What I learned from the Punisher contest:

Damn, Punisher fans are really loyal to Frank Castle!  While there were other character picked for the contest, the majority went with Frank Castle as their favorite Punisher character.  It’s not like Batman where people like the Joker, Nightwing or even Bane.  Speaking of Batman, the contest winner described Punisher similarly to Batman:

“For me Frank Castle will always be the greatest, and most realistic character to be penned in the Marvel universe. He’s cold, yet darkly witty. He’s ruthless, but still has the desire to help innocent people. In fact one of my favorite comics was the Long Cold Dark we see that there is still a human heart beating underneath the infamous Skull. He’s proven to be a match for both super villians and super heroes who’ve crossed his path. This is a man who, when life gave him crap, he didn’t settle for making crap stew, he used it as fuel to destroy enemies who would other wise get away for murder, rape, and some almost unimaginable crimes. Frank Castle is fearless, dark, and never gives up his sense of wrong and right. He isn’t doing this for money, he isn’t doing it for revenge, he isn’t doing it to stop his bleeding heart, he is doing it because if he didn’t, then who would?

Here is a character with complex issues who isn’t a whiner like Peter Parker, someone who you can’t just read one issue and know who he is in his entirely. Marvel comics has some amazing characters but for me none of them have been as conterversial, as dynamic, or as real as Frank Castle, the one man vigilante army.”

Congrats to Samuel-Alejandro for winning the autograph poster signed by Thomas Jane and Tim Bradstreet!  Samuel-Alejandro undersands that the Punisher isn’t just a one dimensional sociopath.  Sure he’s violent as hell but he does it for the greater good.  This is what makes the Punisher so tragic, he wants to get rid of crime, but while he’s doing it, he’s also losing his Frank Castle identity.

Thanks for everyone that participated, we will have more comic related memorabilia contests in the future so make sure to visit us regularly!

Big thanks to Raw Studios for participating in our re-launch party!  Make sure to support them by visiting their site and check out the latest comic and movie noirs they have available, including Dark Country!

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