Punisher #17

With the violent final showdown between Frank and a new enemy, we saw the kind of brutality we expect from the Punisher. The one thing I felt that could have improved the fight was more adversity placed on Frank. A few more injuries and handicaps just to show us he is the tough mother we know and love. Despite all odds, he keeps on kicking back. With a fitting conclusion to Becky Cloonan's exciting run, I dedicate this review to the memory of Steve Dillon. Read Full Review

Matt Horak's art continues to keep his own quality, I get the feeling the more he would've worked on this issue the better he would become. Read Full Review

DDJamesB

Oct 26, 2017

As cool as some of the moment are in this book, I feel like every issue of this run that involves Face has not been that exciting. I am glad its over and a new writer will be taking over. As with this issue, this whole run has been a little lackluster and while not horrible, not that great and a little cheesy. The art has been inconsistent since Dillon left, and thats another downfall of the run. This was not a high note ending for me and thus the grade.

Maria17♥

Nov 18, 2017

Miss Cloonan good luck and do not come back

CrazyforRAMU

May 07, 2018

Frank kills Face while a jackass with a camera and a tough actress follow him around. The final issue of Becky Cloonan's Punisher does a much better job answering the question "why did Marvel hand this title to a new creative team?" than it does of entertaining. Ms. Cloonan had a few good storytelling moments and her idea of treating Frank as the monster in a horror movie was promising, but she had a notable lack of good plot ideas and the decision to stretch her initial arc into 12 issues was epically bad. Resurrecting the least-interesting of the generally-uninteresting characters that arc introduced makes for a dull finale. Matt Horak caps it all off by doing a remarkable imitation of somebody frantically drawing his first-ever Punisher comic under a fill-in deadline. This is, in fact, his 10th Punisher comic, but he's getting booted before he ever managed to draw a good one. more