Unfortunately for the Marvel Universe, the Hand is already hard at work recruiting his replacement. Frank Castle is now permanently out of reach. Will they turn him into the authorities? Execute him and rid the world of its most prolific mass-murderer? It's never revealed what Cap and his team ultimately decide, because Frank summons the last remaining bit of the Beast's magic and uses it to teleport to another dimension. With that, Maria leaves her husband's fate up to the Avengers. Frank's half is donated to a series of charities in their children's names, with the intent of allowing the Punisher to finally do some good in the world. She intends to use her half of this "divorce settlement" to start a new life. With Black Widow's help, Maria sells off all of Frank's hidden weapons stashes and real estate holdings. Moon Knight alone seems to recognize just how deep Frank Castle's psychosis goes, and that the Punisher side of his personality existed long before the day his wife and children were murdered.įinally, Maria confronts her husband and reveals that she's done her part to destroy the Punisher once and for all. Frank remains unrepentant as he meets with each hero in turn, even when Doctor Strange reminds him that there's always a terrible price to pay whenever powerful magic is involved. Maria CastleĮnough of the Beast's magic remains that he survives Maria's attack, but Frank is imprisoned in the Hand's dungeon while the Avengers debate what to do with him. Disgusted by his actions, she tells Frank the same thing she tried to tell him the day she and her children were shot dead - she wants a divorce. Maria has pored through the Hand's extensive library and witnessed every act of murder Frank has committed in his family's name. Frank battles his way back inside the fortress and confronts Maria, only to be shot with the same enchanted bullets he forged to kill Ares. Unfortunately, the Avengers aren't willing to let Frank slip away without paying for his crimes against humanity. He returns home to the Hand's fortress, ready to finally lay down his weapons and retire with his wife Maria. With this act of mercy, Frank's uncontrollable bloodlust is finally quenched. Even for the Punisher, some acts of murder are a step too far. But Frank stops himself from killing a boy whose heart has been corrupted by the terrorists. He gains the ability to sense sin in the hearts of men, using it to massacre a domestic terrorist cell before they can launch their attack. In the end, the only thing that can stop Frank Castle is Frank himself. At the climax of the series, no power on Earth seems capable of stopping Frank in his all-out war on crime. Empowered by The Beast's unholy magic, Frank has even managed to bring down Ares, the Greek god of war. This series has established a very different status quo for the Punisher, as Frank Castle has become the new Fist of the Beast and a truly supernatural being known as the King of Killers.
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