I recommend this to people who want to try something different and are willing to be surprised. Other than Romita Jr.’s art, of which I’m not always a fan – and Dan Brereton’s is an acquired taste, which I haven’t… completely – I’ve got no issues with the art it’s great, in fact. That was truly the only part in the whole thing where I got impatient with the story I just wanted to get past these endless battles between the Punisher and Daken. The writing for these two chapters is really different than Remender’s and it seems like they were just trying to constantly wow the reader with their 'action' sequences. The we get to the two chapters written by Way & Liu (when the story crosses over in Dark Wolverine), and that’s when I was rolling my eyes and got a bit annoyed. The story flows along nicely, never transitioning too suddenly, and it never feels forced. The ideas that Remender throws at the reader – not the least of which is turning the Punisher into a Marvel Monster himself – are great and reminiscent of Grant Morrison, but on a less whacked-out scale (it’s hard to out-do Morrison in the whacked-out department, anyway). (2) Franken-Castle goes after his own enemies, not the least of which is Daken, the very person who killed him and diced him up, then fights (and then teams-up with) Wolverine, then heals with the help of the stone, and finally returns to blowing away drug-dealers and whatnot. (1) Frank Castle gets killed (and chopped up, for good measure), gets put back together by the and helps them fight a monster-hunting sect of some sort and retrieve a mystical stone. The book is essentially divided into two parts : I really enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. I enjoyed Rick Remender’s « Uncanny X-Force (seven volumes, for each of which I wrote a review) run and, while not being a Punisher fan (at the time), I found the basic premise of this story intriguing enough to give Franken-Castle a chance. This was absolutely crazy (in a very good way). If you're in the mood for Marvel monsters, this one would fit the bill. Yeah, that's not gonna work long term.įrank gets 'healed', and must reach deep inside his warm fuzzy chest in order to relinquish the Bloodstone responsible for his miraculous return to the living.
It's basically about fixing the whole problem of Marvel having a second Frankenstein. The art was kinda cool, and the story (once again) was ok. So, I'm thinking this is a matter of personal taste. This was the best part of the entire book for me.Īlthough, if you check out Mike's review, he appears to have had the exact opposite reaction. I thought the dialogue between Daken and Punisher was funny, and adding Wolverine into the mix certainly didn't hurt. However, once the story moves into Castle chasing down Daken territory, I enjoyed it a lot more. It's ok, but once again, it didn't really make me sit up and take notice.
Next up is a story about Franken-Castle chasing down Lady Gorgon. This half of the story was pretty campy, but if you enjoy Legion of Monsters, then you'll like seeing all of the characters run around with their new Franken-Punisher hybrid. Yay! Morbius and the Legion of Monsters now have their Secret Weapon!Īlong comes a monster-kid (think: moloid child), who befriends Castle by plying him with candy bars.Īt this point, you know that kid doesn't have a long shelf-life.īad guy shoots Candy Bar Kid, Punisher gets pissed, and now It's On! So, in order to keep from turning into a mindless creature, Frank has to take pills every 12 hours. Turns out, even the Punisher needs his brain. In fact, he starts destroying things (mainly Morbius) before they can get his brain totally squared away. Naturally, when Frank wakes up he isn't too pleased. They need Castle to help them fight off this bad guy, who looks suspiciously like Red Skull did when he was just a face inside a metal body. Some dude from a bjillion years ago is back from Hell (or a pocket dimension of it), and he's out to kill off all the monsters. Franken-Castle is exactly what you would expect it to be.sort of.ĭaken kills Punisher in a spectacular Chopped-Your-Whole-Body-To-Pieces kind of way, and Morbius comes along and sews him back together again, Frankenstein-style.
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