Since the Punisher’s first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 from 1974, Francis Castiglione AKA Frank Castle is pretty much the same. He’s as tough as we speak, vigilante waging a one-man war on crime in order to get revenge for the murder of his family. Sometimes I just believe, he takes his family name to murder people who aren’t capable of change. He rose in popularity from the mid-80s to the mid-90s. For some people, it is very good.
But he has only message to bad guys out there
Those who do evil to others, the killers,rapists,psychos, sadists..you will come to know him well.Frank Castle is dead,call him The Punisher.
Frank Castle is an honest ex-Marine who has lot of respect for Captain America and James Rhodes AKA War Machine.
Fun Fact: Now Punisher is a War Machine since Rhodey AKA James Rhodes died at the hands of Thanos thanks to Captain Marvel. But today we are here to celebrate Frank Castle’s Live Appearance in Movies & TV Shows.
Let us see the list of Live Action suits.
This Punisher is almost accurate to comic series and people loved it. It could have improved on action series. Origins was bloody violent but after that violence was little let down. It is as memorable as Tobey Maguire playing Spider-Man.It is the people’s second choice to play as Punisher.
Film costume borrows from Garth Ennis run on Punisher comics. Instead of sweat shirt, they gone with T-Shirt and Leather Jacket. The Leather Jacket is somewhat similar to what Keanu Reeves wore on The Matrix. He didn’t even used much weapons except Shotgun,Arrows,Mine Bombs.
He only wear this during Climax Scene. After that POOF.
A slight better looking Punisher than Thomas Jane.The costume more looks like body armor. It is something a war of soldier wears. Almost a realistic body armor, if I say so for myself. Not only do that, he has the experience of Marines. That guy can kill anyone in seconds. He was at war with crimes not with himself.
It has neck guard as well and he carries way more weapons like every kinds of pistols, even with silencers , revolvers, rifles ,pocket knifes, flares, grenade launchers. This guy had it all. Finally a good Punisher suit but too bad film was forgotten as it was solely focused on violence and crude language.
After two bad attempts at film, Netflix and MCU(Marvel Cinematic Universe) swooped in and saved the day with this new suit. Granted that he did not get until Season 2 of Final Episode in Daredevil end.He was a killer in this both literally and figuratively.In this suit, he is somewhat wearing the armor once he killed Schoonover and got access to weapons closet, he designed and painted iconic white skull on black armor except he has big black coat in it, but rest of it is same.
This suit is very similar to it just removed the black coat but with more ammo pouches and also keeping small weaponrys for stealth attempt.He sports the signature death’s head logo much like modern comics which is like basically a source of this skull’s roots and has loads of ammo pouches. Even though he is short but very much bulky.Just like previous film Punisher War Zone, he is wearing a Kevlar armor to protect himself from bullets as his previous experience. It is very much realistic depiction of his suits from comics. This suit is perfect amount of practicals with theatrics. In Season 2, we hope we get to see this suit more as they promised they would show he is adopting the mantle of Punisher, hope they keep up the promise. Even if it means cancellation of the series just like other MCU Netflix TV Shows.
But here are some unused costumes which were made but never implemented.
So this is it, all the costume evolution of Punisher in Live Action. Let me know in the comments which one you like it most. I am going to do this a lot in Marvel Street Fighters.
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Wow..hope to see the latest suit in the upcoming season of The Punisher because the trailer was very promising showing that he is now on the path to what defines the punisher
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Liked the MCU Punisher much better than the other suits.
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Oh I didn’t know there was a new season coming. Looking forward to viewing it!
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Yeah it is with same suit. Maybe check your netflix, you might have got it unlike me who is in different country
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The costume designed by Code LGX has to be my favorite!Anyway, I haven’t watched this film although I’m certain that my brothers would love this news!
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I love the costume James Holland designed. I watched the Punisher and related Marvel shows on Netflix and enjoyed them all but I can see how it may bring disappointment with any little changes from the comics. Luckily they stayed true toodt
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I have not watched any of the episodes of these series, it doesn’t sound like my type of movie to be honest. I do like the last costume though, the one designed by James Holland. Shame it has never been implemented.
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Why don’t I know about this? I need to keep up with all these shows.
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I like the suit with the camo pants. These suits all seem so powerful and for a tough person.
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Which one are you talking about?
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I have to say Thomas Jane is my favorite, he is so handsome!
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I haven’t heard of the Punisher before, but I have gotten into a lot of the Marvel Movies. I’ll have to check these out before I know which one I like best!
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This is really interesting to look at, I have to admit I know little about Punisher, but my other half is a big fan! Looking forward to season 2!
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I like the suit designed by James Holland. Considering the fact that the Punisher is an ex-marine, then a camo suit would be a good choice. Well, that’s just me.
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I’ve never watched Punisher. But it’s interesting to see the variety of suits.
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I am not big fan of Punisher but coming to action suits I am loving the suit which is designed by James Holland
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I don’t know much about these movies but these are the types of movies that my husband loves!
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I am not an action fan but my husband would love types and might enjoy… I am more into less punishable movies and like humor.
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I like the suit designed by James Holland the most. To be honest I have not watched the Punisher but after reading this post, I am curious to watch it.
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I’ve loved each suit, I have a punisher hoodie that is also quite dope if I do say so myself. 🙂
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Never watch the show but heard it a lot from my friends. I would love to see the show when I have time for it. The suits looks good though
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I haven’t watched this film. I am positive that my older will enjoy as this her kind of movies. I will share this post with her.
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I love The Punisher and I love the way John Bernthal portrayed it.
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Awesome review of all the Punisher looks. Actually enjoying Season 2 of Punisher on Netflix right now.
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Woah! This is cool. To be honest, I have totally forgot about the Punisher and excited to see this remake. I think the costume designed by Code LGX is actually good.
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I can’t wait for S2 of the Punisher, one of the best TV series’ I have ever seen (apart from GOT of course)
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I have to say I like the unused designs, designed by James Holland. Love seeing it in it’s entirety. This is a great post, thanks for sharing.
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