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Anti-Punisher Team

I feel like I've seen this scenario a dozen times - what should be an unstoppable team of attackers has the Punisher cornered (usually in some sort of warehouse turned headquarters), and inevitably, the Punisher outplays them.

Don't be surprised if part of the Punisher's plan is to blow up the building and escape into the sewer.

Having seen it multiple times, I find the whole set up boring; been there, done that.

But I was imagining a team that could take down the punisher. A group with the necessary power/skills, without being so powerful it's not even a fight (for someone like the Phoenix or Silver Surfer, they just have to wave their hands and the Punisher is transformed into a toaster).

I also wanted to pick characters that would have an interesting chemistry with the Punisher.

So here's a team that should be able to handle the Punisher, while still having it be a bit of a fight/adventure...Imagine the Punisher cornered in a heavily fortified warehouse headquarters, and this team coming in for him.

There are four parts of the team:

Air Support -- They are making sure that the Punisher can't get away by land or air

Heavy Hitters -- they break through all the Punisher's defenses and heavy weapons, and open the way for the strategic strikers.By definition these folks are invulnerable to just about any and all direct attacks. At the same time, they are not fast enough or skilled enough to out-maneuver the Punisher on their own.

Sewer Crew -- To block the inevitable sewer escape.

Strategic Strikers -- They have skills or abilities to search through the warehouse to track down and confront the punisher directly. In general they have some special ability that makes them at least bullet/grenade resistant, since sending someone that can be killed by bullets and light explosives is just dumb.

The Strategists - To coordinate the team and anticipate the Punisher's options.

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  • Air Support -- She and the Punisher are so completely different, they would seem to have no common grounds for understanding.

    Inherently resistant to all conventional attacks.

  • Air Support -- Damage resistant, with a range of useful abilities.Like M, he has such a different perspective from the Punisher, it would be hard for them to identify with each other at all.

  • Air support, and someone who is both tough and an experienced fighter. He has an intensity and focus that is a good match for the Punisher..

  • A Heavy Hitter -- I mean Hercules at his full godly power level. Inherently resistant to most conventional weapons, and also a skilled fighter.

    Hercules might appreciate the Punisher as a "true warrior," although the Punisher is likely to consider Hercules a posturing blow-hard...

  • A Heavy Hitter. A bit of an unusual choice, but I think combat skilland intense personality make him a good match for the Punisher.

  • A Heavy Hitter, who also happens to be very smart and a skilled fighter.

    Unlike the Juggernaut, she's a thinker, and would be involved because she was horrified by everything the Punisher does.

  • The classic Heavy Hitter, and someone who would have no patience with the Punisher's take no prisoners attitude in his war on criminals.

  • I loved Mondo as a good character in the original Age of Apocalypse stories. He would make a great part of the Sewer Crew, working with Warlock to block off all the underground exits out of the warehouse.

  • The Sewer Crew -- Warlock is in the sewer under the building, sealing all the subterranean escape routes out of the building.

  • Strategic Striker - Skilled and very damage resistant, with a "soldier's" attitude very much in line with the Punisher's. Well qualified to sweep through the warehouse to track down the Punisher.

  • A Strategic Striker, for tracking the punisher down in the warehouse. Inherently resistant to conventional weapons, with training as a fighter.

  • A Strategic Striker -- An experienced, skilled fighter, with powers that let her explore the warehouse and make her resistant to conventional weapons.

    It's easy to imagine the Punisher not being happy to fight a young woman who is sincerely well-intentioned.

  • A Stategic Striker -- Can "pour" through the warehouse and look for the Punisher. Inherently resistant to most conventional weapons, and powerful enough to subdue the Punisher.

    Willing to participate for a fee, as when he worked for Silver Sable.

  • A Strategist -- One of the folks coordinating the assault.

    He has the skill to confront the Punisher directly, but he's not bullet proof, so I'm hold him pack to coordinate the campaign.

  • A Strategist -- Workign with T'Challa to coordinate the campaign.

    Similar to T'Challa, Sable is skilled enough to confront the Punisher directly, but she's not bullet proof, so it's better to use her intelligence to coordinate the team.

  • Air Support -- Inherently resistant to conventional weapons, and his magical nature puts him outside of the Punisher's normal opponents.

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