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    When U.S. Marine veteran Frank Castle's family's was murdered for witnessing a mob hit, the man vowed to avenge their deaths and became a one-man army in his personal war against the criminal underworld. With a distinct death's head skull adorning his chest, Frank Castle became the vigilante known as the Punisher.

    what if Punisher lives gotham

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    #1  Edited By leader 2099

     become Batman's ally or their relationship will become like other marvel heroes (daredevil spider man)

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    #2  Edited By Hawk

    Batman would lock him up.

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    #3  Edited By gmanfromheck

    There's been a couple comics but I absolutely can't remember how their interaction went.  Also it wouldn't be as accurate as it should be.  Since they were inter-company crossovers, they'd want to make sure each company was happy with the way things went.

    I don't think Batman would be too happy with Frank running around,even if he was blasting away at villains.

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    #4  Edited By Mr. Punisher

    Well Punisher is like a more driven Batman, someone who uses extreme measures to get the job done, Batman won't kill and Punisher will so they would be enimies

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    #5  Edited By gunswordfist

    Batman would just hunt down The Punisher like he did Phantasm in the movie.

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    #6  Edited By Mr. Punisher

    Exactly Punisher's tactics are to murderous for Batman's tastes

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    #7  Edited By Shonen

    I think batman would hunt down castle because if he kills all the bad guys batman would be out of the job and won't be badass anymore and you know batman can't have that.

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    #8  Edited By Mr. Punisher

    No. Because Punisher is a killer and Batman hates killers

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    #9  Edited By gunswordfist
    Mr. Punisher said:
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    No. Because Punisher is a killer and Batman hates killers

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    Yep and that would just make Frank Castle just another crazy bad guy in Batman's eyes. I'd love to see Bruce throw his ass into Arkham Asylum. lol
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    #10  Edited By Kid Anarchy

    i remember a crossover where Punisher was about to kill the Joker and Batman swooped down to stop him...so im gonna say that Bats isnt going to like Punisher running around shooting bad guys left and right

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    #11  Edited By Mr. Punisher

    Bats vs Punisher = dead  Batman

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    #12  Edited By King_Saturn  Online
    I think The Punisher could knock off at least half of Gotham City's Criminals... before Frank would really have to deal with The Dark Knight...
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    #13  Edited By Mr. Punisher

    Well he would kill Batman anyway because he's willing to kill Bats isn't

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    #14  Edited By Resonate

    Present tense would all but be forgotten

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    #15  Edited By Marvel Knight

    Batman(Bruce Wayne) would try to stop him. They would probably work together every once and awhile, but in the end Batman would turn on Punisher.

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    #16  Edited By God's Son

    He would be trying to break out of Arkham right now.

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    #17  Edited By Nighthunter

    I'm sure Joker would like a roomie...

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    #18  Edited By God's Son
    Nighthunter said:
    "I'm sure Joker would like a roomie..."
    There would probably be nothing left of him in that cell.Frank doesn't mind killing people who dress up like clowns.Jester knows first hand....
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    #19  Edited By Venom Man

    In Batman TAS he had a villian made for the show Lock Up and he just locked crooks up in tiny cells and Bats had a problem with it, so he would for sure have a problem with Frank running around shooting the town up.

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    #20  Edited By Venom Man

    Oh and tortured them

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    Batman would bust his ass.

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    #22  Edited By Kid Anarchy

    it would be cool to see Punisher go up against Deadshot though...

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    #23  Edited By bringdeath

    hey hey lets get somethin straight here in the comics punisher actually was close enough to batman skill he beat him and almost put a bullet through one of the jokers eyes ..... so take that u punisher h8ers!!!!!!!!

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    #24  Edited By Cezar_TheScribe
    Batman is too quick, intelligent, and is at peak physical condition.
     
    The Punisher is a guy with a gun. Short work for Batman.
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    #25  Edited By Lunacyde  Moderator

    They better put Frank in solitary at Arkham or he would just start taking down criminals from the inside....Thatd be an interesting book.

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    #26  Edited By Lunacyde  Moderator
    Cezar_TheScribe said:
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    Batman is too quick, intelligent, and is at peak physical condition.
     
    The Punisher is a guy with a gun. Short work for Batman.
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    Batman would win in the end but the Punisher is FAR more than a man with a gun.
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    #27  Edited By castleking

    if pun lived in gotham arkum asylum would be empty thats for sure.. it probably come down to bats and pun in a face with pun choosing the locationand it would end up in a stalemate resulting in frank killing bats and himself by some suicidal trap...

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    #28  Edited By Mr. Punisher

    Hey what about Vigilate? Punisher and Vigilante Vs Bats and Nightwing would be sweet

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    #29  Edited By Dead
    Cezar_TheScribe said:
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    Batman is too quick, intelligent, and is at peak physical condition.
     
