Favorite Punisher moment: Ghostrider hits Frank with the Penance Stare, Punisher looks at 'Rider and says: "Your Penance Stare won't work on me, I KNOW what I am"! Savage and EPIC!
I am totally down for more Punisher Max. Garth Ennis is an amazing writing who know how write a dark story that means something and isn't just for the sake of being grimm.
this how Punisher was always meant to be...apocalypse now anyone, the dear hunter...man this storey is so well written, and the darkness of the art...oh boy, waited 43 years for this
What a dark and twisted past of Punisher. And a warning to us all: if you cross a line you put yourself, there is no turning back. There is no satisfaction or peace after, just endles cycle.
As somebody who can't afford comics right now, I'm down with you doing the MAX material, particularly this title and (hopefully in the future) Deadpool.
Drunk Sandwich you don't need to buy comics silly there is a website call read comics. Com you can read any comic there. It as easy as watching cartoons on kisscartoon.
You guys are harsh. Yeah, pirating comics is bad, support the creators, etc. But wow, my guys. He's reading comic books for free. Not shooting babies. Chill
Pretty much what Vietnam was, was a fruitless task. We put all our soldiers out there just because the other side ("good guys" of Vietnam) could supply us with something. "It's always over money son" is what my dad always says. We sacrificed so much for something we loss. So in a nutshell, that's the Vietnam war.
The voice in Frank's head is actually a demon named "Oliver" who's has a white skull for a face(which is where Frank subconsciously got the skull from) and he made a deal with Frank to keep the war going on forever. The only price was his family. This is shown in Punisher VOL 4 1998 ,issues 1-4(This is the first Marvel Knights series, please do a video on it).
MeThinks995 fans like you are beautiful. I never would have known that since the only Punisher comics I’ve read have been written by Garth Ennis. Outside of what’s in your comment, please recommend others.
It's actually "Olivier" that is actually the name of the demon which also has a human form named "Frank Costa" a mob boss responsible for killing Frank Castle's family in which it only happened since Frank Costa or Olivier is just collecting his payment for his agreement with Frank. And the payment is the life of Frank Castle's family.
There are theories out there that suggest that the voice in Frank's head is actually Ares, the god of war himself. When Frank basically allowed himself to just give in to the voice he became he's Herald. He's Avater of war, so to speak.
I love Jon Bernthal, and he killed the role, and I hope that he gets to reprise someday. Though am I the only one who sees it as a missed opportunity that Frank Grillo was cast as Crossbones instead of Punisher (only to be killed off in his second appearance)?
Watching this brings back memories of this and the entire Punisher Max series. Trying to tell friends how gritty and awesome that series man its just a comic series you have to read for yourself. Punisher vs Bullseye dynamic was crazy to say the least.
Love this take on the punisher. I hope they incorporate some of Garth Ennis writing inside his TV series. amazing work and I love everything that he writes.
I like how this story shows how much of a villian Frank is. Him sacrificing his general shows perfectly his flawed logic leading him to the idea that what he does is for the greater good when he is just as bad if not worse than the people he kills.
Rob, you pretty much got it right about Vietnam. Officers would get frag'd more than you'd think, but it was all a mess. In the words of a special forces captian, " we did everything to win the war but win the war" ( Vietnam the 10,000 day war)
Dude this was the fastest 20 minutes I've ever spent. Its a beautiful story and you're an incredible storyteller. Please keep the Punisher love going and keep these videos coming.
frankg586 you clearly have excellent taste. A close friend of mine enjoy trying work out which is the superior work: THE BOYS or PREACHER. We’re friends now.
As a guy who never was never into comics. But listened to my dudes talk about them. Thanks. You're one of my fav channels right now. Keep being awesome
I always thought Born would've been perfect for Marvel to do as an adult orientation animated film like DC's more recent pg-13 and R rated animated films.
Rob... ROB! If you do Punisher MAX you've got to do The Tyger. It's only a one-shot but it elaborates even further on the Punisher's origins by covering an event during Frank's childhood that, didn't make him Punisher proper , but planted the seed that would lead him on that road. And man it's fucking great. If you loved the monologues Ennis wrote in the Punisher, you're not going to be disapointed.
I have to disagree Rob. The best Punisher would've been Frank Grillo. If you have any doubts, his role in Purge: Anarchy showed his range. The badass nature of how he took out those people. And the ending, oh man, the ending when he wants to kill the guy. John is a good at cold crazy dudes but he muddles his lines to a grumble often.
