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The Punisher Vol. 1: Dark Reign [Hardcover]

Rick Remender (Author), Jerome Opena (Illustrator)
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The fight against the "Dark Reign" begins as the duty of chronicling Frank Castle's war journal is passed to the new regular team of writer Rick Remender (End League, Fear Agent) and Jerome Opena (Wolverine, Fear Agent). One man with one bullet, in the right place, at the right time, can change the world. That's why the Punisher is perched atop a building on the Jersey shore with a high-powered Skrull rifle, his crosshairs trained on a target in Midtown Manhattan. But who is his target - and why? One thing's for sure: They're anything but helpless! Someone is watching their back. Someone big. Enter: The Sentry! Collects Punisher #1-6.

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  • Hardcover: 136 pages
  • Publisher: Marvel (September 2, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0785139974
  • ISBN-13: 978-0785139973
  • Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #938,963 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Rick Remender is the writer/creator of comics such as Fear Agent, The End League, Strange Girl, Black Heart Billy, Last Days of American Crime, Sea of Red, Sorrow, Night Mary, XXXombies and Doll and Creature. He is also the writer of Marvel's Uncanny X-Force, Punisher, and Venom.

Outside of comics he has served as lead writer on EA/EPIC/PCF's Bulletstorm game and was a writer on the Electronic Arts hit game Dead Space . Prior to this, Remender served as an animator on films such as The Iron Giant, Anastasia, Titan A.E., and Rocky and Bullwinkle.

During his time wrist grinding as an artist Rick penciled books such as The Last Christmas, Bruce Campbell's Man with the Screaming Brain and numerous issues of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles while also inking books such as The Avengers and The Terminator . He has provided album covers and art for bands such as NOFX, 3 Inches of Blood, Lagwagon and No Use for a Name. He also taught storyboarding, animation and comic art at San Francisco's Academy of Art University for many years.

He and his tea-sipping wife, Danni, currently reside in Portland with their beautiful new baby girl, imminent baby boy and a monster known only as Lester Magoo.

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars A very promising start, February 4, 2010
This review is from: The Punisher Vol. 1: Dark Reign (Hardcover)
I'm not really a hardcore fan of The Punisher but I've always liked him so I was thrilled to see him tie into Dark Reign. (Which except for this I haven't really been reading) I'm also glad that we finally got to get a new relaunch of The Punisher books. (Matt Fraction's take was awful, and the art was too water colored) The writing is strong in this new Punisher series and the art is gritty but very appealing. I would recommend it even thought at times the book did seem pretty implausible.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A new mission, December 14, 2009
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This story is quite good for what it is. The basic premise is that Norman Osborn is "ruling the world" and Frank Castle isn't happy about it. So we get Frank trying to take down the big boss. Of course it doesn't quite work out like that. The art is very good & very suitable for this series. Frank comes across quite well in some of the fight scenes especially against the hired goons. Frank gets some high tech gizmo's that make him look a bit stupid but then the gizmo's are used in a good & funny way. The customising of some of his equipment is a bit much but overall it's a solid enough set up for the rest of the series.

There is a very quick synopsis of The Punisher & his role in the Marvel Universe over the years at the back of the book which is interesting enough & helps new readers get a grasp on the character's history (minus the MAX series of course).
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4.0 out of 5 stars Dark Fun with the Punisher in the Marvel Universe, September 11, 2011
People who read Punisher stories typically fall into two camps- those who only think he should go around shooting mobsters and those who can also enjoy him interacting with superheroes. If you're firmly in the first camp, this is not the book for you- check out the MAX series instead. I've always been in the second camp, and actually prefer seeing Frank Castle used as a foil for Daredevil or Spider-man than getting his Death Wish on.
This series takes place after Marvel's Secret Invasion title- the ending of which saw Norman Osborn play the big hero and fool the public enough to get put in charge of what used to be SHIELD. This doesn't sit well with Frank, who decides Osborn needs to be taken out. This obviously proves more difficult than the Punisher had hoped,and he is forced to contend with the various threats that Osborn sends after him. (Despite the long overview of the Punisher in the back, that's really all you need to know and it's presented clearly in the title. Longtime Marvel and Punisher fans will have a richer appreciation, but not at the expense of new readers)
I thoroughly enjoyed this title (the first solo Punisher title set in the Marvel Universe I have read since the character's heyday in the 90s). Remender has a great take on the character that feels deeper than a poor man's Ennis clone and has some great ideas on what it's like to be a soldier on a mission in a world of Marvels (The Punisher amps up his armory in an interesting way to keep up with the threats around him). The art by Jerome Opena is fantastic- he showcases the action in a very vivid way, but his storytelling and character work makes the dialogue scenes just as interesting. His style makes this book feel very much like the same world as some of the Marvel U's darker titles like Daredevil.
The two creators worked together before on Fear Agent and more recently on Uncanny X-Force. While I didn't love this as much as those other works, it's easy to see their collaboration ups their respective games. I'm planning on picking up the next volume, but am disappointed to see that they changed artists for that.
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