Victor Von Doom
Fist of teh Internets.
Ennis' run on Punisher MAX is the perfect example of continuity.
Each arc can, essentially, be read without having to go online and research previous characters and events. Early on each arc was pretty stand alone. All you needed to know was the basis of the Punisher character: "Family killed....one man war against all criminals." Simple.
A reader could jump Slavers arc to Kitchen Irish arc to 'Cuda arc without having to follow the standard "start with issue #1 and get caught up from there".
But at the same time, Ennis began to build on previous events from his stories and craft new stories that tied into one another. The intro of O'Brien in Vol.1 - In The Beginning and her being brought back during Up Is Down, Black Is White was brilliantly tied into Mother Russia and then into Man of Stone all while the events of Barracuda played into Long Cold Dark which brought back O'Brien as well as Yorkie from Kitchen Irish. Culminating in Ennis' Punisher swansong called Valley Forge, in which he tied in Born, In the Beginning, Kitchen Irish, Up Is Down Black Is White, Mother Russia, and Man of Stone. ]
His whole run is ****ing beautiful and the perfect example of how continuity, used properly, can enrichen a story.
Each arc can, essentially, be read without having to go online and research previous characters and events. Early on each arc was pretty stand alone. All you needed to know was the basis of the Punisher character: "Family killed....one man war against all criminals." Simple.
A reader could jump Slavers arc to Kitchen Irish arc to 'Cuda arc without having to follow the standard "start with issue #1 and get caught up from there".
But at the same time, Ennis began to build on previous events from his stories and craft new stories that tied into one another. The intro of O'Brien in Vol.1 - In The Beginning and her being brought back during Up Is Down, Black Is White was brilliantly tied into Mother Russia and then into Man of Stone all while the events of Barracuda played into Long Cold Dark which brought back O'Brien as well as Yorkie from Kitchen Irish. Culminating in Ennis' Punisher swansong called Valley Forge, in which he tied in Born, In the Beginning, Kitchen Irish, Up Is Down Black Is White, Mother Russia, and Man of Stone. ]
His whole run is ****ing beautiful and the perfect example of how continuity, used properly, can enrichen a story.