Several pages of this comic were used as the "flashback cutaways" in the Punisher video game. "There's gonna be an ambush! ambush...ambush..." "I was only following orders...orders...orders..." Such memories, much fun. Wow.
The Voice talking to him is probably Death personified ,plain and simple. And for the dedicated Garth Ennis reader, it would be even interpreted as the Voice being God himself which I find more accurate. But that is a conversation for another time. Your channel shows the love of the original material and it is great that you take one step further to dive into the psychology of our characters.What Aaron Johnson did with Punisher though, was a shameful act. He imitated the Garth Ennis writing but transformed Punisher to a depressed figure, what Marvel's suits wanted to make out of him in the end,the same suits who run things in the Barracuda story arc, all that arrogance and misplaced pride derived from the most moisty corners of the human heart.The suits offered him a shameful and uneven death at the hands of the Kingpin who was also lamely written. But that is a story for another day. It is a shame they forced Frank Castle's death but what is more shameful is image of frank having written things such as "I AM SORRY" with his on blood on the wall of his old family home. I have a dream of Garth Ennis returning to finish the Punisher Max as it should have been (although it is even more stupid the fact that the Punisher in the MAX universe dies two times, one in the PUNISHER THE END STORY ARC and the other in the Aaron Conclusive Punisher Max story arc with the worst realistic depictions of Bullseye , Electra and Kingpin to ever set foot in the marvel universe, like a bad scripted low budget superhoero movie directed by someone who his last project was to direct schoolplays. Anyway, RIP Steve Dillon, even if you are not around anywhere in this video ...RIP
i love both charactes. but i always admire Rorschach more because unlike Frank Castle, Rorschach has no physical advantages like Frank in the comics. Rorschach doesnt have any military or combat experience like Frank. Rorschach is just a small guy.
The Devil? You mean Mephisto? Maybe, but his motivation is more about corruption, not destruction. In my own head canon, it was Ares, The God Of War, who offered Frank the deal. It would explain his miraculous recovery from damage, as well as his youthful longevity. Vietnam 1974 to today, he was born in 1950, so the most recent Punisher comic is about a 69 year old man who has been fighting for 45 years. Damn, he looks good for a senior citizen.
No longer. Ever since Ennis' run he became a straight up Villain. Marvel's best in fact. It's naive to think of him as otherwise. Considering he has a higher bodycount than most of Marvel's Supervillains combined (in the thousands).
Him being a hero or not is subjective, to me he's a anti-hero, a soldier, fuck those villains, to others he's an hero or a villain. It's not because you say that he is a villain that you're right.
I have read that BORN for Punisher Comic but I never understood it well, thanks for clearing it up but it feels kind of creepy honestly knowing that becauae Frank said Yes it would be the outcome of his life.
Lol sorry for trolling you but the Yeah Spider-Man!! is so funny to me because they actually got someone else to play Rob from ComicsExplained in the MCU. hahaha it's so great to know you exist in the MCU lol
You're saying that guy in the movie is supposed to be Rob from ComicsExplained but played by a different actor? Is there anywhere I can see evidence of this besides the hypothesis cooked up by your brain? Lol...
I think you did an excellent job with this summary and synopsis. However, I can not help but point out a section of "Punisher: Born" that you skipped over which I found to be invaluable to the story and the themes and messages it evoked, and that is the opening narrative to the final chapter "The Last Day" : “There is a Great Beast loose in the world of men. It awoke in dark times to fight a terrible enemy. It stormed through Europe, across the Pacific, and crushed the evil it found there underfoot. But when it was victorious, when the crooked cross and the rising sun were done with, the Great Beast’s keepers found that it would not go back to sleep. The Beast has many heads, and on its heads are written names: Lockheed. Bell. Monsanto. Dow. Grumman. Colt. And many more. And they are very, very hungry. So the Great Beast must be fed: and every generation our country goes to war to do just that. A war for war’s sake, usually. And one that could have been avoided. But there must be blood, in extraordinary quantities, and whether it is foreign or American is of no consequence at all. And so, today, at Firebase Valley Forge, our turn has finally arrived. Today is the day we feed the Beast.” This small segment is what I believe to be the crucial piece to one of the novel's biggest questions: Who/what exactly is the mysterious disembodied voice that talks to Frank? Well, it just seems for too logical to conclude that the voice is the voice of this Great Beast. This Great Beast is of course an analogy for the gargantuan profit machine that is the US Military Industrial Complex. This entity was one of the primary motivators and enablers for the Vietnam conflict because its owners knew it was an opportunity to rake in immense profits for themselves, and they make sure that this vicious cycle of making money off bloodshed NEVER stops for the sake of maintaining their businesses. This is something that Frank Castle touches up on in the Punisher comic "In the Beginning" when he turns down the offer Micro gives him to work for the CIA to hunt down individuals the government deems as "terrorists": "Fighting for the people who run the world gets you stabbed in the back. You fight the wars they start and feed. You kill the monsters they create. You die from handling depleted uranium while they get rich on oil. I'm not going back to war so Colt can sell another million M-16s. I had enough of that in Vietnam."
