Punisher Unhinged: Why Frank Castle is Among Marvel’s Most Feared Anti-Heroes

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[@kingshadow8782]

Cool.

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@@kingshadow8782Welcome back!

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[@brightlord-ov7cm]

Awesome it is now corrected, have an awesome day!

[@afroblaziken4562]

I think one of the punisher' most savage moments is when the Ghost Rider does the penet stare on Punisher and it's doesn't work and then The Punisher just looks at him and says I regret nothing. That means he really only killed very bad people.

[@supersonicxth]

Would be cool if regret actually mattered to the stare but we can talk about how nerfed the penance state is on multiple occasions some other time.

[@SantaPorter]

@@supersonicxth Frank feels no remorse about his actions, that's why it didn't work, his belief in his mission is to the point where he's almost amoral about it

[@marcushamner5994]

@@SantaPorterAlso there is the court scene from Daredevil season 2 that highlights the Punisher’s personality. He doesn’t have regrets at all. Jon Bernthal’s performance is bone chilling.😊🙌🏾🤍

[@SantaPorter]

@@marcushamner5994 He really played it well, I just wish they'd stuck closer to trial of the punisher Frank turning himself in with the body of a corrupt DA, just using the trial to get close to a protected mobster

[@marcushamner5994]

@@SantaPorter That’s my favorite story! We’ll probably see more of this when Frank returns in Daredevil Born Again. Nice profile of Sycho Sid! RIP to Sid Justice😔🙏🏾

[@jeuryrabassa4724]

"This isn't Vengeance, It's Punishment." Frank Castle/The Punisher.

[@SantaPorter]

Because as the Joker found out, Punisher isn't trying to redeem anybody, not is he interested in monologuing about misguided criminals, or engaging in martial art contests on street corners There is scum in this world, and Frank is going to eradicate it

[@arishemghoul9571]

Well put

[@blaqjoker9105]

Lol phuck PUNISHER from JOKER

[@hitmanmonaghan6633]

“I have all the therapy you need right here, comedian.”

[@NickelAntonius]

The window frame kill is based on a real life Darwin Award. A businessman was so proud of his unbreakable windows in his high-rise office, that he would throw himself against the windows to impress guests. After doing that a few dozen times, the frame gave out, the whole window popped out, and the guy fell to his death.

[@7thsonofa7thson80]

Didn't think that one through very well,did he?

[@4mobius280]

Well he was right. The windows were unbreakable. The frame however...

[@wolffe6044]

You forgot to mention that he doesn't consider himself a good guy. During a conversation with another hero (I forgot which one), the hero asked him thatwhwn he kills all the bad guys there will still be him. The Punisher reaches into his pocket and shows a bullet and explains that that one is reserved for himself.

[@RexGamer-iw7pr]

I don't know if it happens on other comic but the scene that comes to my mind is from Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe. He kills Daredevil and then suicides.

[@ChineduOpara]

That's cold 😐

[@Alexcobra861]

I once heard a comic book fan tell me this about the Punisher: "The Punisher is to me, like a slasher movie killer to criminals and scum, a frightening and unstoppable force to all the bastards of this world, almost a monster whose mere presence should fill them with terror and make them want to shit and piss like frightened children still wearing their baby diapers. And I approve 100% of this idea, it's for it that I love The Punisher.

[@UltraDonny5000]

Anyone who writes or directs any Punisher media needs to understand exactly what you just said

[@udonsei5216]

Absolutely. In a similar vein, one villain in the Max(?) series lamented to another on Punisher's seeming immortality. The other resignedly replied that one should simply regard Frank Castle just as one would a hurricane: one can no more control or stop him as much as one can a hurricane. He's always grim but sometimes artists truly capture him as death incarnate. The man is just a force of nature. Implacable, inexorable, uncompromising: the Punisher is just "the cost of doing business."

[@taylorlibby7642]

The entire Ennis run on Punisher, everything he's done with the character, is pure demented genius.

[@dommanicortiz4628]

When you have the respect and admiration of the Asgardian People, nuff said!!! Plus all of their enemies fear you as well!!!!

[@AifDaimon]

He's basically the Grim Reaper personified, but without any powers

[@jiffypoo5029]

Frank Castle will be welcome in Valhalla when he finally dies.

[@GavinFox2028]

The punisher is literally the grim reaper who goes around and collects souls of people who commit a sin while ghost rider is the warden of hell who puts demons and people in their cells

[@sun_vfx]

ghost rider can also eat souls

[@theinconspicuousbxc]

And one of the two characters (the other being Deadpool), who renders Ghost Rider's Penance Stare useless.

