Punisher: Red Band #3 is a grim, gripping chapter that pushes Frank Castle to a breaking point while elevating its villains to horrifying new heights, all wrapped in a tense setup that promises explosive confrontations ahead. With unflinching art and razor-sharp writing, it's a brutal but compelling middle act. Read Full Review

Plot
Frank Castle stops the truck and frees some prostitutes being trafficked, after first confronting a very large killer. But this encounter makes Frank feel dangerous and out of control, so he begins to delve into his few remaining memories and finds his lair, where he remembers his name and how the mind-control chip was implanted.

Kingpin uses Micro to activate his mind-control equipment. Micro is physically and mentally exhausted and asks them both for a break, which Kingpin grants.

Tombstone tortures NYPD Detective Fishback in the home of the elderly woman who took Frank in. Tombstone finally discovers that the Punisher is behind all the attacks that have disrupted his fraudulent activities. This sequence is graphic and full of violence.

The Punisher kidnaps two paramedics and forces them to remove the chip from his head; he is about to break free from Fisk.

A powerful narrative with an electrifying pace that doesn't shy away from super-explicit violence, necessary to tell this version of the Punisher, driven mad by Wilson Fisk's control.

Art
With details elevated to another level of quality through diverse textures, it showcases super-violent action sequences with interesting camera angles and a mesmerizing dynamism.

Summary
Kingpin has no qualms about using the Punisher as his weapon of mass destruction. Frank is searching for his freedom. A violent, intense, and magnificent miniseries. more