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The Punisher (2000/2001) (Collected Editions)
The Punisher, Vol. 5: Streets of Laredo
The Punisher discovers a strange society that lives in the subway tunnels of New York and their tie to the rampant disappearance of homeless people, takes an forgettable trip to the dentist and meets the one person maybe even deadlier on himself - Elektra!
Includes Punisher (2001) #19, 27-32.
Includes Punisher (2001) #19, 27-32.
168 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2003
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Garth Ennis
2,623 books3,174 followersEnnis began his comic-writing career in 1989 with the series Troubled Souls. Appearing in the short-lived but critically-acclaimed British anthology Crisis and illustrated by McCrea, it told the story of a young, apolitical Protestant man caught up by fate in the violence of the Irish 'Troubles'. It spawned a sequel, For a Few Troubles More, a broad Belfast-based comedy featuring two supporting characters from Troubled Souls, Dougie and Ivor, who would later get their own American comics series, Dicks, from Caliber in 1997, and several follow-ups from Avatar.
Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years.
Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics's horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis's run.
Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation.
While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire.
Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics.
After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint.
In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd.
Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.
In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle.
In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name).
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis
Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years.
Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics's horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis's run.
Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation.
While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire.
Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics.
After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint.
In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd.
Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.
In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle.
In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name).
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis
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February 19, 2015
Streets of Laredo is a four-part Western-type story of The Punisher going to a small Texan town and raining righteous fury on the gun traffickers he finds there. Also included in this book are three one-shots (two drawn by Steve Dillon, yay!) that sees an injured Frank team up with Joan, an old friend from Welcome Back, Frank; Elektra and Punisher having the bloodiest courtship ever; and punching bag Detective Soap getting one more kick in the nards from (Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon)life. In short, this book is all kinds of awesome!
I enjoyed the one-shots more than the main story, partly for the Dillon art, partly for the variety. Seeing a bedridden Frank Home-Alone the hell out of a quaint country cottage against a horde of murderous Russian gangsters was enormous fun, especially with soft-spoken Joan delicately helping Frank mow them down by feeding bullets into his gun!
The Soap story… man, Ennis/Dillon love socking it to that guy, don’t they? Earlier in the series they had him (unknowingly) sleep with his mum and this time around they… I can’t, it’s too horrible to mention (and that last page is too funny to spoil in a review anyway)! Needless to say, Soap tells his comically unlucky life story and of course it only gets worse. Gotta love that dope!
The Elektra team-up story was fun too, even though I’m not a fan of Tom Mandrake’s art. Elektra’s been taking out Frank’s mob targets before he has a chance to off them himself – a woman after his own heart! It’s a deeply gory tale with an unexpectedly romantic end.
The main story, Streets of Laredo, is like the classic Western: small town in thrall to villainy, hero walks in and shoots up a storm/brings the justice, etc. Minor differences are the villain is a single mother and the hero, aside from Frank, is a gay Sheriff (some parts of Texas ain’t so backward after all), but otherwise it’s your standard Western and who doesn’t love one of those?
The shootout is exciting, I liked the sheriff and the gun smuggling mum – I’m always surprised at how effortlessly Ennis introduces new characters and in the shortest amount of time endears them to the reader – and overall its terrific Punisher storytelling.
The only critique I’d make is with Cam Kennedy’s art. Generally I like his work, particularly on Judge Dredd, but his goons – the villain’s lackeys – all look alike. There’s this one character design that has long, straw-like hair with an overbite and wearing a wifebeater, and I’d swear this guy got killed multiple times in the story – but it turns out this was a different guy each time! A little bit more diversity would have gone a long way.
Otherwise, I can’t fault Ennis’ work on this volume. It’s a great recovery from the lacklustre Full Auto, and a real pleasure to read. The Punisher, Volume 5: Streets of Laredo is Ennis’ brand of fun, carnage-filled Punisher mayhem at its best!
I enjoyed the one-shots more than the main story, partly for the Dillon art, partly for the variety. Seeing a bedridden Frank Home-Alone the hell out of a quaint country cottage against a horde of murderous Russian gangsters was enormous fun, especially with soft-spoken Joan delicately helping Frank mow them down by feeding bullets into his gun!
The Soap story… man, Ennis/Dillon love socking it to that guy, don’t they? Earlier in the series they had him (unknowingly) sleep with his mum and this time around they… I can’t, it’s too horrible to mention (and that last page is too funny to spoil in a review anyway)! Needless to say, Soap tells his comically unlucky life story and of course it only gets worse. Gotta love that dope!