The best theory I've heard about the Voice that was speaking to him in Punisher MAX: Born was that it was an Archangel. During one of the runs of The Punisher he ends up basically becoming Heaven's Hitman, which ties in nicely with why it is that The Punisher can basically win any fight/doesn't die from his wounds/etc. He's being protected by Heaven, but he doesn't know it, because as the voice says - He won't remember their little chats after their last one.
Better get started on that Punisher series Rob you'll find there's not many who dislike the Punisher, plus with you undertaking the titles make it's match made in heaven
@@kuunt6065 maybe theres this demon called “oliver” He used his powers to locate Frank Castle, in the Vietnam War. Every person Castle killed from that moment would have travelled to a portion of hell where his army could amass. To increase his numbers further he had Castle’s family murdered by the mob as this would have led him to seek revenge as the Punisher. So apparently this demon was kicked out of hell and wanted revenge so he made castle into an even deadlier killing machine to amass souls in hell for his army.
That general should have known you don't salute in theater, that's a good way to get your command killed cause snipers will pick the men that get saluted off.
Remember when Punisher punched a polar bear? Good times...
Markku Siirtola more punisher max pls!
The Marvel Knights run was pretty great. His "team up" with Spider-Man was hilarious.
Markku Siirtola
Remember when Punisher was a substitute teacher?
Good times...
Remember when Punisher became black and then white again? Good times...
Remember when Punisher killed his resurrected family so nobody could use them against him? Good times...
Favorite Punisher moment: Ghostrider hits Frank with the Penance Stare, Punisher looks at 'Rider and says: "Your Penance Stare won't work on me, I KNOW what I am"! Savage and EPIC!
more like he said "i regret nothing"
this makes cosmic ghost rider so cool
@@neoz8913 how does his one of his powers failing hard asf make him cool?
@@BigBeerus because cosmic ghost rider is Frank Castle
What comic is this
Cotton: “I killed fiddy men.”
Frank: “Hold my beer.”
Glad I came across this beautiful comment.
😂
Frank:... That's it?
HAH
I like to think Rob says that intro fresh every single time. No recording, just a straight new take.
Suzanne Redding outro also
Joe! TOTALLY! I always wait that beat for "Peace".
Suzanne Redding same here!
Suzanne likes to think.
I like to read.
More PUNISHER MAX!!!! WOOOOOOO!!! I love the grit and the darker themes please please please do more videos.
Bill Montgomery well that's fine guess I'll drop the dough, and I guess it'll give him more room for other stuff.
Bill Montgomery he is testing it out, if the views aren't there he won't.
Yeah Punisher! easily one of Marvel's best characters. Can't wait to see that Netflix series.
Haha
About that.
He's not even close to being one of Marvel's best characters. Lol
@@bradydavis5791 why?
@@bradydavis5791 howwwwww
Frank being Frank is one of the best things to grace the pages of a comic book.
I am totally down for more Punisher Max.
Garth Ennis is an amazing writing who know how write a dark story that means something and isn't just for the sake of being grimm.
yeah i luv punisher max and the garth ennis knows how to make the real punisher.
this how Punisher was always meant to be...apocalypse now anyone, the dear hunter...man this storey is so well written, and the darkness of the art...oh boy, waited 43 years for this
Was that a postal reference?
the 'Yes.' scene, all that inferno on the hill, is still one of the strongest pictures out there. Great job covering this
We're gonna cover Punisher Ma- *hits like button*
Dorian Bermudez punches the like button
*Punishes like button*
Nick Clark dont you mean punishes teens.com? Wait...just forget i said that.
