Netflix Orders ‘The Punisher’ Spin-Off

I mean really who didn’t think this was gonna happen?

Jon Bernthal  absolutely slayed in his role of vengeful military veteran Frank Castle. The Punisher made his debut in season 2 as anti-hero who brought his own lethal form of justice to Hell’s Kitchen in contrast to that of the Daredevil.Writer and executive producer Steve Lightfoot (Hannibal, Casualty) will serve as show runner. Netflix and Marvel are expected to publicly announce the project later today.

When i first made my way back into comes, one of the first comics recommended to me was The Punisher Max series and The Marvel Knight series. I was blown away because i hadn’t know comics to have mature story lines at the time. I completely gobbled it up and spent many Wednesday picking up the trades and hardcovers. There so many story lines to chose from that  the possibilities are endless for the upcoming series.

These are my top three story lines that i would love to see Netflix make happen:

“Barracuda”: The Punisher (Max) Vol. 6.

Barracuda is one of the greatest foes to ever go toe to toe with Frank Castle and pushed him to his limits. Barracuda was just fucking brutal and didn’t give any fucks in what stood in his way to get to Frank. Much like Frank, this guy can take a licking and keep on ticking, nothing seems to stop him and is almost impervious to any sort of pain, if anything he thrives on it. Bringing his story line might be a bit to aggressive and violent to start off, but I can dream can’t I?

“Welcome Back, Frank”: The Punisher (Marvel Knights)

Lets right that wrong that was the The Punisher movie and lets use the source material the way Garth Ennis intend it to be. Despite her small stature, Ma Gnucchi was a force to be reckoned with. Ma was the matriarch of the Gnucci Crime Family sets off on a vendetta after Frank kills her sons as an example to let the underground world knows hes back in action.(sound familiar?) Though i have to admit that the ending of this story line was a bit crazy and probably wouldn’t make it to adaptation. I really don’t want spoil it but it involves Frank knocking out a polar bear at the Central Park Zoo.

“Homless” : The Punisher (Max)

Okay this one is completely doable for Netflix!!! Maybe not in the first season but maybe a season 3 after the Defenders movie. The Punisher is at his lowest point – homeless, penniless, gun-less. But that doesn’t him from going after Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin. At this point Kingpin is completely paranoid that someone is out to kill him and doesn’t trust anyone in his organization. So he decides outsource (how capitalist of him) a new bodyguard, Elektra.  Also involved in the story line is Kingpin’s wife Vanessa Fisk and really shows off how much of a force of nature she really is. we got a taste of it during the first season of Daredevil when she stands by her man the Kingpin. This story line written by Jason Aaron ends the Marvel Max run of The Punisher and does so in great fashion with a great twist ending.

Either way, any Punisher story line written by Garth Ennis or Jason Aaron is a can’t lose decision by the show runners. Can’t wait to see this come to fruition.