? eastbayrudy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdandns Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Calm down. Jeffro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro. Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 There's no rage like nerd rage. eastbayrudy, nepatkm and skillzdadirecta 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted June 13, 2023 Administrator Share Posted June 13, 2023 I have removed multiple posts, and hid some posts. A few may have been ok except for quoting a post I hid. Politics are not allowed on this forum. I highly recommend you all keep this thread clean from political posts. I will be watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepatkm Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) Been here before, Frank always comes back. 💀 seems with Bernthal picking up his role as the Punisher in Daredevil born again Disney+ series, then rumored to have own series after… 🤷♂️😜 We’ve been through this many times before..take a breath…here’s last page shots from the 1998 (Purgatory) series, and the Frankencastle 2010. Frank survived both. 👍 Frank came back from both. Now the last page from the recent run… Hang tight fans, all we need is another great reboot like “Welcome back Frank!” To put all the bad taste behind. 💀 Edited June 13, 2023 by nepatkm MAR1979, Parabellum, mec3437 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mec3437 Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 7:20 PM, nepatkm said: Anybody have any thoughts on the latest (2022) Punisher series? 🧐 I wanted to wait until I read the whole thing but I did find it interesting at one point. I'm all for trying new things to freshen up Frank, but this run felt like a pile of dog spoon. Part of my problem is that every Punisher writer after Ennis wants to try Ennis' style of making Frank a killing machine with no humanity. Welcome Back, Frank showed he still had a human side in addition to being the Punisher. The 1987 and 1995 series both did this well. When there is no humanity left to the character, then the other characters or plot better make up for it. There were some interesting concepts like going Beast Mode, but it's hard to actually see Frank join the Hand no matter what they offer. Each issue was hit and miss for me but the main thing was that it made me not like Frank as a character. I felt nothing for the character when the plot explores his early life and marriage. I'm reading it not because I enjoyed the content but that I was already halfway through the series and decided I wanted some level of closure on the story. I liked Jason Aaron's Star Wars run, but I'm not sure he was the guy to take this title. Or maybe he was if the cool kids running Marvel said to spoon all over everything. In any case, we've seen this before with Spooky Avenging Angel Punisher and I guess Frankencastle (which I didn't bother with). Frank will be back at some point, and maybe done right. Parabellum and nepatkm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 (edited) @nepatkm and @Parabellum Now idk if this is considered spoiler, but maybe a welcome transition? Idk. eek! Heard about it at the LCS yesterday, something mentioned at SDCC, where patron said new skull logo "looked like lights?" Edited July 24, 2023 by ADAMANTIUM eastbayrudy and Parabellum 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mec3437 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 On 7/24/2023 at 1:18 PM, ADAMANTIUM said: @nepatkm and @Parabellum Now idk if this is considered spoiler, but maybe a welcome transition? Idk. eek! Heard about it at the LCS yesterday, something mentioned at SDCC, where patron said new skull logo "looked like lights?" New Punisher is named Joe Garrison. Former SHIELD agent. I could have been interested to see where this goes but after this last series (and some of the previous ones as well), it's a hard pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 (edited) On 7/24/2023 at 4:22 PM, mec3437 said: New Punisher is named Joe Garrison. Former SHIELD agent. I could have been interested to see where this goes but after this last series (and some of the previous ones as well), it's a hard pass. Ya it's tough to go around the windmill again, after the egregious characters deformation, and I'm sure it will start and stop. I hope they can get a new character going to bring back or retcon old ones, but I'm curious why they think now will be a good time to a new reader. Like I remember when I "first picked up comics" that those characters ended up making a big impact. Are there new readers? I mean at least this new character may not be mature readers idk. So bigger audience.... I'm curious what advantage to sell the comics and pick up readers they have? They surely are busines minded, but it's hard to tell. Edited July 24, 2023 by ADAMANTIUM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabellum Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 They just need to bring back Punisher MAX and quit playing around. I might give this series a shot but we got burned on the last one. ADAMANTIUM and mec3437 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 On 7/24/2023 at 6:37 PM, Parabellum said: They just need to bring back Punisher MAX and quit playing around. I might give this series a shot but we got burned on the last one. Right! I was so focused on it at least it being a "correct" logo, that the rest I just assumed would be welcomed Until I started typing that tag post haha Parabellum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mec3437 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 On 7/24/2023 at 5:30 PM, ADAMANTIUM said: Ya it's tough to go around the windmill again, after the egregious characters deformation, and I'm sure it will start and stop. I hope they can get a new character going to bring back or retcon old ones, but I'm curious why they think now will be a good time to a new reader. Like I remember when I "first picked up comics" that those characters ended up making a big impact. Are there new readers? I mean at least this new character may not be mature readers idk. So bigger audience.... I'm curious what advantage to sell the comics and pick up readers they have? They surely are busines minded, but it's hard to tell. Every Punisher writer for the last 15-20 years just writes Frank as an emotionless killing machine. There is no humanity for the character at all. If that is how the writers are going to craft the character, then the supporting cast or the stories better be worth it. Ennis could pull that off. The other cuck writers don't understand that. Not sure if there are many new readers. I rarely see any children at the LCS and if they're there, they are looking at Magic, Pops, or something else. To be fair to the Joe Garrison version, the character looks like he might be more suited for the mainstream Marvel universe. He can set his phasers to stun. ADAMANTIUM and Parabellum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mec3437 Posted August 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 8, 2023 Found some of these while going through and scanning books for my personal inventory. Read Return to Big Nothing and it was great. I forgot I had some of these so I'm going to have to sit down and reread these at some point. I have the hardcovers for Big Nothing, Intruder, Kingdom Gone and Blood on the Moors. They feel so classy. nepatkm, ADAMANTIUM, jdandns and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Parabellum Posted August 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2023 All in one shot and I still want more. grendel013, ADAMANTIUM, pmpknface and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
