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A friend told me about this Punisher arc, saying Ennis finally figured out how to use Barracuda right. He does. Instead of going for laughs (either with or at Barracuda–Ennis problem before was setting the reader up to laugh at Frank, which isn’t right), he makes Barracuda a monster. An alter ego to the Punisher… […]

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So, Barracuda is much better than “Barracuda,” the story its a sequel to, which ran in Punisher MAX. Maybe not, actually. That story was Ennis’s first disappointing arc on Punisher MAX (after “The Slavers,” though, anything would have been a disappointment… but “Barracuda” was definitely more of one than it had to be). The limited […]

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Usually, when Ennis breaks his formula–Frank Castle narrating, intercut with criminals worrying and maybe some cops fretting–it’s trouble for The Punisher. But Widowmaker, which literally keeps Frank bedridden for a couple issues, is different. It’s maybe Ennis’s most literary story–the journey of a woman who can’t stand the emptiness inside herself–but it’s also got a […]

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