What a dark and twisted past of Punisher. And a warning to us all: if you cross a line you put yourself, there is no turning back. There is no satisfaction or peace after, just endles cycle.
Andrej Telisman Alternate universe
*The Virgin Batman vs THE CHAD PUNISHER*
As somebody who can't afford comics right now, I'm down with you doing the MAX material, particularly this title and (hopefully in the future) Deadpool.
Drunk Sandwich you don't need to buy comics silly there is a website call read comics. Com you can read any comic there. It as easy as watching cartoons on kisscartoon.
Watching RUclips until you can afford to *Support The Industry* is fair enough, not just being some lowlife freeloader.
AnthonyPotato 125 You sound like a bitch stfu lmao I read free comics all the time bc why spend money when there's free comic
You guys are harsh. Yeah, pirating comics is bad, support the creators, etc. But wow, my guys. He's reading comic books for free. Not shooting babies. Chill
Each Punisher MAX:Complete Collection book is $20-$27 off amazon
Pretty much what Vietnam was, was a fruitless task. We put all our soldiers out there just because the other side ("good guys" of Vietnam) could supply us with something. "It's always over money son" is what my dad always says. We sacrificed so much for something we loss. So in a nutshell, that's the Vietnam war.
MaMusical Death Was your dad a Vietnam veteran?
Please cover the rest of Punisher MAX, please give us more Punisher content.
Yess do more, I loved The Punisher in Daredevil!!
hey Rob can u do more Punisher Videos
This.
The Legendary Turtle hell yes
lol
Yeah baby...
What if the Punisher had the Infinity Gauntlet or was imbued with the Power Cosmic.. Would be insane
One batch...Lalalalaaaa...Two batch...Lalalalaaaa... Penny and dime.
The voice in Frank's head is actually a demon named "Oliver" who's has a white skull for a face(which is where Frank subconsciously got the skull from) and he made a deal with Frank to keep the war going on forever. The only price was his family. This is shown in Punisher VOL 4 1998 ,issues 1-4(This is the first Marvel Knights series, please do a video on it).
MeThinks995 fans like you are beautiful. I never would have known that since the only Punisher comics I’ve read have been written by Garth Ennis. Outside of what’s in your comment, please recommend others.
and here i thought he may have been talking to mistress death lol thanks for the info
It's actually "Olivier" that is actually the name of the demon which also has a human form named "Frank Costa" a mob boss responsible for killing Frank Castle's family in which it only happened since Frank Costa or Olivier is just collecting his payment for his agreement with Frank. And the payment is the life of Frank Castle's family.
There are theories out there that suggest that the voice in Frank's head is actually Ares, the god of war himself. When Frank basically allowed himself to just give in to the voice he became he's Herald. He's Avater of war, so to speak.
Ok thanks
I love Jon Bernthal, and he killed the role, and I hope that he gets to reprise someday. Though am I the only one who sees it as a missed opportunity that Frank Grillo was cast as Crossbones instead of Punisher (only to be killed off in his second appearance)?
I always hoped for frank Grillo as punisher
Nah he too small
No
*_Punisher are really the only comic books I read anymore. Punisher Max, is pretty much the best Punisher in ages too._*
Watching this brings back memories of this and the entire Punisher Max series. Trying to tell friends how gritty and awesome that series man its just a comic series you have to read for yourself. Punisher vs Bullseye dynamic was crazy to say the least.
Love this take on the punisher. I hope they incorporate some of Garth Ennis writing inside his TV series. amazing work and I love everything that he writes.
I like how this story shows how much of a villian Frank is. Him sacrificing his general shows perfectly his flawed logic leading him to the idea that what he does is for the greater good when he is just as bad if not worse than the people he kills.
Blinking Zero You do know this alternate universe right?
The punisher becoming Ghost rider would be the most epic Comic i would ever read
ekpere omenuko so how do you like the actual series now?
ekpere omenuko your in luck there's a story that was released recently where the punisher became the cosmic ghost Rider!!!!
Rob, you pretty much got it right about Vietnam. Officers would get frag'd more than you'd think, but it was all a mess. In the words of a special forces captian, " we did everything to win the war but win the war" ( Vietnam the 10,000 day war)
Dude this was the fastest 20 minutes I've ever spent. Its a beautiful story and you're an incredible storyteller. Please keep the Punisher love going and keep these videos coming.
And then Punisher gets the War Machine suit...
