The Good – Cinematic Dave Johnson”s covers, Steve Dillon”s return on the Punisher and Jason Aaron”s amalgamation of Garth Ennis”s two versions of the Punisher. I was surprised that writer Jason Aaron succeeded in combining the dark humour element found in the Marvel Knights” Punisher and the serious element presented in the previous Punisher Max series into one excellent story. As with some of the Punisher stories the driving forces of these comics are the villains and supporting characters. Here we have another take on the origin and the rise to power, of the notorious Kingpin of crime, obviously done in a Max style.
The Bad – The story ended too quickly and we have to wait some 5 months for another arc to be completed, but looking on the bright side, it is Bullseye”s turn next.
(8.5/10)
Review by Christopher Muscat