How does the new Punisher Joe Garrison compare to Frank Castle?

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There's a new Punisher in the Marvel Universe as of November 8's Punisher #1 - Joe Garrison. We've known his name for a little while, but not his full backstory, or how he came to take up the mantle left behind by Frank Castle. 

So what's the deal with Joe Garrison? How did he become the new Punisher, and how does his freshly unfolding saga relate to the story of his predecessor Frank Castle?

Now, we won't spoil all the beat-by-beat details of November 8's Punisher #1 by writer David Pepose, artist Dave Wachter, color artist Dan Brown, and letterer Cory Petit. But we will dig right into what makes Joe Garrison the heir to Frank Castle's brutal legacy of punishment.

Most of Punisher #1 revolves around Joe Garrison's quest for revenge for his dead family - a story that's not unfamiliar to classic Punisher fans. But rather than a chance killing like what happened to Frank Castle's wife and kids, Joe Garrison's family are the victims of a targeted attack.

The motive for the attack, in which their house explodes and only Joe survives, seems to come down to Joe's hidden history as a black-ops SHIELD assassin - a job that puts him alongside the likes of Black Widow and Winter Soldier in terms of his fighting skill and possibly even the amount of red in his ledger, as the saying goes. 

Joe's history as a former SHIELD assassin, who retired and settled down MCU Hawkeye style after SHIELD disbanded a few years ago, also gives him access to high-powered armaments through his Microchip-esque former spy handler Triple-A, which stands for Arms and Analysis (or, as she jokes, "Aiding And Abetting").

Joe's bag of tricks includes things like a portable railgun that penetrates armor, as well as tracking rounds, and his own "ballistic