What if The Punisher's family hadn't been killed? (from Marvel Comics What If #10)

Freeze punks! We travel back to the gritty New York of the 1970s with our first episode focusing on Frank Castle aka The Punisher! We discuss Frank's ultra violent origin story by Gerry Conway that sees his family gunned down to the mob before traveling to this week's alternate Earth where the Castle family survived (for a moment at least). We wrap up by exploring Jason Aaron's current revamp of The Punisher that sees Maria Castle raised from the dead. We also dive into the character's backstory (and the role Stan Lee may have played in naming him) plus the co-opting of The Punisher's iconic logo (co-designed by John Romita Sr.) and the steps Marvel has taken to reimagine Frank Castle in 2022.
Ep. 80 What if The Punisher's family hadn't been killed?
Earth-90200 (Marvel Comics), as seen in What If Vol. 2 #10

Reading List:
  • Amazing Spider-Man #129 (1974 Marvel Comics)
  • Marvel Preview #2 (1975 Marvel Comics)
  • What If #10 (1990 Marvel Comics)
  • Punisher #1 (2022 Marvel Comics)
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Guido
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Guido
working in education, background in public health, lover of: collecting, comics, games, antiques, ephemera, movies, music, activism, writing, and on + on...
Robert
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Robert
Queer Nerd for Horror, Rock N Roll and Comics (in that order). Co-Host of @dearwatchers a Marvel What If and Omniverse Podcast
What if The Punisher's family hadn't been killed? (from Marvel Comics What If #10)
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