History ComicBook / ThePunisherCircleOfBlood

Once again, Frank Castle, better known as the vigilante named the Punisher, is in jail. He is contacted by an organization calling themselves the Trust, who offer him to get out in exchange for co-operation in the war against crime. Castle accepts, but soon learns that Trust is actually planning to take over organized crime in the United States, and must be stopped.

The series, set in the shared Franchise/MarvelUniverse, stars the eponymous [[Character/MarvelComicsFrankCastle Punisher]].

* TheDreaded: It's Punisher's third visit to Ryker's Island, and most of its populace fear for their lives.
* EvilCounterpart: Since Trust planned to have Punisher as their MookLieutenant, their brainwashed Death Squad thugs are modeled after him.

* FakingTheDead: Learning that Punisher is going to kill him, Kingpin plants a fake body and goes into hiding for a while. Punisher plays along with it, wanting to see what his absence leads to.

* GreatEscape: Punisher quickly learns about an escape plan within the prison walls, and manages to become part of it.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: Jigsaw tries to attack Punisher with a broken beer bottle.
* GunsAkimbo: Punisher is shown firing two pistols on the cover of the first issue.
* LeftForDead: Punisher decides against killing off Angela, and leaves her [[LiteralCliffHanger dangling over the edge in her car]].

* MurderByMistake: Coriander accidentally shoots a child when he is running away from Punisher. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone This shakes him to the core]], and he spills the beans on Trust's big plan.

* OffWithHisHead: Punisher finishes his fight with Nold in the UsefulNotes/NewYorkCitySubway by ramming his head through a door window, which opens soon after and take it away.
* ProtagonistTitle
* ShootTheTelevision: As Punisher is going through Trust's local headquarters, Alaric appears on various television screens to talk to him. Punisher ignores his reasoning and shoots every screen he appears in.
* SmugSnake: After manipulating The Punisher for the length of the miniseries, once Castle breaks through his defenses, terrifies his brainwashed army of killers so bad their brainwashing fails and they run away, and hunts him down, Alaric is too out of his mind with fear to even ''shoot him with a loaded gun''.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The series [[{{Retcon}} explains]] Punisher's overzealous behavior in his previous appearances in ''[[ComicBook/SpiderMan The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' #81-83; it's a result of drugs that were planted in his food, on orders from Jigsaw.
* ThatManIsDead: When referred to as "Frank Castle", he states that he died the same day as his family. Now, there is only The Punisher.
* TrapDoor: Punisher is dropped through one into Trust's brainwashing chamber, and [[GasChamber sedative gas]] is there to greet him.

The first solo title of Comicbook/ThePunisher from 1986, often reprinted with subtitle ''Circle of Blood''[[note]](which is used here as well as the page name for [[SimilarlyNamedWorks the sake of differentiation from other Punisher books]])[[/note]] after name of the first issue.

Once again, Frank Castle, better known as the vigilante named Punisher, is in jail. He is contacted by an organization calling themselves the Trust, who offer him to get out in exchange for co-operation in the war against crime. Castle accepts, but soon learns that Trust is actually planning to take over organized crime in the United States, and must be stopped.

!!The Punisher: Circle of Blood provides examples of the following tropes:

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The series [[{{Retcon}} explains]] Punisher's overzealous behavior in his previous appearances in ''[[Comicbook/SpiderMan The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' #81-83; it's a result of drugs that were planted in his food, on orders from Jigsaw.

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The first solo title of Comicbook/ThePunisher from 1986, often reprinted with subtitle ''Circle of Blood'' [[note]](which is used here as well as the page name for [[SimilarlyNamedWorks the sake of differentiation from other Punisher books]])[[/note]] after name of the first issue.

* FakingTheDead: Learning that Punisher is going to kill him, Kingpin plants a fake body and goes into hiding for a while. Punisher plays along with it, wanting to see where his absence leads to.

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The series [[{{Retcon}} explains]] Punisher's overly zealous behavior in his previous appearances in ''[[Comicbook/SpiderMan The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' #81-83; it is a result of drugs that were planted in his food, on orders from Jigsaw.

!!Tropes:

* BigBad: Alaric, the leader of the local chapter of the Trust, with entire organization as the BiggerBad.

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* OffWithHisHead: Punisher finishes his fight with Nold in the NewYorkSubway by ramming his head through a door window, which opens soon after and take it away.

Once again, Frank Castle, better known as the vigilante named Punisher, is in jail. He is contacted by an organization calling themselves the Trust, who offer him to get out in exchange for co-operation in the war against crime. Castle accepts, but soon learns that Trust is actually planning to take over the organized crime in United States, and must be stopped.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Warden Gerty chooses to kill himself instead of letting Trust to get him first, and being put in his own prison.

[[caption-width-right:199:Back to war.]]

The first solo title of Comicbook/ThePunisher from 1986, often reprinted with subtitle ''Circle of Blood'' [[note]](which is used here as well as the page name for [[SimilarlyNamedWorks the sake of differentiantion from other Punisher books]])[[/note]] after name of the first issue.

!!This comic has the examples of:

* {{Brainwashed}}: Trust's Death Squad is comprised from inviduals who have gone through "reidentification therapy", becoming Punishers themselves.

* EvilCounterpart: Since Trust planned to have Punisher as their MookLieutenant, their brainwashed Death Squad thugs are modelled after him.

* MobWar: Kingpin's "death" leaves the remaining criminal organizations in New York fighting themselves, which is part of Trust's plan.

* ShootTheTelevision: As Punisher is going through Trust's local headquarters, Alaric appears on various television screen to talk to him. Punisher ignores his reasoning and shoots every screen he appears in.

* MurderByMistake: Coriander accidentally shoots a child when he is running away from Punisher. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone This shooks him to the core]], and he spills the beans on Trust's big plan.

* TrapDoor: Punisher is dropped through one into Trust's brainwashing chamber, and sedative gas is there to greet him.