The Elektra team-up story was fun too, even though I’m not a fan of Tom Mandrake’s art. Elektra’s been taking out Frank’s mob targets before he has a chance to off them himself – a woman after his own heart! It’s a deeply gory tale with an unexpectedly romantic end.
The main story, Streets of Laredo, is like the classic Western: small town in thrall to villainy, hero walks in and shoots up a storm/brings the justice, etc. Minor differences are the villain is a single mother and the hero, aside from Frank, is a gay Sheriff (some parts of Texas ain’t so backward after all), but otherwise it’s your standard Western and who doesn’t love one of those?
The shootout is exciting, I liked the sheriff and the gun smuggling mum – I’m always surprised at how effortlessly Ennis introduces new characters and in the shortest amount of time endears them to the reader – and overall its terrific Punisher storytelling.
The only critique I’d make is with Cam Kennedy’s art. Generally I like his work, particularly on Judge Dredd, but his goons – the villain’s lackeys – all look alike. There’s this one character design that has long, straw-like hair with an overbite and wearing a wifebeater, and I’d swear this guy got killed multiple times in the story – but it turns out this was a different guy each time! A little bit more diversity would have gone a long way.
Otherwise, I can’t fault Ennis’ work on this volume. It’s a great recovery from the lacklustre Full Auto, and a real pleasure to read. The Punisher, Volume 5: Streets of Laredo is Ennis’ brand of fun, carnage-filled Punisher mayhem at its best!
August 22, 2022
Three different stories in this volume, but the eponymous story takes the cake while the other two rest on the border of mediocrity.
December 3, 2015
"She's pure death, for crying out loud! If she's after you you're finished and so anyone within a hundred yards of you when she makes her move!"
Solamente leí el #27, que es en el que aparece Elektra y me encantó.
May 9, 2024
I know Ennis gets a lot of flak for being "edgy," but his takedowns of prejudice and bigotry are so earnest and refreshing -- it's really cool to see a queer character tell a religious bigot, "People like me have always existed and will always exist, whereas there are fewer of you every day."
September 23, 2019
Kolejny Punisher, kolejne masowe pochówki na lokalnych cmentarzach... Castle jest gościem, z którym każdy grabarz przybiłby piątkę. Z zeszytu na zeszyt coraz bardziej kreatywny w swoim "rękodziele". Ale to nie on spowodował, że początek tak mi się spodobał. Cała zasługa w powracającej bohaterce, która wydaje się żywić do Franka pewne uczucia...
Powraca bowiem Joan z samego początku runu Ennisa i wątek w jej domu jest chyba najmocniejszym punktem piątego już tomu. Jest tu cała masa egzekucji, ale i miejsce na kilka zabawny kadrów, chociażby jak ten z małym nożykiem szwajcarskim. Miodzio. Potem mamy coś dla mnie niezrozumiałego. Na scenę wkracza Elektra.
I nie miał bym nic przeciwko temu, bo taki crossover przyda się od czasu do czasu, urozmaicając akcję, ale tutaj nie służy absolutnie niczemu... No poza faktem większej dawki przemocy, którą dość mocno tu zaakcentowano. Nie lubię takich akcji tym bardziej, że Elektra robiła to zwyczajnie dla zabawy. Trupy bez kończyn, dekapitacje. Wygląda to nieźle, ale przemoc powinna mieć jakiś przekaz. Tak działa przecież Frank. Jesteś szują to giniesz, porzuć występek i stań się dobry, bo czeka Cię tylko śmierć. W mojej opinii zmarnowany występ Natchios.
Potem następuje zmiana klimatu i lądujemy w Laredo, małej mieście zapomnianej przez Boga, gdzie handluje się wyspecjalizowaną bronią. Punisher oczywiście nie może dopuścić, aby taki sprzęt zalewał ulice, więc bierze się za to ostro. Bardzo ostro. Potem ląduje w moteliku z niejaką Kim i oddaje się kilku chwilom relaksu... Dziwny jest ten Frank jak dla mnie. Kreska zmieniła się dość znacząco w wykonaniu Pana Kennedy'iego, przez co Frank wygląda nieco młodziej. Poza tym jest raczej przeciętna. Lokalny pastor nazywany Kaznodzieją(eh, te "delikatne" odwołania do innego dzieła Ennisa) czy szeryf homoseksualista, ledwo co akceptowany przez lokalną społeczność, to chyba najciekawsze zaprezentowane nam tutaj postacie.
