10 Things Marvel Wants You To Forget About The Punisher
10. He's Killed Close To 50 Thousand People
Marvel Comics
There's something particularly unnerving about this figure. Apart from the fact that this is, y'know, a lot of Punishing for any one man to handle, it's also a totally ridiculous bodycount to rack up.
Granted Frank Castle's been preaching vigilante justice for the better part of forty years now, but come on - to reach a figure as high as that you'd have to be punishing at least 1000 people a year. We know New York has a reputation and all, but a statistic that high leaves one to wonder if there actually should be any criminals left for Spidey and Daredevil to beat up, let alone imprison.
So yeah, going off official figures the Punisher is actually a mass murderer of the highest degree. Take that how you will, but we prefer our heroes to be a little more restrained when it comes to enacting social justice...
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