Marvel’s SDCC 2023 shocker: Joe Garrison is the new Punisher

Here’s a twist: The next Punisher comic series won’t star Frank Castle. Marvel Comics announced today that Joe Garrison will be the new star of this comic series.

Garrison is a character created by David Pepose.Savage Avengers), “a retired S.H.I.E.L.D. black ops agent, is brought back into the action after his past rears its violent head,” according to a Marvel Comics news release.

Where’s Frank Castle? Well, in Jason Aaron, Jesús Saiz, and Paul Azaceta’s PunisherAfter he gained the power of an avatar, his dead wife Maria stripped his newly acquired powers. He was then captured by Avengers. Then Maria revealed that she’d been about to ask for a divorce on the day she died, took all his money, and left him. Rather than accept the Avengers’ punishment, Frank seemed to magically annihilate himself, with Doctor Strange confirming “Frank Castle is no more.”

PunisherDave Wachter and Pepose have collaborated to create a brand new, ongoing series.Planet of the Apes).

Image: Dave Wachter/Marvel Comics

Image: Rod Reis/Marvel Comics

“Is this the return of Frank Castle—or the start of something else?” reads Marvel’s official summary of the issue. “Frank Castle has disappeared, but evil will always need to be punished. Criminals must be cautious of the vigilante who is hunting them in the shadows. Who is the Punisher of today? Was it revenge that led him to this path? Will he survive the fire? “

The book is expected to hit the shelves in November.