Niestety historia jak na losy Punishera przystało, nie kończy się dobrze dla większości ukazanych tu postaci. Świat Castle'a to ciągły mrok, bez nadziei na jakiekolwiek światło. Inną sprawą, że weteran wojny w Wietnamie w ogóle tego promyka nie szuka. Tu przebrzmiewa śpiew automatu. Lub wystrzał ze strzelby. Ale na tym nie kończy się omawiany tytuł, bowiem na deser dostajemy historię życia detektywa Soap'a i jest ona naprawdę tragiczna.
Mężczyzna był popychadłem w zasadzie przez całe życie i tak mu zostało do samego końca. Zwierza się jakiejś nieznajomej osobie w barze, podczas kolejnej z popijaw, które jak wiemy nie kończą się dla niego zbyt szczęśliwie. Tutaj nie będzie raczej odstępstw. Tak jak przy pierwszym zaszycie tak przy tym zeszycie wraca nieoceniony dla tej serii imć Dillon. Przyznam, że momentami brakowało mi tej jego topornej krechy, choć uważam ją za bardzo słabą. 4/5
Powraca bowiem Joan z samego początku runu Ennisa i wątek w jej domu jest chyba najmocniejszym punktem piątego już tomu. Jest tu cała masa egzekucji, ale i miejsce na kilka zabawny kadrów, chociażby jak ten z małym nożykiem szwajcarskim. Miodzio. Potem mamy coś dla mnie niezrozumiałego. Na scenę wkracza Elektra.
I nie miał bym nic przeciwko temu, bo taki crossover przyda się od czasu do czasu, urozmaicając akcję, ale tutaj nie służy absolutnie niczemu... No poza faktem większej dawki przemocy, którą dość mocno tu zaakcentowano. Nie lubię takich akcji tym bardziej, że Elektra robiła to zwyczajnie dla zabawy. Trupy bez kończyn, dekapitacje. Wygląda to nieźle, ale przemoc powinna mieć jakiś przekaz. Tak działa przecież Frank. Jesteś szują to giniesz, porzuć występek i stań się dobry, bo czeka Cię tylko śmierć. W mojej opinii zmarnowany występ Natchios.
Potem następuje zmiana klimatu i lądujemy w Laredo, małej mieście zapomnianej przez Boga, gdzie handluje się wyspecjalizowaną bronią. Punisher oczywiście nie może dopuścić, aby taki sprzęt zalewał ulice, więc bierze się za to ostro. Bardzo ostro. Potem ląduje w moteliku z niejaką Kim i oddaje się kilku chwilom relaksu... Dziwny jest ten Frank jak dla mnie. Kreska zmieniła się dość znacząco w wykonaniu Pana Kennedy'iego, przez co Frank wygląda nieco młodziej. Poza tym jest raczej przeciętna. Lokalny pastor nazywany Kaznodzieją(eh, te "delikatne" odwołania do innego dzieła Ennisa) czy szeryf homoseksualista, ledwo co akceptowany przez lokalną społeczność, to chyba najciekawsze zaprezentowane nam tutaj postacie.
Niestety historia jak na losy Punishera przystało, nie kończy się dobrze dla większości ukazanych tu postaci. Świat Castle'a to ciągły mrok, bez nadziei na jakiekolwiek światło. Inną sprawą, że weteran wojny w Wietnamie w ogóle tego promyka nie szuka. Tu przebrzmiewa śpiew automatu. Lub wystrzał ze strzelby. Ale na tym nie kończy się omawiany tytuł, bowiem na deser dostajemy historię życia detektywa Soap'a i jest ona naprawdę tragiczna.
Mężczyzna był popychadłem w zasadzie przez całe życie i tak mu zostało do samego końca. Zwierza się jakiejś nieznajomej osobie w barze, podczas kolejnej z popijaw, które jak wiemy nie kończą się dla niego zbyt szczęśliwie. Tutaj nie będzie raczej odstępstw. Tak jak przy pierwszym zaszycie tak przy tym zeszycie wraca nieoceniony dla tej serii imć Dillon. Przyznam, że momentami brakowało mi tej jego topornej krechy, choć uważam ją za bardzo słabą. 4/5
March 10, 2025
The Punisher, Vol. 5: Streets of Laredo collects issues Punisher (2001) #19, 27-32. Broken up into four story arcs, the longest of which lends its title to this volume takes Frank Castle to Texas to deal with a small town laden with a dangerous gun running operation. The remaining stories are all single-issue adventures.
