Punisher War Journal

Punisher: Miniseries

by Torunn Grønbekk (Writer), Lan Medina (Illustrator), Leinil Francis Yu (Cover Art)

The Punisher’s war has evolved ― and it’s time for a new volume of his war journal! Three thrilling tales explore Frank Castle’s updated modus operandi through some of his deadliest missions yet! Frank now has the Hand’s entire ninja army at his disposal, and he’s targeting the Hate-Monger! But this vile warmonger is fighting back. Good for It’s not going to change anything but the death toll. Lady Bullseye failed. Lord Deathstrike failed. Every assassin sent to kill Frank fails. So the leaders of the underworld ― crime bosses, terrorists and even a corrupt government or two ― must unite to solve the growing problem of the Punisher! And in a story from Frank’s past, discover the origin of the war journal itself! Collecting PUNISHER WAR BLITZ, PUNISHER WAR BROTHER and PUNISHER WAR BASE.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Superheroes, Fiction

112 pages, Paperback

Published May 23, 2023

About the author

Torunn Grønbekk is a comic book writer and portrait painter.

Reviews

[Matthew Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one featured a couple decent stories about the Punisher now living as the leader of The Hand and one great story about the origin of Punisher’s war journal! This was all typical Punisher violence and action, as expected.

[Frédéric · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5*

Three talkative short stories- not short of violence though- but quite good actually even if if they don’t redefine the character known as Frank Castle.
If the first story can be read independantly it’s best to have read Jason Aaron’s recent run to contextualize the 2 remaining.

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grønbekk is clearly a understudy for Aaron, and helped by writing these side bar issues for the main run, of varying qualities. It's a lot of the same for Frank, killing monsters and the hateful, but I do think she was getting it with the "Home Base" issue. Frank truely is a man in purgatory being back in the civilized world, he is so distant and changed by war that he can't adjust to the bland suburbanites around him. Why did that man's poor dog have to die?

[Emmett Spain · Rating 3 out of 5]

A trio of bloody, brutal tales. Suitably nihilistic and gratuitous, given the title character.

[Erik · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one the better Punisher books before he gets “canceled”

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 3 out of 5]

A series of one shots that add some background to the main Punisher series running concurrently. Not great stories, but pretty good. They didn't seem as frivolous as many one shots of this type, as they did seem to make a point of some kind in each story.

[Daniel Butcher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Looks at a complicated life. And it helps explain the tragedy.