Which while cool in concept, really seems silly when you have this masterpiece behind it.
Do the entire Garth Ennis run!!
frankg586 you clearly have excellent taste. A close friend of mine enjoy trying work out which is the superior work: THE BOYS or PREACHER. We’re friends now.
Please continue this series, this is like infinitely better than any other story your covering right now, PUNISHER FOR THE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a guy who never was never into comics. But listened to my dudes talk about them. Thanks. You're one of my fav channels right now. Keep being awesome
I always thought Born would've been perfect for Marvel to do as an adult orientation animated film like DC's more recent pg-13 and R rated animated films.
Rob... ROB! If you do Punisher MAX you've got to do The Tyger. It's only a one-shot but it elaborates even further on the Punisher's origins by covering an event during Frank's childhood that, didn't make him Punisher proper , but planted the seed that would lead him on that road. And man it's fucking great. If you loved the monologues Ennis wrote in the Punisher, you're not going to be disapointed.
"A war that lasts forever, a war that never ends. But you have to say the word Frank!!"
.....yes.
I remember reading this it made perfect sense Garth Ennis and Greg Rucka have the best Punisher runs
I like to think to voice speaking to Frank Castle is Lady Death.
I think its Aries god of war think about it
Punisher is a straight up beast!
joeherb ill beat him
@@Emilianoo8 ha! Keep dreaming
Somebody's gonna become one eyed...
PLEASE DO MORE PUNISHER MAX!!!!!
I have to disagree Rob. The best Punisher would've been Frank Grillo. If you have any doubts, his role in Purge: Anarchy showed his range. The badass nature of how he took out those people. And the ending, oh man, the ending when he wants to kill the guy. John is a good at cold crazy dudes but he muddles his lines to a grumble often.
That's supposed to be part of his character
I'm willing to bet that Rob has already watched Avengers: Infinity War even though it's not even out yet
Jack Parkson MCU best thing to come out of DC rebirth
probably not cause i doubt its anywhere finished yet
Several pages of this comic were used as the "flashback cutaways" in the Punisher video game.
"There's gonna be an ambush! ambush...ambush..."
"I was only following orders...orders...orders..."
Such memories, much fun. Wow.
im so excited that youre doing this story arc finally
Yes more Punisher Max pleaseeeeeee
The Voice talking to him is probably Death personified ,plain and simple. And for the dedicated Garth Ennis reader, it would be even interpreted as the Voice being God himself which I find more accurate. But that is a conversation for another time. Your channel shows the love of the original material and it is great that you take one step further to dive into the psychology of our characters.What Aaron Johnson did with Punisher though, was a shameful act. He imitated the Garth Ennis writing but transformed Punisher to a depressed figure, what Marvel's suits wanted to make out of him in the end,the same suits who run things in the Barracuda story arc, all that arrogance and misplaced pride derived from the most moisty corners of the human heart.The suits offered him a shameful and uneven death at the hands of the Kingpin who was also lamely written. But that is a story for another day. It is a shame they forced Frank Castle's death but what is more shameful is image of frank having written things such as "I AM SORRY" with his on blood on the wall of his old family home. I have a dream of Garth Ennis returning to finish the Punisher Max as it should have been (although it is even more stupid the fact that the Punisher in the MAX universe dies two times, one in the PUNISHER THE END STORY ARC and the other in the Aaron Conclusive Punisher Max story arc with the worst realistic depictions of Bullseye , Electra and Kingpin to ever set foot in the marvel universe, like a bad scripted low budget superhoero movie directed by someone who his last project was to direct schoolplays. Anyway, RIP Steve Dillon, even if you are not around anywhere in this video ...RIP
Jason Aaron
Love your format, like chilling with you talking comic lore as i smoke up
Yes finally! Getting into some Punisher MAX
"He will find you, and he will kill you.." Great line Rob. Huge fan. proud Robcorps
I was hoping you'd tackle Punisher MAX!!
He'd get along with Rorschach
He'd waste Rorschach in a heartbeat, just like he wasted The Holy, Mr Payback and Elite. He'd see no difference.
Trent Lesnar well Frank still has friends so unless he posed a threat they’re essentially perfect for each other
i love both charactes. but i always admire Rorschach more because unlike Frank Castle, Rorschach has no physical advantages like Frank in the comics. Rorschach doesnt have any military or combat experience like Frank. Rorschach is just a small guy.
