The conclusion was worth it

It's okay, but could be better. Incredible Hulk: the End did a much better job with this concept. Surprisingly, Corben's art was really fitting, but it's still very funny at times.

Not the best issue to end the run... But it's sad that's it for Ennis on Punisher. At least he closed the last loose storyline here. Hm, I hope the following 15 issues are at least okay. I think I also need to check all the one-shots...

Ugh... I mean, yeah, this time the book excerpts are just pictures, which is at least not boring, but were they really needed here? What's their value? You remove them and what exactly does this comic lose? Without them the actual story piece feels a little bit too short... I don't know, it's an okay comic, but I really don't like the way this story arc is structured. The whole issue moves the story forward only slightly. more

This time the book parts were fine. But the whole comic is still just okay at best.

The pages from that book really slow the pace down. If I wanted to read some Vietnam war memoires, I would just do that. I'm here for the Punisher and I barely see any sense in these excerpts. Yeah, the reason for them was pretty much mentioned a few times, to show how that war could make a man like the Punisher. But there's already Born limited series which did a pretty good work of showing it already... The comic sections of these two issues are pretty boring and pointless either. The scene with Vietnam flashback was okay, but why was it here? Why do I need it? The dialogues of these generals are pretty pointless for the story overall too. I mean it's fine when not every single piece of dialogue is important, but they better be interesting, at least... The scene where two guys got a look at the scene of one of the Punisher's rampages would work if it was the first issue of the series. But we saw Punisher in action so many times that it doesn't really work in any way and feels like something to make the story arc longer for the sake of it... I have a feeling the whole arc is goona be like that...

It feels especially dissapointing after such a blockbuster story arc with Barracuda previously... more

That was pretty boring overall.

The cover is super weird... But the comic was truly brutal...

It's insane how Barracuda survived and looks almost unscratched, but the final twist was worth it, I think... Also the issue got really deep into Frank's inner thoughts, which is good. The series lacks this even if we count only those issues where Frank actually was in.

But anyway, not a big fan of Chaykin, on some panels people have awful proportions. Not the best artist for the tone of the book, but not the worst one either. more

Insanely over the edge, but still epic.

Saved by a random woman again... Any time Punisher gets in a really desperate situation - there's a woman to come out of nowhere to save him. Today it would be called woke. But it's 2007 baby, let's gooooo!

It's funny she wasn't in the car hit by that rocket... And it's even funnier the Punisher bought it. But okay, of course he'll be fine and all 5 of the women will be wasted. Still might be entertaining.

It's a pretty weirdly structured comic... Just like in the previous issue, the Punisher appears only in the beginning. And the first two pages of the previous issue were leading to this. I kinda forgot that, because it was yesterday, so I needed to rewind lol... Also this storyline with a random black cop seemed pointless at first, but it was there only to lead to that one thought about the Punisher and connect it with what Punisher did in the beginning. So it's all connected and works well in the end, but still the structure was too unusual for my taste and for half of the issue I was sitting like "why the hell do I need this information?". The storyline of the five widows moved almost no step further in this issue too. Okay, only one step further actually. All in all, the comic isn't bad, but it could be better. Feels like a filler. more

An interesting idea, but it needs elaboration

I don't know, it's kinda dumb that O'Brien dies like this... And yet such things never happen to Frank. Ennis gave him a literal immunity to everything, he just comes almost absolutely unharmed out of any insane situation. Meh... There could be a better use for her character.

That's the spirit! Straight on to the dick torture. Man of stone indeed. Well, that Mother Russia story arc definitely needed a sequel. Now it's on US soil baby.

Okay, so Barracuda is pretty much just like the Russian. Another big tough guy. So far I think he lacks some interesting personality traits and any backstory... Feels like a one story arc only character now.