[@johnwaters7212]

Absolutely, very accurate!

[@RedPyramid-lf4sb]

@theinconspicuousbxc The Punisher, I can understand, but Deadpool?

[@derekcash3608]

Insanity and 4th wall breaking allows DP to mostly do what he wants...

[@icey32]

The fact that the joker ( as crazy as he is) was scared shitless when punisher put a gun to his head and was about to shoot him lets you know how insane the punisher is

[@DarthSoto78]

“I have all the therapy you need right here, comedian.”

[@synshenron798]

See thats something I dont understand. Why would the joker be afraid of that? Its a quick and painless way to go. If anything id want to go like that instead of most other ways

[@ChineduOpara]

​@@synshenron798 Joker wants to have fun. Being summarily executed by the Punisher isn't fun.

[@Visqo1]

That punisher show was great

[@variant]

Yes it was.

[@MACSX7]

Facts

[@UltimateSpider1385]

Hell Fucking yeah!!

[@taetrrtot6205]

Season 1 definitely

[@Bmoney1337]

His best appearance was in daredevil season 2

[@GhostyToasty27]

The best thing about The Punisher is most people think he of him as a Chaotic Good character, but the truth is he's a Lawful Evil: a man filled with nothing but rage, who revels in savagery, and justifies it with his own moral code.

[@trehubb6144]

The Punisher Netflix series is my most rewatched, even over daredevil 💯. My favorite comic moment definitely is when the Time runs out event was happening and the incursion was about to destroy Earth, what does Punisher do😅. He walks into a local criminal hangout and starts blasting 😂

[@DarthSoto78]

I would say season 2 of Daredevil is my most watched, but it is because of the Punisher. I would say the only thing they got wrong in the Punisher series is Jigsaw. Dude's face should have been destroyed, but he had a few scratches. Warzone got the look of Jigsaw right.

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

In a increasingly sensitive world, I fear for the future of the punisher

[@SantaPorter]

@@benderbendingrodriguez420 they've already changed everything about him unfortunately

[@TevyaSmolka]

Frank castle punisher is really awesome and a great character in my opinion.

[@variant]

No doubt.

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@variant indeed which is why it drives me crazy that marvel tried to get rid of frank castle punisher with this new punisher who isn’t interesting but super boring in my opinion.

[@kerry-j4m]

AGREED.

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@kerry-j4m ;)

[@SantaPorter]

@@TevyaSmolka I couldn't believe they thought it was a good idea

[@dommanicortiz4628]

I can see Death having a thing for him over Deadpool and Thanos

[@JK47.23]

Punisher has always been one of my favorites of all time 💯

[@bigpimpinpimp7666]

Glad the punisher will be Jon Bernthal and not nobody else would also be very glad if this leads to another season of the punisher show was super badass

[@dendanskehelt4296]

While my personal favorite remains Tom Jane, for his cold silent calculating Punisher, I demand they make a show with Bernthal.

[@UltraDonny5000]

How did you leave out the way Punisher snuffed Cottonmouth during the Civil War or during the Dark Reign when he got ahold of the locker full of tech and went after The Hood or the time he got was given War Machine's armor and made it earn it's name?

[@SantaPorter]

@@UltraDonny5000 The comic version of Trial of the punisher, his best plan ever

[@The-Spanish-Inquisition490]

"Why are criminals afraid of the punisher?" I mean...... isn't it obvious? Comparing him to other vigilantes like DareDevil and Batman..... you can fight those and live to see tomorrow, but fight The Punisher.... well, ....pretty self-explanatory, in my opinion.

[@RedPyramid-lf4sb]

Once the Punisher TAKES them down, they STAY down. Permanently.

[@DarthSoto78]

That also makes you ask how nasty an ongoing villain like Jigsaw is. This dude has Punisher as an arch enemy, and has survived more than one story.

[@Pachaco77]

Should have included when he pretends to be a bartender and poisons a bunch of villains at a funeral/wake.

[@zacharyflanders2116]

Punisher vs Barracuda is ICONIC! Praying for an adaption in the upcoming show 🙏

[@SantaPorter]

@@zacharyflanders2116 Disney couldn't adapt that

[@marcushamner5994]

In Batman/ Punisher Deadly Knights, The Joker was scared straight when the Punisher was about to pull the trigger on the Clown Prince of Crime. The Joker isn’t scared of what Batman will do to him because they have a symbiotic relationship of a “cat and mouse” game. Frank wasn’t having it. The Joker would have been on another one of Frank’s hitlist. Besides the Russian, Jigsaw, and Ma Gnucci, the Punisher doesn’t have any rogue galleries because they’ve all been “punished”.💀

[@DarthSoto78]

“I have all the therapy you need right here, comedian.”

