History Trivia / ThePunisher

* CreatorBacklash: As of 2023, the iconic Punisher skull logo has been adopted by various far-right extremist groups, as well as by some law enforcement and even military personnel. This has not gone unnoticed at Marvel, and is ''definitely'' not appreciated. Co-creator Creator/GerryConway [[https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/punisher-skull-logo-marvel-capitol-riots has said]] he's disturbed that far right extremists, as well as various military and police forces have co-opted the logo of a character that is both explicitly anti-authority and is a disturbed man whose crusade against crime isn't something anybody should want to emulate. Creator/GarthEnnis has similarly voiced his disgust, calling right wing rioters that were seen with the symbol [[https://www.cbr.com/garth-ennis-calls-rioters-using-punishers-symbol-irrelevant/ "halfwits"]] who don't understand the character.

* CreatorBacklash: As of 2023, the iconic Punisher skull logo has been adopted by various far-right extremist groups, as well as by some law enforcement and even military personnel. This has not gone unnoticed at Marvel, and is ''definitely'' not appreciated. Co-creator Creator/GerryConway has said he's disturbed that far right extremists, as well as various military and police forces have co-opted the logo of a character that is both explicitly anti-authority and is a disturbed man whose crusade against crime isn't something anybody should want to emulate. Creator/GarthEnnis has similarly voiced his disgust, calling right wing rioters that were seen with the symbol "halfwits" who don't understand the character.

* CreatorBacklash: In recent times, the iconic Punisher skull logo has been adopted by various far-right extremist groups, as well as by some law enforcement and even military personnel. This has not gone unnoticed at Marvel, and is ''definitely'' not appreciated. Co-creator Gerry Conway has said he's disturbed that far right extremists, as well as various military and police forces have co-opted the logo of a character that is both explicitly anti-authority and is a disturbed man whose crusade against crime isn't something anybody should want to emulate.
** Garth Ennis has similarly voiced his disgust, calling right wing rioters that were seen with the symbol "halfwits" who don't understand the character.

** His fourth ongoing series, ''Punisher'' Vol.3 (1995), ran for 18 issues. As of January 2023, it is not collected in any format. Issue #11, which is part of the ''ComicBook/Onslaught'' event, is the only one republished digitally.

** His fourth ongoing series, simply titled ''Punisher'', ran for 18 issues. It is not collected in any format.

** His third ongoing series, ''The Punisher War Zone'', ran for 41 issues and had two annuals. There are three trades collecting it but issues 7-25 and 37-41 and the annuals remain uncollected.

** His second ongoing series, ''The Punisher War Journal'', ran for 80 issues and less than half has been republished. As of January 2023, some are available as digital comics (#1-19, 45-47, 52-53 and 61-64). A physical collected edition covers the first 19 issues, with the ''Punisher: Suicide Run'' and ''Daredevil: Dead Man's Hand'' crossover collections including a handful of the later issues.

** His second ongoing series, ''The Punisher War Journal'', ran for 80 issues. There is a single trade paperback collecting the series and it only has the first eight issues. There are also two out of print trades, one collecting the first three and the second collecting the next two, showing his first meeting with Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}.

** His first ongoing series, ''The Punisher, Vol. 2'', ran for 108 issues and had seven annuals. Its only available in the black and white softcover Essentials collections, and those only have the first 40 issues and the first 3 annuals. Want the rest? Gotta wait and hope they continue the line. Oh, and some of the volumes are out of print.

** A planned ''Punisher vs. Barracuda'' miniseries by Declan Shalvey would have introduced ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'' villain Barracuda as a CanonImmigrant to the main Franchise/MarvelUniverse setting. It was announced and solicited to retailers, but then QuietlyCancelled after the initial disruption of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.