When his family was killed in the crossfire of a Mafia shootout, Frank Castle put his military training to use - waging a one-man war on crime. As the Punisher, Castle reinvented himself as the merciless scourge of the underworld. The mere mention of his name causes criminals every where to cringe in fear, because they all know the Punisher plays for keeps - and someday, he may come gunning for them!