[@marcushamner5994]

@@DarthSoto78 “you-you’re really going to do it.”- The Joker “That’s enough, Castle!”- Batman🦇

[@Comicsluvr]

The Punisher is popular because he does what many people wish they could do.

[@HH-xe3sk]

Yes

[@winchester1dominoe]

His meaning to life is punishing evil, how do you punish evil? Be more brutal and evil, never flinch, always do the worst so they can’t. That is why he is the best at what he does. That’s why he can stand shoulder to shoulder with Ghost Rider and wolverine. When bad things need done he will do them to punish who needs it.

[@Seasonal-Shadow_4674]

He doesn’t prioritize well though

[@Cobracommander1986]

If I was a villain/criminal I would definitely be weary of him. He does not believe in Miranda, he does not care about the fourth amendment, he believes in cruel and or unusual punishment and he is for capital punishment. The punisher is the baba yaga.

[@ozziedylan9903]

I want a new Punisher film so much

[@VinnyS9143101982]

Not for nothing but he's more evil than most actual villains

[@jayyy1677]

Complete bs imo, he’d throw his life away to protect innocents

[@edwardtdm123]

The Punisher is a force not to be messed with. 💪🏽

[@RedPyramid-lf4sb]

I wouldn't want to mess with him even on a GOOD day, let alone a BAD day. I'd make the wise choice to steer clear of him at all costs.

[@anation5775]

I'd say my favorite is when he traumatized a Frost giant in the pages of punisher:kill krew When he hunted the guy across the ten realms

[@SantaPorter]

@@anation5775 my favourite is a small thing, Frank fed Bruce Banner a delicious stew, laced with c4, then detonated it when he needed the hulk to come out😂

[@tylerj6219]

Popsicle to micks back was probably the best punisher scene in media.

[@darnellhutchins7878]

He was awesome in the war machine armor

[@variant]

Yessir!

[@secrityforcemarine]

all this was adapted in the ps2 video game highly underappreciated

[@SantaPorter]

@@secrityforcemarine the execution scenes in Rikers Island especially, so brutal

[@clockworkm]

7:35 OOOH! You should’ve put in how he got Cristu to talk. That man decorated the forest with Cristu’s intestines!

[@theeric]

There is absolutely no one like the Punisher.

[@Justanotherblackman]

This punisher is my spirit animal.

[@spawn-nu1vd]

The punisher forever 💀💀🔥🔥

[@WildStudios65150]

Captain America said it best: “Frank Castle is Insane”

[@TheShock03]

If Frank is insane then the rest of the super hero community is demented

[@user-kj9oz7lb8s]

​@@TheShock03sometimes it's better not to say anything, than to appear foolish.

[@TheShock03]

@@user-kj9oz7lb8s first, you don’t tell me what to do, second and pls go back and think what I said, was it wrong?

[@user-kj9oz7lb8s]

@@TheShock03 i didn't tell you what to do... just some sage advice. And yes...I think you're wrong. It takes a pretty skewed world view, to think Spiderman...a guy who catches criminals in a web, and leaves them for police. Is somehow more insane, than a guy who plays international judge, jury, and executioner, at the end of a gun. I love the Punisher character, but he's a mass murderer. I have no illusions about that. You should have taken that advice...

[@supersonicxth]

​@@TheShock03Just remember this about Punisher his family dying was the chain getting released and villians committing crime is just the excuse. Man is just a natural born killer with a big "any means necessary" mentality.

[@gustavoguerola1675]

I love the Punisher. He was my first favorite comic character as a kid.

[@solveetcoagula1891]

I know without powers, He might not stand much of a chance, but damn I kinda wanna see a Punisher v Predator like we got with wolverine.

[@grimmjowjaggerjack89]

Prejudice. its "extreme prejudice". There's a very important difference.

[@mechmaster315]

3:32 Ice Bear means business

[@variant]

No joke. Dude, was taking no prisoners that day.

[@AifDaimon]

I love this about Punisher

[@nightwingman666]

Garth Ennis wrote the definitive Punisher run Jason Aaron wrote the run that ended him.

