10 Greatest "Dead And I Know It" Comic Book Moments
8. Microchip - In The Blood
Of all the comic book 'heroes' you don't want to get on the wrong side of, Frank Castle is head and shoulders above any of his apparent peers.
The Punisher is famed for his extreme approach of an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and a bad deed rewarded with death. If you irk Frank, there's a good chance he'll put a bullet through your skull.
Years prior to 2010's In the Blood arc, the Punisher had so nearly killed his long-time friend Microchip, but that attempt was thwarted in the final days of The Punisher War Journal title by rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. agent 'Stone Cold' Smalls beating Frank to the punch and killing Micro in an explosion.
Microchip would return from the grave in the Dark Reign story, with him - and Frank Castle's family - resurrected by the Hood. Refusing to believe his family was alive, Castle burnt his reanimated wife and son to a crisp. Micro was on his agenda immediately after - even more-so when Microchip kills Frank's pal G.W. Bridge.
By In the Blood, Frank ends up locked in a cell with Micro at the behest of Jigsaw. It's here that Microchip's trash-talking angers the Punisher to the point that he realises he's soon to be dead for a second time.