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Punisher
Marvel Comics fictional character
Punisher
The Punisher is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru, the character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 (cover dated February 1974) as an adversary of the superhero Spider-Man. Conway conceived the character using Don Pendleton's The Executioner book series and the pulp character The Shadow as primary inspirations. Introduced as a minor antagonist, the character proved unexpectedly popular and began making regular appearances throughout the 1970s. By the early 1990s he was popular enough to support four concurrent monthly series. His popularity declined through the mid-1990s, and writer Garth Ennis later revived interest in the character in the early 2000s, first under the Marvel Knights imprint and then under Marvel's mature-readers Max imprint. The Punisher is the vigilante identity of Francis G. "Frank" Castle, a Sicilian American veteran of the United States Marine...
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