10 Things Marvel Wants You To Forget About The Punisher
3. He Actually Killed Both The X-Men And The Brotherhood
Marvel Comics
Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe is one of the barmiest stories Garth Ennis has ever told, in which the vigilante actually takes on and kills all of Marvel's biggest heroes and villains.
Set on an alternate Earth where Frank Castle's family were killed in the crossfire of a superhero-villain fight gone awry, he adopts the mantle of the Punisher to kill every hero and villain out there, starting with the X-Men and the Brotherhood.
Luring both parties to the moon, Castle uses one of Doctor Doom's nukes to kill them all in one fell swoop. While this is part and parcel for an alternate reality story, the fact that Castle was able to acquire one of these weapons is just beyond hokey.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