[@pokeczarelf]

*sees the title* Well, pretty obvious that there is The Punisher MAX cover art of Frank reading "Basic Human Anatomy" book in a library. 💀

[@raycenteno7698]

I read the Punisher for the laughs bro. I remember reading that exact same comic mentioned in the first 4 minutes. Read it in my friends house cause he had it on his nightstand. I laughed so hard when Frank kicked the woman back to the burning house. Laughed so hard that Mrs. Cheddie made a rule at her house, "No more kids after 8:00 pm." Its still in affect to this day.

[@DarthSoto78]

I laughed my ass off when he punched the polar bear during that run. Even in this video it made me chuckle. The look on the polar bear's face like "dude".

[@reanozeon9459]

I am waiting for Punisher !

[@marvelgeek9577]

Variant: Punisher is the most feared Marvel anti-hero Deadpool: Hold my beer. *Bye Bye Bye starts playing*

[@lennyfais5040]

*Feared Deadpool is either beloved or despised because of his gremlin energy

[@rodgerelledge4151]

You're likely to shoot yourself when dealing with Deadpool. Old school Deadpool was scary

[@jayyy1677]

I’ll rather Deadpool coming after me than the punisher, Deadpool can be reasoned with sometimes

[@Lux210]

There’s an issue in the max series where he hangs up a guys intestines and tells him he can survive it if he talks. Good lord.

[@therealmccoy269]

Simple answer....he doesn't mind pew pew-ing bad guys in the face..😂

[@markiavelli1]

Y'know what I think would be an interesting movie? Batman and Daredevil vs Punisher and Deadpool. Live or animated. And just for sh*ts and giggles, we throw in The Joker and Bullseye.

[@IOSALive]

Variant Comics, nice video keep it up dude

[@dylanogg347]

"You're a monster..." - Takes one to know one, Frank.

[@kadadriancottman9097]

Bruh, the Punisher punched a polar bear in the face!!!! Yeah he’s that guy bro.

[@waalex11]

I'm still rewatching The Punisher. Can't wait.

[@Christian_H3rnand3z]

I really hope the MCU didn't make Frank retire and he's just coming back from retirement in "Daredevil Born Again." I'd like for the Punisher to show that he's been killing bad guys during the entire 5 year time skip. And he isn't stopping any time soon. That's what I want to see. The actor for Kingpin has stated that this show is so brutal that it's even darker that the Netflix Daredevil show. So I hope some of those stand out scenes are about what Punisher has done since the Avengers disbanded and Thanos snapped the first time.

[@DarthSoto78]

I think the most logical thing is to have Punisher be snapped for five years. That would explain the need for Ronin (Hawkeye) during the snap. Then he continues Punishment when he returns from the snap.

[@Makman1994]

The Punisher game was really good, especially the torture gameplay.

[@rodrickrichard9121]

I still have the ps2 version of the game!😊

[@jc4jax]

He was a marine in 'Nam, just carried his mission mindset where only the mission matters (to an extreme level) is how I interpret it

[@supersonicxth]

And doing everything he could to extend his mission as well

[@rogerutterback4347]

I just went through collectibles while cleaning and found I have War Zone in mint condition. How did I forget I have that?

[@TheONE10X]

The Punisher character and motivations were ripped nearly wholesale from the pages of 70's dime store novel series The Executioner, by Don Pendleton. I've collected and read every one. The book series by the original author is thirty something books and they are fantastic. I'm glad to have had both Mack Bolan and the Executioner, however!

[@ciaracasler216]

The punisher when even the law cant touch someone the punisher does

[@warriorclassmedia]

That new Punisher I'm not feeling. The Shield agent. And they took the real Punisher's gun's 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@SantaPorter]

@@warriorclassmedia that has as much to do with the Punisher as the MCU does with Marvel

[@user-kj9oz7lb8s]

Uh... because he'll light you up on sight. No puns, no monologues... just hot lead.

[@thedevilsleutice]

I wish they’d take the success of Garth Ennis other TV show success and give us a Disney plus Punisher Max series.

[@UltimateSpider1385]

Punisher isn't afraid to dish out brutal methods of justice by any means necessary. The Punisher is one my favorite anti-heroes next to Deadpool. I already got Punisher on my Marvel list of Reads.

[@BatFan1939-knightfall]

The punisher doesn’t dish out justice he dishes out murder and justifies his crimes by targeting criminals.

[@UltimateSpider1385]

@@BatFan1939-knightfall exactly!! Which is HIS way of justice. Brutally!!!

