The Punisher.... for Kids

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punisher


Arguably a popular B-List Marvel Character, the Punisher (Frank Castle) has been a reminder of the gritty and dark character creations of the 1970s.

Although he is not one of the flagship characters, like Spider-man, Wolverine, Iron Man (more recent addition because of the success of the films), Captain America, Thor, Hulk, The Punisher has obtained a very strong core of fans, leading to many comics (some even under the 'adult only' banner of MAX), and three films.

That is right- 3 Films. Now Let us compare this to some of those flagship characters;
* Spider-Man has had up until this point in time- 3 live action feature films (I don't include the upcomming Sony reboot because well it hasn't been released yet.)
- However Spider-Man is probably the most popular character Marvel has; shown by the large pop-cultural impact the character has had; TV Shows (even a slightly weird live action one), comics, merchandise, spokesperson and video game character (to varying degrees of success).
- Spider-Man has had a major part to play in just about all of the major Marvel Cross Overs.
Especially in the Recent (recent means with the last few decades- comics, right?) House of M, Civil War, Marvel Zombies and probably in the up-comming Fear Itself.
- He was the headline act for the new Ultimate Comic Line- which tried to reintroduce characters anew.
- However there is one major problem with Spider-Man at the moment...the films rights are owned by Sony- this was before Marvel Started with their own live action content. This has therefore hindered the possibility for Spidey to appear in the larger Marvel Film Universe, and even delayed his appearance in the children's show Super Hero Squad (I think he is supposed to appear in the second series- so keep an eye out for your friendly neighbourhood spidey, Kiddies).

* Wolverine has been in 4 live action films; the X-men trilogy, and the out of left field Origins.
Supposedly another Wolverine film is in the works- but will feature supposedly his studies in Japan- and the accompaning Frank Miller Story.
- Wolverine is also usually appearing in any item of Marvels, whether as an adult aimed -best at what I do- dark character, or as he appears in the Super Hero Squad, as a more child friendly character with claws- actually from the few episodes I have seen of this show- Weird sleep pattern, leave me alone- the only character that even attempts to be similar in some way, shape or form of the main bunch (Iron Man, Wolvie, Silver Surfer (I know right- his exestential angst will please the kiddies, but nope), Thor, Falcon (Haven't seen him in a while), and Hulk is Hulk, because he mentions his name in sentences- Hulk angry with annoying childrens show! Argghhh!
Ahh!, Let go of that tank, arrgghhh!.
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- Sorry about that, I'm back again..ummm, but his films are owned by Fox, however the cartoon he is in his costume and not the black jumpsuit, so maybe it is easier to work around.


* Iron Man, at the moment 2 feature films, with another in the works, plus the Avengers, and if he makes appearances in Thor or Cap.

*Cap and Thor have one comming out this year each.

* Hulk has been bandied around a bit, but has had about 2 if you don't count the TV Show related movie.

So the Punisher a man who has a vendetta against crime, and is willing to use violent force ie guns, knives and explosives has in one alternative story killed the whole Marvel Universe, and has gone toe to toe with, you guessed it Archie, that Red haired kid who wanted to date both Betty, and Veronica....It is an interesting if unexpected read.

The point is, the Punisher is a character who is known to be an adult character, the movies featuring him are full of violence, he is gruff and often an outsider in the Marvel Universe. Basically I never thought I would see him relatively successfully transfered into a show like Super Hero Squad but the following movie proves me wrong, watch and enjoy;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-BD0nEg8h8




BRING ON GHOST RIDER AND DEADPOOL!