    The Punisher is a guy with a gun. Short work for Batman.
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    Hahaha! You don't know much about the Punisher huh? The Punisher is in peak condition just as much as Batman, now he may not be as fast and smart but he can hold his own against the Bat. His not just a guy with a gun. Batman got a taste of Punisher's fist a few times when they fought. Punisher is almost just as good in hand-to-hand combat as Batman, now I will admit Batman is better then Punisher in hand-to-hand but not by much. Punisher has engaged 24 guys in a fist fight and killed each one of them. I know Batman has done the same but without killing anybody.
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    #30  Edited By T.J. Magnum

    well lets say just Punisher is there, not saying they traded off but frank is the one fighting crime in gothham

    almost every villian would be dead

    joker might be the fist one lol


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    #31  Edited By Mr. Punisher

    Yeah Joker first to go

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    #32  Edited By Dead

    Joker would be the first.

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    #33  Edited By gunswordfist
    Dead said:
    "Joker would be the first."
    No, his henchmen would be the first.
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    #34  Edited By 9th Wonder
    gunswordfist said:
    "Dead said:
    "Joker would be the first."
    No, his henchmen would be the first."
    Either way...Joker dies.
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    #35  Edited By Mr. Punisher

    Joker, Penguin, Riddiler, Killer Croc, Two Face, would be his first targets

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    #36  Edited By geraldthesloth

    hopefully not dent

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    #37  Edited By Mr. Punisher

    Please he'd be one of the first to go

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    #38  Edited By Detective

    Batman would eventually catch The Punisher getting rid of villains. i could see Batman trying to talk to The Punisher about using different methods to catch criminals but if he dosen't comply Bats would eventually bring him down.

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    #39  Edited By biobroli

    I think Punisher is underrated.  He's not just a guy with a gun, he's held is own against pretty much everyone.  In the end, I think Batman would find a way to neutralize the situation, but it would be far from easy.

    There is a site that has the top 100 comic characters.  The polls just opened, so everything is really close right now.  I voted for Batman's in the top 10 right now, and Punisher's rated around 14th place.  Hopefully some educated comic fans can get in there and help turn the tide for the greatest comic characters of all time!  Check it out.

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    #40  Edited By Mr. Punisher

    Punisher 14th? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    #41  Edited By Kentaxx
    Dead said:
    "Cezar_TheScribe said:
    Hahaha! You don't know much about the Punisher huh? The Punisher is in peak condition just as much as Batman, now he may not be as fast and smart but he can hold his own against the Bat. His not just a guy with a gun. Batman got a taste of Punisher's fist a few times when they fought. Punisher is almost just as good in hand-to-hand combat as Batman, now I will admit Batman is better then Punisher in hand-to-hand but not by much. Punisher has engaged 24 guys in a fist fight and killed each one of them. I know Batman has done the same but without killing anybody."

    This entire post is full of fail
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    #42  Edited By Kentaxx

    Frank isnt anywhere near as fast strong agile or intelligent as Bats and he isnt even in the same league in hand to hand combat
    Frank cant hold his own at all, a h2h fight would last a few seconds before Bats beat him unconsious

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    #43  Edited By Bullseye1930

    Even though DC would never let it happen I say Frank could beat Batman. Frank is very good at shooting people in the head and I doubt Batman's cowl is bulletproof.

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    #44  Edited By SUNMAN

    Gotham would be much safe

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    oh can you imagine frank in arkaham? i would pay moneyand plenty of it for that one.  
     
    i think if he went to gotham , bats would make it priority to stop him, even if he is targeting criminals. bats is just like that; he hates murderers. 
     
     i can imagine these two badasses fighting a MAX style world. so cool. personnaly id love to see pun slice nightwings throat but never mind. 
     
     but theres no way frank would be able to kill either bats or joker.  there both to clever for punisher, who has only one agenda really. two face maybe.
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    #46  Edited By PurpleCandy

    Deffidently enemies, Punisher will see Batman as compeition or interference, while Batman will see him as too ruthless. It will be just like the animated movie "Red Hood" ofcourse without Jason Todd and stuff.

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    #47  Edited By DaveThePunisher

    I think it would probably go down like any Punisher vs Spider-Man match-up. Frank COULD easily just shoot Spider-Man or Batman in the head.... snipe them from 500 yards out... or find out who they are and where they live and just blow up their house. BUT Frank isn't some crazy serial killer... he only kills the criminals. He probably COULD... but WOULD NOT kill Batman. Best case, Frank knocks out Batman and that's it. Worst case, Batman locks up Frank and he just cleans out Arkham (like everyone has been saying) and then escapes.

    Assume Frank views Batman as a criminal that needs to be killed. Frank would EASILY kill Batman. Even if Batman wins 20 straight fights and puts Frank in prison 20 straight times, that 21 first time Batman could catch a bullet to the face. Frank won't stop coming for Batman and eventually Frank would win.

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    #48  Edited By MadeinBangladesh

    Punisher would kill all the bad guys the first day in town except Joker.

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    #49  Edited By JSH92

    There would be a lot fewer Arkham Inmates.

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    #50  Edited By ChillinNKillin

    People arguing for Punisher beating Batman talk like Batman hasn't gone up against people willing to kill him or able to shoot really well. Batman would stomp all over his ass if they went head to head, and this nothing to with all that "BatGOD never loses" nonsense. It simply comes down to this: Batman is leagues smarter, a better tactician, has better equipment, is in better shape, and is FAR more skilled.

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