Punisher #11 frames the climax for one of the oddest Punisher series ever delivered and it tees up something shocking, ugly and darkly funny as Frank does battle with an idiosyncratic collection of Avengers. Read Full Review

Punisher #11 continues this twisted, psychotic retcon of Frank Castle and places another unique caveat on the day of his "origin that's been left out of his backstory to date. It does provide a unique wrinkle that truthfully makes sense given the new information laid out by Aaron. However, I've said it in other reviews and I'll say it again, this retcon changes the character drastically. Not just in the short term but forever. The way fans look at the character and what he stands for are permanently changed. For better or worse that's still to be decided. Read Full Review

Punisher #11 is a surprisingly deep and emotional issue wherein Frank desperately tries (and fails) to save a marriage that's already collapsed. The writing here is some of the best we've seen from Aaron in a long time, and the cliffhanger will leave you guessing. Read Full Review

The Maria work here is great. She's actually the star of this series. Which then adds a layer to Frank that quite frankly has been needed.

This had a big twist I wasn't expecting after Maria seemed to embrace The Hand. However, I should have seen it coming, as I don't think Maria's going to be staying alive past the end of this series. As for the rest of the book, I really enjoyed all of the flashbacks and I found Frank's battle with the heroes to be very entertaining. This has been a fantastic run so far and all I can say is that I hope the team sticks the landing with Issue 12.

Sigh. This series has the makings of one of the greatest punisher stories ever told but it jussst doesn't quite get there. Overall it's been really good with just a few hiccups along the way and I think if Aaron had written this ten years ago he would have nailed it. This is where we get the pay off with Maria and I wanted to love it but it was luke warm for me. The best way I can describe it is I was expecting Pizza Hut and got Digiorno instead. Still good frozen za but not restaurant quality.

I'm still not a fan of Frank Castle being a shitty Dad, a shitty husband, and having superpowers, but there is something to this run by Aaron. I love the present-day artwork and the residual bullet holes in Maria's face and body. I don't like that she was asking for a divorce when the attack happened. This changes cannon. They were happy in the original story on that day. I like the battle with the Avengers and the ending of this issue. People say that this is their favorite run of the Punisher, but I still like the story about his training the female Punisher and the story about him in the Stark-tech armor better.

It's written well enough, like most of J. Aaron's writing. But there's something about this run, I don't really like. I can't put my finger on it, but there's something there. Plus, in this issue, the punisher looked like wonder man.

This run disappoints everyone who wants to look for a Punisher story. This isn't a Punisher story. And it's not the "heavy metal skull", or the lack of guns in my opinion. It's really the flashbacks and how Jason Aaron is retconning Frank Castle origins.
Jason Aaron proved more than once he got a weird fixation with Frank and Maria marriage, or in this case, every time he got a chance to write a Punisher series, he always mention divorce. Don't know why this is so important to him, shattering the family man he always was and described since its creation.

This doesn't add anything to the Punisher story but it's an important story to shatter that image of a family man to a broken man, depressed with a weird childhood who couldn't adapt to his civilian life after the war.

The artwork was really good by Jesús Saiz and Paul Azaceta. Saiz really nailed the action scenes but it's always a shame to see wonderful talented artists who could shine with a proper Punisher run being "wasted" in this one.

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