So true
Rorschach is a racist, fascist, alt right homophobic guy. Frank is none of those.
The Devil? You mean Mephisto? Maybe, but his motivation is more about corruption, not destruction. In my own head canon, it was Ares, The God Of War, who offered Frank the deal. It would explain his miraculous recovery from damage, as well as his youthful longevity. Vietnam 1974 to today, he was born in 1950, so the most recent Punisher comic is about a 69 year old man who has been fighting for 45 years. Damn, he looks good for a senior citizen.
Devil and mephisto aren't the same. stop acting like you know wassup and read sum.
Ares makes sense
Now all I have to do is get a job at Marvel, work my way up to Editor-In-Chief and make my fan theory a reality.@@fwmurnau758
Punisher is an anti hero not a villain
No longer. Ever since Ennis' run he became a straight up Villain. Marvel's best in fact. It's naive to think of him as otherwise. Considering he has a higher bodycount than most of Marvel's Supervillains combined (in the thousands).
can you elaborate plz
pious83 So? He's as simple as it gets. He kills bad, so he is good. Very violent good, but the most thorough good in Marvel nonetheless.
Him being a hero or not is subjective, to me he's a anti-hero, a soldier, fuck those villains, to others he's an hero or a villain. It's not because you say that he is a villain that you're right.
FuckYouGuy Being a hero is not subjective - the hell? If you're talking about hero is in general then you're wrong.
Rob, please do all the punisher comics. All of them!
Frank Castle: I did it because I wanted to punish him
Me: Roll credits lol
Awesome video! Please make more Garth Ennis Punisher videos. Thanks. :P
Excellent breakdown of the character. That end bit kinda makes me think of The Darkness' voice "bargaining" it's way into a host
I have read that BORN for Punisher Comic but I never understood it well, thanks for clearing it up but it feels kind of creepy honestly knowing that becauae Frank said Yes it would be the outcome of his life.
Let me tell you something mannnnnnnnn. Rob you're my number one resource for anything comics related. Your videos give me life.
Lol sorry for trolling you but the Yeah Spider-Man!! is so funny to me because they actually got someone else to play Rob from ComicsExplained in the MCU. hahaha it's so great to know you exist in the MCU lol
KJ Norlander wtf are you taking about
Joel Lorange you gotta see the new spider man movie to find out
I have seen the new Spider-Man movie and Rob is not there... Wtf is wrong with u kid
WolfRex lol he was the dude what yelled Yeah Spider-Man and then Yeah Iron Man hahahah next time they just need to cast Rob as himself
You're saying that guy in the movie is supposed to be Rob from ComicsExplained but played by a different actor? Is there anywhere I can see evidence of this besides the hypothesis cooked up by your brain? Lol...
I like your channel, man. Good Punisher video. I would like to see more of these.
Do Punisher MAX!!
What I really like about Frank is that even tho he kills any bad person there is still lines he dosent cross and I love that
YEEEEEES I LOVE YOU FOR DOING THOOOOOSE
(Also Will you continue walking dead?)
bloodwave 40 Please no more walking dead....
Media Addict I tought that him Doing the comics was fine helped to know what was going on even when I had no time to read the comics
Soprano crime family: He killed 16 Czechoslowakians. The guy's an interior decorator.
Gnucci crime family: Hold my Punisher.
Rob: "It's absolutely mind blowing"
*sees scene of guy getting his head blown off*
Please tell me you did that one on purpose
Punisher Max is the best. Amazing narrative and just beautiful layouts.
I think you did an excellent job with this summary and synopsis. However, I can not help but point out a section of "Punisher: Born" that you skipped over which I found to be invaluable to the story and the themes and messages it evoked, and that is the opening narrative to the final chapter "The Last Day" :
“There is a Great Beast loose in the world of men.
It awoke in dark times to fight a terrible enemy. It stormed through Europe, across the Pacific, and crushed the evil it found there underfoot. But when it was victorious, when the crooked cross and the rising sun were done with, the Great Beast’s keepers found that it would not go back to sleep.
The Beast has many heads, and on its heads are written names: Lockheed. Bell. Monsanto. Dow. Grumman. Colt. And many more.
And they are very, very hungry.
So the Great Beast must be fed: and every generation our country goes to war to do just that.
A war for war’s sake, usually. And one that could have been avoided. But there must be blood, in extraordinary quantities, and whether it is foreign or American is of no consequence at all.
