![]() ![]() And then above it, they had had tattooed “I don't read," and then below it, “Punisher comics”. Gerry: It was a photo, somebody had tattooed the Blue Lives Punisher logo - you know, the blue stripe variation on it - on their arm. You may have even spotted it on officers’ uniforms, patrol cars, or permanently etched on skin. Because even if you’ve never heard of The Punisher, I bet you’ve seen that skull emblem before - the one with the squinty eyes and piano key-like teeth.Īmory: Maybe you’ve noticed it on t-shirts, hats, bumper stickers, mashed up with pro-police Thin Blue Line flags. Gerry: Yeah, in the Marvel Universe, there is no such thing as a complete bad guy, you know what I mean? There are no mustache-twirlers in the Marvel Universe.īen: The man who becomes The Punisher has a real name - Frank Castle - and like so many bad guys in comic books, Frank has a tragic backstory.Īmory: The horrors of fighting in the Vietnam War, followed by the murder of his entire family, left Frank traumatized - a misguided, tortured soul.īen: Still, Gerry says, over the years, the character has made it very clear.Īmory: The way his enemies identify him? A huge, terrifying white skull with four extra long fangs, plastered across his extremely muscular chest.īen: And it’s this symbol we want to tell you more about. On the internet, he describes himself as a “ minor pop culture icon” and “ a modest and unassuming fellow well-liked by those who don’t know him." And Gerry is pretty modest, considering he’s scripted classics like Marvel’s "The Amazing Spider-Man." It was actually in that series, back in 1974, that Gerry introduced The Punisher as a villain - an exceptionally violent and murderous one. He has a nerdy laugh that he follows statements with, which is endearing. He’s in his late 60s now, with tufty white hair. Gerry was a professional comic book writer by the age of 16. I'm the creator, co-creator of The Punisher and various other characters that have appeared on TV and in movies.īen Brock Johnson: Including 3 Punisher films, which we heard some snippets from. And wouldn't cross a certain line, but was definitely considered an outlaw.Īmory: This guy knows a lot about The Punisher because he invented him. Gerry: He wasn’t, as I said, wasn’t intended to be a good guy, but he was intended to be a vigilante anti-hero who at least had his own code of justice. Gerry: And when the police weren't able to bring the criminals to justice, he went and took the law into his own hands. Gerry: His family was killed in crossfire in a mafia shootout in Central Park. Gerry Conway: He was a Vietnam vet, an honorable soldier. some begin with good old-fashioned bloodshed. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text.Īmory Sivertson: Some origin stories kick off with radioactive spider bites, or alien planets. The transcript has been edited from our original script for clarity. This content was originally created for audio. CBR, " There's Not Much Marvel Can Do About Cops Using Punisher's Logo".Protests, Marvel Comics Reckons With Its Imagery" Gizmodo, " As the Punisher Skull Re-Emerges on Cops in U.S. ![]()
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