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Punisher: Frank Castle Max #75, Exclusive Extended Preview

Take an extended look at what is said to change the way you look at the Punisher.

By Tony 'G-Man' Guerrero  |  Sept. 14, 2009

Punisher: Frank Castle Max is about to reach its 75th issue.  To help celebrate this, Marvel has sent us an exclusive extended preview.  As you know, the Max title is not the same as the regular Punisher titles.  Things get a little grittier here.  The book is on sale October 14, 2009.  It will contain five stories.  Here's a look at two pages from each story.

PUNISHER: FRANK CASTLE MAX #75
Written by GREGG HURWITZ, CHARLIE HUSTON, PETER MILLIGAN,
THOMAS PICCIRILLI & TBD
Penciled by LAURENCE CAMPELL, TOMM COKER, KEN LASHLEY, DAS PASTORAS & TBD
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
 
Special double-sized 75th issue!  Several years ago, under a cloudless day in New York’s Central Park, Frank Castle’s family was slaughtered in a mob crossfire.  On that day, the man known as Frank Castle died and in his place was born the Punisher, a relentless engine of vengeance.  Five stories take an unflinching look at what really happened that day, providing a penetrating look into the mass of hard muscle that once was Frank Castle’s heart.  You won’t look at the Punisher the same way again.  Featuring Charlie Huston and Ken Lashley’s “Smallest Bit of This”…Peter Milligan and Tomm Coker’s “Father’s Day”…“Gregg Hurwitz and Das Pastoras’ “Gateway”…Thomas Piccirilli and Laurence Cambpell’s “Dolls”…and “TBD”
 
Also featuring an 8-page preview of Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon’s upcoming PUNISHERMAX #1, “The Kingpin.”




















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12 Comments
Fresh Princeon Sept. 14, 2009 at 6:46 a.m.
I'm not a fan of this art...
TwilightThunderon Sept. 14, 2009 at 7:35 a.m.
Punisher MAX: Flawless. Even though Ennis' AMAZING run finished a couple of years ago, the bunch of crime writers they've brought to work on good old Frankie's adventures' been great.
Alphaprotoon Sept. 14, 2009 at 7:41 a.m.

Better then the other Punisher and TwilightThunder gave us the reason why, Crime writers.
TwilightThunderon Sept. 14, 2009 at 7:58 a.m.
@Alphaproto said:
" Better then the other Punisher and TwilightThunder gave us the reason why, Crime writers. "
Just doing my job. Glad I can help.
Om1kronon Sept. 14, 2009 at 8:01 a.m.
I'm sorry am I tripping or did the art style change 3 times in this preview? whomever is the guy doing all of the great perspective work then he should have the job, it's a simple art style yet complex like Tim Sale's work
G-Man staff is online on Sept. 14, 2009 at 10 a.m.
@Om1kron: 
@G-Man said:

It will contain five stories.  Here's a look at two pages from each story. 

Om1kronon Sept. 14, 2009 at 10:02 a.m.
I may have missed that somewhere above... still I think they should've just had one guy do all of the work. It's the biggest turn off to me for any comic book to have pencils and inks done by more than one artist, granted this will have different stories in the same namesake... It's like when LeSean Thomas was the only reason I read Arkanum only to see they switched artists on the last issue of the book before they canned it so he could do Ninja Turtles... 
Mighty_Destroyeron Sept. 14, 2009 at 12:09 p.m.
the Punisher Max series is one of my favorites due to the grittiness and the crime writing style and the fact that there are no overly done tie ins. Straight forward.  Im excited to read this:

Bruce Vainon Sept. 14, 2009 at 12:18 p.m.
@TwilightThunder said:
"Punisher MAX: Flawless. Even though Ennis' AMAZING run finished a couple of years ago, the bunch of crime writers they've brought to work on good old Frankie's adventures' been great. "

See I was worried when Ennis was gonna finish up on Castle that he was gonna be written like sh@$ ; like he is on the regular Marvel Punisher books. But getting these crime writers was a wise move , cause they seem to understand Castle & write him well like Ennis did.
NamelessHenchmanon Sept. 14, 2009 at 1:40 p.m.
Cool art. Even though it's totally different, its kinda refreshing.
Rothschildon Sept. 14, 2009 at 2:45 p.m.

I Love Love Love Punisher Max, my LCS guy got me into this and now i'm hooked on it... It has a 100 Bullets feel to it.
Media_Masteron Sept. 14, 2009 at 6:53 p.m.
looks nice so far

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