[@SantaPorter]

@@UltimateSpider1385 punisher max is a great run, and trial of the punisher

[@lordhighprotectorofthereal9002]

In The Punisher playstation game, also voiced by Thomas Jane, he hides in a casket for the funeral of a mobster and when the funeral home viewing takes place, he pops the casket open and with a machine gun just starts sweeping the room.

[@DrPhobosAnomaly]

What happened in Marvel Max Punisher #29 actually happened for real, where a lawyer accidentally did it to himself back in '93 in the TD Centre office building on the 24th floor in Toronto.

[@digitaldaniels2030]

Great episode!!! 🎉🎉🎉. Good coverage of the bad assess that is frank castle.

[@ryansamuel2287]

Tim is a friend everyone needs ❤️

[@andrewward5891]

One of my favorite Punisher moments was when his enemy Jigsaw got his face healed. Punisher proceeded to destroy his face again by shoving him face first into a cactus repeatedly

[@elijahchavez9198]

2:31 literally looks like Sylvester Stallone in this shot

[@JackofALLTrades_Houston]

Mercury and I ran the Olympic Torch for the Salt Lake Winter games (back in December 2001) He was such a nice person to all of us that he interacted with even me (I didn’t know who he was as I am not a football fan)

[@ernestholloway9436]

He gave her the boot 😂

[@crimemastergogo7878]

Punisher is a psychopath.

[@IOSALive]

Variant Comics, cool content keep it up

[@variant]

Thanks for watching!

[@VictoryArtz]

The Punisher is the definition of a Monsterous Demon to criminals. A predator that will never stop until you're dead

[@poormike7993]

Yo that Mercy Morris jersey is AWESOME 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@BlakeNew-h5h]

Anyone who was upset that they canceled punisher and with they would bring it back tap in ☺️

[@scottsacala]

4:27... why does that remind me of that one scene in Austin Powers? 🤣

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of Alfred Pennyworth, Batwing, Flame Bird, Batwoman, Azrael, Signal(Duke Thomas), Bluebird, Stephanie Brown and Carrie Kelly?

[@moonwhooper]

@@quentinfogger5755 still asking away quentin? I haven't seen you in a while

[@MatthiasPowerbomb]

Just a few of the countless reasons Frank is my favorite character.

[@49ers_red_and_gold2]

I love the punisher 😤

[@UltimateSpider1385]

Me too!! But my parents won't buy me the shirt because of what it represents, and I'm 24 years old. It makes me want to act like the punisher himself.

[@TheHumbleLionMotivates]

Awesome video, can we get a part 2?

[@UC4AQUgrQ9EwVIGoF0w7xHXg]

Chriminals!

[@variant]

It’s a fresh new spelling method we’re trying to get going. 😂

[@greendro6410]

The Punisher show is back let's goooooooo 😌

[@MajesticViking]

God damn a 2 minute ad in addition to youtube ads is brutal for a 14 min video

[@javawnthomas]

Who would win in a battle the punisher vs deathstroke

[@Filmation77]

Frank Castle, cause Slade Wilson would think frank would have a Smidge of Compassion (and he would be very Wrong)

[@vivainigood]

he is one of the only people on whom the Ghost Rider penance stare does not work because The punisher does not regret a thing.

[@michaelbrent1536]

The Punisher is one of the most deadliest Anti-Hero next to Red hood! He like Batman but with Gun!

[@FreddieLane9001]

I didn't know the popsicle scene was from the comics!

[@Maxrepfitgm]

Bwahaha!! This dude punched a Polar bear!? Lol 😆 🤣

[@dylanogg347]

12:34: "There is no profit to be in the destruction of the planet! It is very bad for business."

[@bennythebard]

Need that punisher work ethic fr

[@johnbzn6508]

My favorite part is in the next and he’s in the next season. The Netflix TV show where he burns down. There’s on the house that’s my favorite part of the punisher.

[@alis1079]

One of the closest DC equivalent to the punisher that has an interesting story was mad dog and vigilante both are really nice to read

[@nothingtolookat276]

I thought you'd get the Civil War bar scene.

[@IOSALive]

Variant Comics, wanna collab keep up the amazing content

[@deathangellink]

why is he so scary ? that easy most hero will put the bad guy in jail.................where they might escape and do evil once again Frank put them 6 feet under, where they CAN'T escape and do evil ANYMORE.

[@willlawson6126]

I totally heard "Variant Nation" wrong at 1st 💀