Punisher MAX (Ennis #1-60) Discussion *Spoilers*

[Victor Von Doom]

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I thought I joined the club when I read "Up is Down and Black is White"?

Uhhhhh..........its a new club for every arc you finish? :? Yeah....that's the ticket. For every arc you complete--you move up a rank in the club and are shown it's inner secrets. Yeah....that'll do.

Boo-yah!!! Good save!!! Go retcon!!! :lol:

Anyway, I'm half way through "Kitchen Irish". Maginty is a big scary ****.

Maginty is a member of Ultimate Defenders compared to Barracuda. I'm telling you....the book only gets better. You might not like "Mother Russia"...but it picks up again right after that!!! :rockon:

 

[ProjectX2]

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Ice and TGO say Mother Russia is their favourite arc.

 

[ProjectX2]

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Just finished Kitchen Irish. It was cool, and the art was pretty good as well. I still liked In The Beginning more, though.

I knew the chest was either going to contain a bomb or perhaps Nesbitt's head or something, and then it would have turned out the Houdini guy was behind it all. But it was a bomb. It was still awesome though.

On to Mother Russia.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

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Ice and TGO say Mother Russia is their favourite arc.

They know nothing!!! "Slavers" is everyone's favorite. :lol:



Actually---"Mother Russia" is still damn superb. Not my favorite arc...but still so much more better than a lot of stuff out there.

 

[moonmaster]

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I picked up "Up Is Down and Black Is White", today. I'm reading it tonight.

Here are my Punisher MAX plans as of now: I'll try to get "The Slavers" whenever I can. "Barracuda" will be out in a few months and I plan to get it, but I think I'll start getting it monthly with the next arc (I believe it begins in September. I'll have to check.) and pick up "Barracuda" later.

 

[Ice]

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Yes, the next arc begins in September with not one, but TWO issues!

 

[ProjectX2]

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I forgot to post that I caught up to Punisher MAX. It's fun. I prefer the first three arcs more, though.

Plus, I read The Cell and Born. They were pretty good as well. Ennis was born to write The Punisher.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

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I forgot to post that I caught up to Punisher MAX. It's fun. I prefer the first three arcs more, though.

Plus, I read The Cell and Born. They were pretty good as well. Ennis was born to write The Punisher.

You gotta find "The Tyger" too. Probably one of the best written one-shots to date.

 

[moonmaster]

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You gotta find "The Tyger" too. Probably one of the best written one-shots to date.

They're putting all the one-shots into a trade.

 

[ProjectX2]

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They're putting all the one-shots into a trade.

Hardcover, I think.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

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Hardcover, I think.

Yeah...HC.

Punisher MAX One-Shot Collection

 

[moonmaster]

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"Up Is Down and Black Is White" may be my new favorite arc. Nicky is sick. The worst thing about him is how he's so ****ed-up, yet he seems so polite and charming sometimes. It was great to see so many characters come back and the series to tie itself together so nicely. The Punisher was badass as usual: His one night killing spree, taking out Rawlins eye, and what he did to Nicky. It was nice to see the Punisher finally get some action. He deserves it. My favorite scene was probably Frank and O'Brien fighting Teresa. Brutal beyond belief.

 

[E]

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"Up Is Down and Black Is White" may be my new favorite arc. Nicky is sick. The worst thing about him is how he's so ****ed-up, yet he seems so polite and charming sometimes. It was great to see so many characters come back and the series to tie itself together so nicely. The Punisher was badass as usual: His one night killing spree, taking out Rawlins eye, and what he did to Nicky. It was nice to see the Punisher finally get some action. He deserves it. My favorite scene was probably Frank and O'Brien fighting Teresa. Brutal beyond belief.

TOG liked it because Nicky was shtooping his own aunt.

He's weird like that. TOG, I mean.

 

[thee great one]

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TOG liked it because Nicky was shtooping his own aunt.

He's weird like that. TOG, I mean.

What can I say?

 

[moonmaster]

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TOG liked it because Nicky was shtooping his own aunt.

He's weird like that. TOG, I mean.

Makes sense.

And plus, TOG likes 'em big, and they don't come no bigger than "Auntie Mo'".

 

[nigma]

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"Up Is Down and Black Is White" may be my new favorite arc. Nicky is sick. The worst thing about him is how he's so ****ed-up, yet he seems so polite and charming sometimes. It was great to see so many characters come back and the series to tie itself together so nicely. The Punisher was badass as usual: His one night killing spree, taking out Rawlins eye, and what he did to Nicky. It was nice to see the Punisher finally get some action. He deserves it. My favorite scene was probably Frank and O'Brien fighting Teresa. Brutal beyond belief.

thats one of the reasons that its #2 on my list of must read trades..... the same themes are also in preacher........i don't know what Garth has it with gays and guns....but he makes it work.....