Punisher (2001) #19 ("Of Mice and Men", illustrated by Steve Dillon) - Frank is reunited with Joan the Mouse (see The Punisher, Vol. 1: Welcome Back, Frank ), the latter of whom has taken money given to her by Frank to live a peaceful existence in the countryside. But with Frank comes trouble, and Joan must assist the Punisher in his punishing. A fun little one-shot that makes good use of a great character foil to Frank Castle.
Punisher (2001) #27 ("Elektra", illustrated by Tom Mandrake) - The Punisher's hits are all intercepted by Elektra, who Frank believes might be doing this to get his attention. But is that attention deadly or romantic? Not too memorable of a Punisher story, and I wasn't the biggest fan of Mandrake's artwork on this issue - though he does draw a great Elektra.
Punisher (2001) #28-31 ("Streets of Laredo", illustrated by Cam Kennedy) - Frank goes to a small town out in Texas to handle a gang of gun runners who have access to military hardware. He gets caught up in the local politics that are laden with rural attitudes and bigotry. Frank's main ally is the gay sheriff of the town, a character who was a great one-off character for the series. The overall story itself is just fine - perhaps dragged on for a little too long.
Punisher (2001) #32 ("Soap", illustrated by Steve Dillon) - Garth Ennis' edgy humor is on full display as we take a look at the sad existence of Detective Marty Soap, the officer in charge of the Punisher task force. Soap's life is so hilariously bad that you'll definitely roll your eyes a fair number of times, but Ennis loves his punching bags in his various comics works and Soap is the ultimate punching bag.
Punisher (2001) #19 ("Of Mice and Men", illustrated by Steve Dillon) - Frank is reunited with Joan the Mouse (see The Punisher, Vol. 1: Welcome Back, Frank ), the latter of whom has taken money given to her by Frank to live a peaceful existence in the countryside. But with Frank comes trouble, and Joan must assist the Punisher in his punishing. A fun little one-shot that makes good use of a great character foil to Frank Castle.
Punisher (2001) #27 ("Elektra", illustrated by Tom Mandrake) - The Punisher's hits are all intercepted by Elektra, who Frank believes might be doing this to get his attention. But is that attention deadly or romantic? Not too memorable of a Punisher story, and I wasn't the biggest fan of Mandrake's artwork on this issue - though he does draw a great Elektra.
Punisher (2001) #28-31 ("Streets of Laredo", illustrated by Cam Kennedy) - Frank goes to a small town out in Texas to handle a gang of gun runners who have access to military hardware. He gets caught up in the local politics that are laden with rural attitudes and bigotry. Frank's main ally is the gay sheriff of the town, a character who was a great one-off character for the series. The overall story itself is just fine - perhaps dragged on for a little too long.
Punisher (2001) #32 ("Soap", illustrated by Steve Dillon) - Garth Ennis' edgy humor is on full display as we take a look at the sad existence of Detective Marty Soap, the officer in charge of the Punisher task force. Soap's life is so hilariously bad that you'll definitely roll your eyes a fair number of times, but Ennis loves his punching bags in his various comics works and Soap is the ultimate punching bag.
July 28, 2025
At some point the trend had to be broken and thankfully it has come.
Besides volume 1, this was the first volume that was consistent, and actually good at it.
There are three one shots.
The first one is Frank's reunion with Joan, who appeared in the first volume. It was nice.
The second one is Soap (the detective) telling his story to someone in a bar (with a funny ending).
The Elektra issue was just ok, nothing special.
But the main story is the "Streets of Laredo".
This story was good and puts Frank in situations that are street level which are the best in this whole series.
The main story where Frank finds and destroys a gun selling operation was ok, but the setting was interesting.
Garth Ennis likes shock value but a lot of the times it just not earned or it does not fit the story or Punisher settings.
In this case, adding a sheriff that is homosexual in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere clearly is something interesting and adds to the story and the emotions.
This book gets my first 4 star of the series.
It's as good as volume one for me but with more consistency than all the previous stories. Maybe the highs were not that great, but the lack of lows just made this way better.
Besides volume 1, this was the first volume that was consistent, and actually good at it.
There are three one shots.
The first one is Frank's reunion with Joan, who appeared in the first volume. It was nice.
The second one is Soap (the detective) telling his story to someone in a bar (with a funny ending).
The Elektra issue was just ok, nothing special.
But the main story is the "Streets of Laredo".
