CBR: Remender Readies "FrankenCastle" for the Big Payback

[CBR News]

CBR spoke with writer Rick Remender about his plans for "Punisher," which morphs into "FrankenCastle" with issue #17 and sees the Punisher use his skills, weapons, and new undead physical form to get his revenge.


Full article here.

[John Zaleski]

i just hoped this was an arc :(

[KryptonSite]

"Mystical Punisher" didn't do too well with Marvel Knights and Frankencastle is not a direction I care for, now. I think ultimately it even damages the brand.

Sure there's Punisher Max, but I really liked having the real Punisher in-continuity.

Guess he'll be back with the inevitable Punisher Vol. 8 #1... (is that how many times the book's been restarted? He'd probably be at around #300 otherwise)

[CyberHubbs]

He'll be back to human form after the fight with Daken, I imagine. No point in using the Bloodstone to get back to normal if he wants to get his revenge and has the sturdier body to do just that at the moment.

Still, having a blast. Keep it comin'.

[ThunderWolf!!!]

Sounds great.Can't wait for Frank's Payback.

[riotgear]

"Mystical Punisher" didn't do too well with Marvel Knights and Frankencastle is not a direction I care for, now. I think ultimately it even damages the brand.

Sure there's Punisher Max, but I really liked having the real Punisher in-continuity.

Guess he'll be back with the inevitable Punisher Vol. 8 #1... (is that how many times the book's been restarted? He'd probably be at around #300 otherwise)

We're on volume 8 now. Crap.

[Gabe De Los Muertos]

They should have just made Frank the real angel of vengeance.

[Talkie Toaster]

I dropped this title after issue 11 because I hated the art, but I should probably give it a try again.

[Spidey616]

Hoping this means Stuart Clarke will be returning after what happened to him at the end of the Secret Invasion arc in the previous series.

[CMBMOOL]

Well I guess this proves that Dark Wolverine survives from it crossover with Wolverine Origins, but the question now is will Logan, the original Wolverine, be making an appearance with Frank after his son ?

[MikeM]

I wish Rick all the best with this series, but I am no longer getting it. Saying that Frank can't hang with the rest of the Marvel Universe because he is human is ridiculous. Hawkeye, Black Widow, Moon Knight, Bullseye, Black Knight Shang-Chi are all humans and they do just fine. Hell, they made Bullseye even scarier since he joined the Dark Avengers.

I might come back when Punisher returns to normal, but with the way I am dropping Marvel books, I somehow doubt it.

MikeM

[Red Lotus]

Well I guess this proves that Dark Wolverine survives from it crossover with Wolverine Origins, but the question now is will Logan, the original Wolverine, be making an appearance with Frank after his son ?

Yeah this does pretty much hint that Logan's little bastard is going to still be around.

[randomengine]

I love this! I may have to add it to my pull list now!

[Dorsai]

I enjoy Remender and Fear Agent is still one of my favorite books. But I'm not really enjoying Frakencastle. I can see why it would appeal to some but I was also disappointed to find out this wasn't just an arc. It looks like I will be jumping off.

[Brother Justin Crowe]

How the hell is this still going on? The first arc or so showed so much promise, but then...this.

Seriously. What the hell is going on here? How is this actually working for Marvel?

I'm never one against trying new ideas, but I am always against really stupid ideas. This is a really stupid idea.