Written by Marv Wolfman
Co-plotted by George Pérez (New Teen Titans Annual #2)
Pencilled by George Pérez (New Teen Titans Annual #2), Keith Pollard (#1-3, 5), Don Newton (#4), Chuck Patton (#6-7), Ross Andru (#8-11)
Inked by Pablo Marcos (New Teen Titans Annual #2, Vigilante #2-4, 6), Dick Giordano (#1, 11), Romeo Tanghal (#5), Mike DeCarlo (#7-8), Tony Adkins (#9), Rick Magyar (#9-10)
Coloured by Adrienne Roy (New Teen Titans Annual #2), Anthony Tollin (#1-4), Tom Ziuko (#5-9), Tatjana Wood (#10-11)
Spoilers from thirty-six to thirty-seven years ago
I’ve never read any of the original Vigilante series, but I’ve always liked the covers. I’ve always dismissed this character as a knockoff of Marvel’s Punisher, although with an arguably better (and also more identifiably 80s) costume. I remember being intrigued when he was replaced with a female version somewhere towards the end of the first volume, but then I never read those comics either.
How Netflix Failed The Punisher
The Punisher should challenge audiences.
Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) seems like he should have been a much better fit on the Netflix streaming shows than in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. After all, the first seasons of
Daredevil and
Jessica Jones had demonstrated that Netflix could commit to a level of violence and a moral ambiguity befitting the complicated and controversial comic book character. Unfortunately, the character’s appearances in
Daredevil and
The Punisher demonstrated a curious lack of commitment.
The Punisher has a complicated legacy. American military and police units unironically appropriate his iconography. This is unsettling as those organizations
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Jon Bernthal, the star of Marvel s hit Netflix series The Punisher, slammed misguided and lost MAGA supporters who used the iconic hero s logo while rioting at the U.S. Capitol.
Bernthal s comments come after the skull logo was spotted on multiple rioters including the masked zip-tie man wearing the logo on the front of his flak jacket.
Fans of the comics and show ripped into the rioters, with one fan writing: No matter how many nut-jobs steal his logo, I ll still be a Punisher fan. They don t understand what it truly symbolizes. If they did, they wouldn t wear it. And I m not going to let them take it from me.
Neal Kirby, the son of Captain America co-creator Jack Kirby condemned the Capitol insurrectionists for wielding symbols of his father’s iconic hero in support of President Trump, a man he says holds vastly different values.
“While watching the horrific videos of the storming of the Capitol, I thought I noticed someone in a Trump/Capt. America t-shirt!” Kirby wrote in a statement obtained by CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I was appalled and mortified. These images are disgusting and disgraceful. Captain America is the absolute antithesis of Donald Trump.”
As Kirby wrote in his rebuke, Captain America was the brainchild of his dad and Joe Simon, “two Jewish guys from New York who hated Nazis and hated bullies.” Cap, whose real name is Steve Rogers, debuted in 1941 dealing a haymaker to Hitler. He has since served as a selfless symbol of American probity and a champion of the underdog. Kirby contends that Trump is something else entirely.