 

[moonmaster]

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thats one of the reasons that its #2 on my list of must read trades..... the same themes are also in preacher

Preacher is the ****.

........i don't know what Garth has it with gays and guns....but he makes it work.....

Gays and Guns=Good, Gays with Guns=GREAT.

 

[thee great one]

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I've read the first arc of Preacher. That stuff is gold.

 

[moonmaster]

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My addiction worsens. I got "The Slavers" today. I'm reading it tonight.

5 trades in about a month. Ridiculous. The only series I've collected faster is New X-Men. I got the first two trades of it as a Christmas present and after reading them, I immediately went out the next day and got the other three that were out at the time.

So now, I'm unofficially caught up. I haven't read "Barracuda", but there are too many issues at the moment to get so I'll have to wait for the trade in a few months. I'll start reading it monthly with "Man of Stone". I also plan to get the one-shots (either by finding them at my LCS or getting that damn expensive HC), and "Born".

Meanwhile, I've got two trades worth of "Authority: Revolution" to pick up before the new series launches.

 

[ProjectX2]

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"The Old Man"? Isn't the next arc "The Man of Stone"?

Born is great. The perfect origin to Frank Castle. The Cell is cool too.

And as you already know, Revolution rocks and I am currently waiting for my comic shop to order them in as well.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

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Hmmmm........#36 was kinda lackluster. Nothing too suprising. Not the best issue. But then again, with the exception of the character Barracuda, the arc was still great in itself, but it was the weakest arc thus far.

3.5/5

 

[moonmaster]

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"The Old Man"? Isn't the next arc "The Man of Stone"?

Yes it is. What the hell are you talking about?

 

[moonmaster]

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I had some extra cash today, so I picked up "The Tyger". Good stuff. It's great to see Frank Castle as a kid.

I love how Ennis has shaped the Punisher. Most comic book heroes (or anti-heroes) are made who they are by one single event. But in the real world, people's motivations come from a lifetime of experience and someone's "defining moment" may not be what you expect. The Punisher wasn't set on his path by the death of his family, or his time in Vietnam, or his experiences as a child. It's been a slow series of occurences. The Punisher may be the first "superhero" who's origin story encompasses his entire life.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

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I had some extra cash today, so I picked up "The Tyger". Good stuff. It's great to see Frank Castle as a kid.

I just reread all the one-shots and I have to say that "The Tyger" is officially my favorite of them all. More than "The Cell"....more than "The End". Had Tyger been a few issues longer....it would've beaten out "Born". I love it that much.

I love how Ennis has shaped the Punisher. Most comic book heroes (or anti-heroes) are made who they are by one single event. But in the real world, people's motivations come from a lifetime of experience and someone's "defining moment" may not be what you expect. The Punisher wasn't set on his path by the death of his family, or his time in Vietnam, or his experiences as a child. It's been a slow series of occurences. The Punisher may be the first "superhero" who's origin story encompasses his entire life.

Well put.

 

[E]

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I love how Ennis has shaped the Punisher. Most comic book heroes (or anti-heroes) are made who they are by one single event. But in the real world, people's motivations come from a lifetime of experience and someone's "defining moment" may not be what you expect. The Punisher wasn't set on his path by the death of his family, or his time in Vietnam, or his experiences as a child. It's been a slow series of occurences. The Punisher may be the first "superhero" who's origin story encompasses his entire life.

Well put - I think that is also how they've been writing Daredevil. I don't think it's a coincidence that those are Marvel's 2 best books.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

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Baxter sent this to me from another site that has a bunch of mockeries of comics.......

Funny stuff....:lol:

 

[moonmaster]

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Baxter sent this to me from another site that has a bunch of mockeries of comics.......

Funny stuff....:lol:

NOOOO!!! Not the Eskimos!

 

[E]

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NOOOO!!! Not the Eskimos!

If Frank Castle says Eskimos need to be punished, then dammit, Eskimos need to be punished.

Never trusted those ****ers anyway.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

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If Frank Castle says Eskimos need to be punished, then dammit, Eskimos need to be punished.

Never trusted those ****ers anyway.

Exactly. Those seal-clubbers need to be tought a lesson.


Up next.........those filthy gypsies.

 

[thee great one]

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"Let's rub noses like the eski.."

"Rub this"

*Sticks shotgun in face*

BOOM!




I read the final issue to Barracuda. It was good and different. But this was easy the worst arc yet.