New Punisher title sets up "transformative experience" for Frank Castle with "meaningful" changes
Marvel Comics executive editor Tom Brevoort is laying out lofty goals for Jason Aaron, Jesus Saiz, and Paul Azaceta's upcoming Punisher limited series which puts Frank Castle under the command of ninja criminals the Hand, comparing the upcoming story to Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli's landmark story Daredevil: Born Again, which redefined Matt Murdock's place in the Marvel Universe.
"The best way I've been able to describe it to people so that they can understand what it is, we set out to craft a story that was, to Frank Castle, sort of what 'Born Again' was to Daredevil," Brevoort states in an interview with Forbidden Planet TV.
Brevoort goes on to describe the new Punisher series as a "transformative experience" that will "redefine and change Frank Castle in very meaningful ways."
Here's video of the interview, queued to the relevant portion, which starts around the 5:07 mark:
Brevoort's description echoes series writer Jason Aaron's previous statements on the title.
"This story is the destined next step in the dark and tragic evolution of Frank Castle, from troubled kid to heroic soldier to revenge-driven vigilante…to the duly anointed King of Killers. Believe me when I say, I am as excited about this story as anything I’ve ever written for Marvel." Aaron stated at the time of the title's announcement, with Marvel editor-in-chief CB Cebulski also promising the "inevitable evolution" of the controversial character in the story.
What might that evolution look like? Well, it may have something to do with moving him away from his murderous methods as a gun-toting vigilante bearing a symbol of death on his chest.
Punisher's logo, which undergoes a change in the new title (however long the new version may last), has
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