WHO IS JIGSAW?
Ever since his family was murdered, retired S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Joe Garrison has turned New York City upside down in his bloody search for answers. But now he's finally put all the pieces together...and what he's found could lead to all-out war. Alone and outgunned, Joe must push his deadly set of skills to their limit to stop the clandestine terror group known as JIGSAW - but even if he survives, can this all-new Punisher finally come to terms with his role as the Marvel Universe's most dangerous hero?
Rated T+
As schemes are thwarted and secrets are revealed, Punisher #4 marks the conclusion of a strong origin story. Pepose delivers on all fronts of the scripting, building a long-lasting, fresh spin for the Punisher that excels at action, character, and plot. Working in tandem with Watchers simple yet compelling art and Browns dynamic uses of color, the book reads as the best of Marvels various elements. With this new interpretation of the Punisher, the creative team proves that reinventing a character and establishing a changing mantle can spark just as much fun as it invokes ire. Action fans and those searching for something a unique spin on Marvel need to look no further than Punisher #1-4, which delivers consistently on all fronts. Read Full Review
With that, one head of the Jigsaw snake is down, but the reader quickly realizes like there are many many more out there. Read Full Review
Punisher #4 concludes by making us want more. Seeing it end so early is devastating, as it was an exhilarating adventure for the new Punisher. The four issues could be a taster of what these characters offer Read Full Review
Series artist Dave Wachter take the ball and runs with it too, delivering clean action and fun moments that deliver the kind of wackiness you can only expect from turning the page of a comic book. Read Full Review
Plot
Joe Garrison confronts the Jigsaw organization when the latter attacks a peace meeting between two countries Symkaria and Bagalia using Fearmaster's gas.
Joe confronts the agitated and angry diplomats thanks to Fearmaster's gas, for which he uses some cool electric nunchucks.
Meanwhile Triple A is kidnapped by the Jigsaw agents and her order is to kill her and Joe appears, which happens but no one has the help of officer Paul Linus, who is now going to serve as Joe's support for his new objectives. .
This comic closes the first arc where Joe accepts that he is the Punisher and that Jigsaw is a powerful organization that he must stop.
Pepose makes clear the rules of this new Punisher as w more
Now we are picking up steam and it is setting up for something big
Pretty good ending. I liked the series overall. Actually made me care about this new Punisher.
(Cover Date: April, 2024)
A rather dull ending to a book that didn't need to exist. All because Marvel doesn't like the fact that law enforcement and the military have adopted the Punisher logo. The book has been canceled, so I guess they got their answer -- the Punisher cannot exist without Frank Castle. Joe's family was killed because of his wife and they really don't delve into that at all. He never questioned if he knew his wife as well as he thought he did. All of the internal conflict is just eliminated for cheap action that makes no sense. If it was a diplomatic gathering he never would have been able to crash through the window. Not to mention that he didn't care about the people getting showered with glass. Then he and Jigsaw fell out of a window at least 4 more
This issue is a definite step up from the last. Here, Definitely-Not-Castle kills people in mostly straightforward ways with good art and one-liners pulled from any 90s action movie, which I have to assume is what readers want from a Punisher comic. Unfortunately, the people getting killed are all one-dimensional, generic evil goons for a painfully standard evil organization that we have no reason to care about. The main character's motivations are also still on shaky ground due to it all being an underwritten speedrun of the Castle origin story. It is truly bizarre to see Marvel in 2024 double down and play straight with "Lost your loved ones? Struggling to cope? Try murder!"
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