Punisher #6

The artwork, tonally, feels very samey. You could sugarcoat this with the title “consistent”, but we're not sure it's the exact same. Sure, the colour palette should have plenty of similar colours for it to feel cohesive, but everything is very dull and bland. The characters don't express all too much, either. The dialogue is relied upon quite heavily to know what's going on – and that's fine – but that's what separates good art from great art. Read Full Review

This run doesn't seem to lost the "steam" and despite the action and the pace dropped significantly i maintained my attention to the comic, for moments when i finished reading the first time i was confused by that last page but then i read issue #5 and understood what happened. Read Full Review

Clunky dialog, poor plotting, and a serious lack of attitude hinder this title from standing shoulder to shoulder with its peers. While Dillon may carry the art chores in this issue, the same great artist can't cover up for all of the mistakes in Marvel's latest offering of Frank Castle. Read Full Review

Gizmo

Feb 11, 2017

This is the last issue that has Steve Dillon artwork from start to finish, he'll have a few more pages in the next issue. Most of the story is backstory for Punisher in some nondescript location in the Middle East. Is this to suggest that Frank was in Desert Storm or Iraq or something? We all know he's a Vietnam veteran, so has his origin been rebooted since Secret Wars or something? I don't understand and it is a bit of a 'screw you' to loyal Punisher readers to add superfluously to his backstory without giving more context, especially when it doesn't really add any further insight into Frank's character. What did Cloonan want us to take away from this, that Punisher wasn't always crazy? The final pages in the graveyard threw me off, but I do admit that they are cool. The cover is also sweet, I didn't see the skull in the flames before, but now that I do I can't get over how bitchin' that is. more