And so, today, at Firebase Valley Forge, our turn has finally arrived.
Today is the day we feed the Beast.”
This small segment is what I believe to be the crucial piece to one of the novel's biggest questions: Who/what exactly is the mysterious disembodied voice that talks to Frank? Well, it just seems for too logical to conclude that the voice is the voice of this Great Beast. This Great Beast is of course an analogy for the gargantuan profit machine that is the US Military Industrial Complex. This entity was one of the primary motivators and enablers for the Vietnam conflict because its owners knew it was an opportunity to rake in immense profits for themselves, and they make sure that this vicious cycle of making money off bloodshed NEVER stops for the sake of maintaining their businesses. This is something that Frank Castle touches up on in the Punisher comic "In the Beginning" when he turns down the offer Micro gives him to work for the CIA to hunt down individuals the government deems as "terrorists": "Fighting for the people who run the world gets you stabbed in the back. You fight the wars they start and feed. You kill the monsters they create. You die from handling depleted uranium while they get rich on oil. I'm not going back to war so Colt can sell another million M-16s. I had enough of that in Vietnam."
The whole punisher max series is pretty awesome, dark, heavy, violent, and awesome!
Awesome I love punisher max
I've been waiting on this video my whole life. This is the beginning of an amazing set of videos
Please do the whole Max series!
Rob, you are the reason why i got back into comics again just your attitude and how you het all pumped up is just great
He's not a villain
yo punisher max is my absolute favorite run of almost any comic, thanks for hittin it up
I love the Punisher! I hate what Marvel did to him, but it's still one of my favorite characters
The best theory I've heard about the Voice that was speaking to him in Punisher MAX: Born was that it was an Archangel. During one of the runs of The Punisher he ends up basically becoming Heaven's Hitman, which ties in nicely with why it is that The Punisher can basically win any fight/doesn't die from his wounds/etc. He's being protected by Heaven, but he doesn't know it, because as the voice says - He won't remember their little chats after their last one.
no one talks about that or the mini series Purgatory either.
YESSSS PUNISHER MAX FINALLY!!! LETS HEAR IT ROB
Punisher Max is my all time favorite punisher series please do more of these!!!
frank castle is my favorite in all of marvel hands down..
Better get started on that Punisher series Rob you'll find there's not many who dislike the Punisher, plus with you undertaking the titles make it's match made in heaven
Has Mistress Death spoken to The Punisher Like she has spoken to Thanos?
No, the skull is just decoration, and his survivability and endurance are innate to him.
@@kuunt6065 maybe theres this demon called “oliver” He used his powers to locate Frank Castle, in the Vietnam War. Every person Castle killed from that moment would have travelled to a portion of hell where his army could amass. To increase his numbers further he had Castle’s family murdered by the mob as this would have led him to seek revenge as the Punisher. So apparently this demon was kicked out of hell and wanted revenge so he made castle into an even deadlier killing machine to amass souls in hell for his army.
@@kuunt6065 hell his skull looks a lot like a lot like Olivers face
Loved it keep up the content!
More Punisher Max!!! More!
That general should have known you don't salute in theater, that's a good way to get your command killed cause snipers will pick the men that get saluted off.
Rob corps.....let me tell you something man let me tell you something!!!! Thor ragnorock is the best thing coming out of marvel trailers right now!
History of Video Games I don't know what your talking about ;)
I loved the way you narrated this Rob.
#IdonthavenotificationsonImjustonRUclipsallthetimesquad
This was one of the best Punisher stories i ever read, right up there with Punisher: year one...
They picked the right actor to play The Punisher all the others were ass compared to this one, WORD!!
You "must" do more Punisher Max. Please
Hey ComicsExplained it could possibly be Lady Death speaking to him as well
I've been waiting for you to do Punisher Max for a long time! Keep doing these videos Rob, they're great!!!
Damn! I've been waiting for coverage on the Punisher MAX series, I've wanted to know more about this for years, and here it is.
Well, now to hope every day for the next Punisher video, this was amazing
Hope you continue even with edit on x rated content. awesome story
Thank you for covering this. I love the whole punisher max stort line, this was the best story it blew my mind when i read it
Yes do more punisher max
Pleeeeeeeaaaaaase do more Punisher videos!!!!!! He's hands down my favorite Marvel character
please do another punisher story
Punisher:Born is one of my favorite stories. You should do Punisher: The End.