Punisher Max: The Complete Collection Vol. 3 (The Punisher (2004-2009))

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PUNISHERMAX #3". Comic Book Roundup. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12 . Retrieved 2017-07-08.

Collects Dark Reign: The List – Punisher, Punisher (2009) #11-16, Franken-Castle #17-21, Dark Wolverine #88-89

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I've always been fascinated by the character of The Punisher. Have you ever been frustrated when the more popular heroes keep capturing the bad guys over and over even though they must know they will escape again and hurt more innocent people? Sometimes wonder why they don't stop them in a way that they can't hurt anyone else? Well, the Punisher is the hero for you! An angry Vietnam vet named Frank Castle gets some guns and makes it his mission to PERMANENTLY do away with the bad guys.

The Third arc is "Kitchen Irish". This time the same mix of previously mentioned elements combine into a tale about two British operatives working with Frank to bring to justice some IRA terrorists that set off a bomb in Hells Kitchen. A really interesting and dark tale that works well with the addition of the British operatives working next to Frank. This book is split into three stories-BORN, IN THE BEGINNING, and KITCHEN IRISH. The first story, BORN was more of an origin story about Frank Castle in Vietnam and how he made a deal with the what I am assuming is Death A.K.A. The Grim Reaper to keep fighting "a war that never ends". And I think that's interesting that Ennis introduced some degree of a supernatural aspect to this. That's why he wears that skull on his chest. And it was important to tell that story. The first story is a blast. Compared to the other stories, it’s good natured, lighthearted fun. Frank takes on the 1%. There are sharks involved. And lots of blood.While the post-Ennis MAX books I originally shunned for... well, not being by Ennis, turned out to be decent, the final collection (entirely written by Jason Aaron) actually reached Ennis heights once more! Punisher: The Complete Collection Vol. 7 collects PunisherMAX issues 1-22 written by Jason Aaron with art by Steve Dillon. This is a review for Ennis' entire Punisher MAX series. I won't cover future volumes individually, because of time restraints* A collection of stand alone stories that involve the Punisher. Staying true to character, most of the stories involve some version of crime with the Punisher dealing out the consequences.