Hello everyone. I'm new to this site and pretty much just getting into the comic book scene. I think The Punisher is a fantastic character and have always wanted to get into the comics. I was wondering if there was a general concensus on what the best series is? Or is it completely opinion based? I hear MAX is pretty good.
 
To help you help me, I like anti-heroes and violence (hence my affinity for The Punisher to begin with).
 
Thanks!

MAX is the best Punisher series you can get, for mainstream continuity I'd reccomend Welcome Back Frank, it's one of the coolest Punisher stories i've read ever.

Remender's book before Frankencastle.

Punisher kills Marvel Universe

I've never been a punisher reader but if it helps you CBR made a list of the top 10 best punisher stories according to fan votes. Garth Ennis' run on the Max series had 8 out of the 10 spots along with another spot for his Marvel Knights miniseries

anything that Garth Ennis wrote is a must!

Call me crazy but my favorite was the Marvel Knights book where he had the crazy angel powers and could pull all sorts of guns from his coat.

Yeah, definitely MAX. You'd better be prepared for some extreme violence, though.

I personally really liked the "Welcome Back Frank" story-arc, so I'd recommend getting that to start out.  I'd also recommend the original run of the new Punisher War Journal with Matt Fraction writing, but mainly for the excellent art by Ariel Olivetti.

I prefer Punisher: Born

Some stuff from the 80's/90's, Garth Ennis stuff and Rucka's run.