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mermeladademora's review against another edition
5.0
The Punisher era, hasta el momento, un personaje del que sabía muy poco: que estaba de alguna manera relacionado con Daredevil; que aparecía en la serie de Netflix; que había intentado matar al Cap en la maxiserie de Civil War, en vano; y claro, que pronto iba a tener su propia serie en solitario.Así que antes de su estreno quería leer algo del personaje, así que este tomo me cayó como anillo al dedo.
The Punisher no es un héroe, que quede claro, pero tampoco un villano, más bien una especie de antiheroe. Aún así, este tomo no nos muestra esta faceta del personaje, nos miestra, en cambio, a Frank Castle, el soldado, antes de que todo empazara siquiera, antes de que tomará el nombre de The Punisher. Son los 70, la guerra de Vietnam, y Frank es un tipo adicto a la guerra, eso es básicamente. Esta es, sin duda, una historia sencilla, de esas que carecen de tipos en mallas y nombres ingeniosos dandose puñetazos en las calles, pero que así están bien, de esas historias cuyos sucesos no son de mucha relevancia para el mundo, pero sí para el personaje, de esas historias que por más sencillas que parescan son donde da paso a lo que terminaría siendo realmente el personaje. Entonces, The Punisher: Nacimiento, sirve perfectamente para conocer no el cómo sino el porqué del personaje, así de simple.
Ah, y a eso hay que sumarle ilustraciones chulas, muy chulas.
The Punisher no es un héroe, que quede claro, pero tampoco un villano, más bien una especie de antiheroe. Aún así, este tomo no nos muestra esta faceta del personaje, nos miestra, en cambio, a Frank Castle, el soldado, antes de que todo empazara siquiera, antes de que tomará el nombre de The Punisher. Son los 70, la guerra de Vietnam, y Frank es un tipo adicto a la guerra, eso es básicamente. Esta es, sin duda, una historia sencilla, de esas que carecen de tipos en mallas y nombres ingeniosos dandose puñetazos en las calles, pero que así están bien, de esas historias cuyos sucesos no son de mucha relevancia para el mundo, pero sí para el personaje, de esas historias que por más sencillas que parescan son donde da paso a lo que terminaría siendo realmente el personaje. Entonces, The Punisher: Nacimiento, sirve perfectamente para conocer no el cómo sino el porqué del personaje, así de simple.
Ah, y a eso hay que sumarle ilustraciones chulas, muy chulas.
aldean's review against another edition
4.0
I would not call myself a Punisher fan (though I certainly don't mind him, either), but I am a sucker for traumatic narratives, and if you add some Nam, well then, count me in. This was an engaging read, well-crafted with vivid, violent color and layout. I'm not sure how this savagely chilling pre-origin tale fits into the Punisher's larger metastory, but I cretainly enjoyed the heck of this.
kavinay's review against another edition
5.0
It's not what you think. This isn't a superhero book and the climax isn't even the firefight at the end but rather two GI's--who aren't Frank Castle--arguing over what America really is.
heyitsjack's review against another edition
4.0
'If you think payback's bad... You haven't met Frank Castle'
#1-4 Born
I've decided to re-read the Punisher Max run and I'll use reviews to keep track of things. So let's start from the beginning: Born. This isn't so much fa Frank Castle origin story but more of a Punisher origin story- we'll get to The Platoon a little bit later.
Here we join Frank on his third tour in the Vietnam War. The story itself is set on the Valley Forge base in Camodia with the Vietnam War slowly coming to an end. This setting provides all the usual stuff you'd expect- murder, guns, incompetent United States' generals and some more guns. The Camodian jungle looks absolutely beautiful when it isn't being shot apart or sprayed in guts and other fun stuff. Captain Frank Castle is doing a seemingly rare thing of actually giving a damn whereas everybody else - aware of the imminent end to the war - are relaxing and waiting to go home. Frank's motives are constantly coming into question throughout the arc. Does he genuinely care about his unit or does his never-ending lust for war take control?
Born does venture a bit into the politics of the Vietnam War but I'm going to completely avoid that because I know absolutely fuck all about it save for what this piece of fiction offers.
For those of you who have seen the Netflix show and are unsure on where to begin I highly recommend starting here. The Max run offers an alternative to the show but has all the same gratuitous violence you'd come to expect with someone called 'The Punisher'. Also Jon Bernthal is the best Punisher don't @ me.
Up next: 'In the Beginning' Punisher #1-6
#1-4 Born
I've decided to re-read the Punisher Max run and I'll use reviews to keep track of things. So let's start from the beginning: Born. This isn't so much fa Frank Castle origin story but more of a Punisher origin story- we'll get to The Platoon a little bit later.
Here we join Frank on his third tour in the Vietnam War. The story itself is set on the Valley Forge base in Camodia with the Vietnam War slowly coming to an end. This setting provides all the usual stuff you'd expect- murder, guns, incompetent United States' generals and some more guns. The Camodian jungle looks absolutely beautiful when it isn't being shot apart or sprayed in guts and other fun stuff. Captain Frank Castle is doing a seemingly rare thing of actually giving a damn whereas everybody else - aware of the imminent end to the war - are relaxing and waiting to go home. Frank's motives are constantly coming into question throughout the arc. Does he genuinely care about his unit or does his never-ending lust for war take control?
Born does venture a bit into the politics of the Vietnam War but I'm going to completely avoid that because I know absolutely fuck all about it save for what this piece of fiction offers.
For those of you who have seen the Netflix show and are unsure on where to begin I highly recommend starting here. The Max run offers an alternative to the show but has all the same gratuitous violence you'd come to expect with someone called 'The Punisher'. Also Jon Bernthal is the best Punisher don't @ me.
Up next: 'In the Beginning' Punisher #1-6
tomcork's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
teejayniu's review against another edition
4.0
Great artwork. Loved how engrossing the Vietnam setting was and Frank Castle before becoming the Punisher. Good story that set up the MAX series.
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