This story was good and puts Frank in situations that are street level which are the best in this whole series.
The main story where Frank finds and destroys a gun selling operation was ok, but the setting was interesting.
Garth Ennis likes shock value but a lot of the times it just not earned or it does not fit the story or Punisher settings.
In this case, adding a sheriff that is homosexual in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere clearly is something interesting and adds to the story and the emotions.
This book gets my first 4 star of the series.
It's as good as volume one for me but with more consistency than all the previous stories. Maybe the highs were not that great, but the lack of lows just made this way better.
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April 9, 2019More awesome Punisher stories. The titular “Streets of Laredo” is a four-part Western that brings Frank to a small West Texas town, where he seeks to topple a dangerous weapons supplier. This one reminded me a lot of the Salvation arc in Preacher (there’s even a character called The Preacher here). Like Jesse, Frank and the police work to bring down a local org that has too much influence over the town. It worked brilliantly in Preacher and works here too. Ennis sure writes a great Western. "Laredo" also shows his strength in creating compelling supporting characters, namely Sheriff Southall. The only downside is Cam Kennedy’s art, of which I’m not a fan. Otherwise, this is top Ennis Punisher.
Three one-shots round out the book. I loved “Of Mice and Men,” which features Joan from Welcome Back, Frank. It’s a rare heartfelt Punisher story, not without the usual brutal violence. The Elektra team-up was fun – I didn’t expect that ending! And we get Detective Soap’s origin in “Soap”; in other words, a cherished opportunity for Ennis and Dillon to piss even more on the poor guy. I admit – I laughed.
Three one-shots round out the book. I loved “Of Mice and Men,” which features Joan from Welcome Back, Frank. It’s a rare heartfelt Punisher story, not without the usual brutal violence. The Elektra team-up was fun – I didn’t expect that ending! And we get Detective Soap’s origin in “Soap”; in other words, a cherished opportunity for Ennis and Dillon to piss even more on the poor guy. I admit – I laughed.
March 22, 2023
I’ll give it 4 stars because of the Laredo story and the final page in the last issue really made me laugh. So far the last 3 volumes haven’t really lived up to my expectations. I’m hoping the final volume of this run makes up for what I would could consider mostly good but not great Punisher. Nothing has been able to live up to the first volume so far.
August 23, 2018
Streets of Laredo, splendide épisode du Punisher dans un bled de la Bible Belt, servi par l'excellent dessin de Cam Kennedy.
June 23, 2021
3.4 stars
Streets of Loredo was decent, Elektra and Soap was meh
Streets of Loredo was decent, Elektra and Soap was meh
July 24, 2021
The Elektra issue was really fun. Streets of Laredo was fine. The Soap issue wasn't my thing.
This run in general just hasn't done much for my general disinterest in Punisher as much as I expected.
This run in general just hasn't done much for my general disinterest in Punisher as much as I expected.
December 21, 2022
Really good story, deals with interesting topics.
July 10, 2024
One of my favorites
March 4, 2017
OK Garth Ennis can clearly write a gay character if he actually wanted to (the sheriff in this volume is written fine), but he still can't resist going to old tropes like "Bury Your Gays" or the transphobic fallback of "That woman is actually a man". The good parts in his run simply can't outweigh his bigoted views.
January 7, 2011
Ok, I know, I know, I made a vow not to read graphic novels that have weak art,... Well, I actually re-read this one, because I enjoy Garth Ennis's writing so much. And indeed this book starts and ends with hilarious stories illustrated by the brilliant Steve Dillon. And though I am not a fan of Cam Kennedy's art, as I said the writing is so good I re-read it, and dug it.
So even though the art (the majority of it) warrants maybe 3 stars, I feel like Garth Ennis should have had his name on the cover, and maybe he should have been partnered with another artist of, or near the quality of Steve Dillon for the rest of the book.
So even though the art (the majority of it) warrants maybe 3 stars, I feel like Garth Ennis should have had his name on the cover, and maybe he should have been partnered with another artist of, or near the quality of Steve Dillon for the rest of the book.
October 13, 2011
One short bit with Dillon art and in majority of this collection the art duties where by Cam Kennedy. Who apparently is another artist that can not potrait the Punisher as I like to see him.
But great, entertaining stories.
But great, entertaining stories.
June 6, 2008
A good mix of Punisher tales. I especially liked "Of Mice and Men" and "Streets of Laredo." Entertaining Punisher.
August 31, 2025
More pow pow pow :)
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