Punisher Vol 8 7
When we were murdered, the world thought we were jokes. They'll underestimate us. By the time they realize what they're up against, the Punisher and every other vigilante in New York will be dead.
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Black Stream
- The Hood's Gang
- Microchip (David Lieberman)
- Resurrected villains
- Megatak (Gregory Nettles)
- Mirage (Desmond Charne)
- Mind-Wave (Erik Gelden)
- Cyclone (André Gerard)
- Firebrand (Gary Gilbert)
- Hi-Jacker (Howard Mitchell)
- Letha (Helen Feliciano)
- Titania (Davida DeVito)
- Basilisk (Basil Elks)
- Death Adder (Roland Burroughs)
- Human Fly (Richard Deacon)
- Bird-Man (Achille DiBacco)
- Wraith (Brian DeWolff) (Death)
Other Characters:
- Punisher (Frank Castle) (Dream)
- Maria Castle (Dream)
- Lisa Castle (Dream)
- Frank Castle Jr. (Dream)
- Millie ⏴
- Tina (First appearance)
- Tyler Bridge
- Sandy Bridge (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Oscorp (Mentioned)
- Norman Osborn (Mentioned)
- Walt Disney (Mentioned)
- Scourge of the Underworld I (Mentioned)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)
- Jean DeWolff (Mentioned)
- Scourge of the Underworld II (Mentioned)
- Spider-Man (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth-90907 (First appearance) (Dream Reality)
Items:
In a dream, the Punisher visited a church and talked to a "priest" in a confessional booth about how he needed someone to stop him from "making the biggest mistake in a lifetime already littered with 'em" and that the Devil was offering to reunited him with his family. The "priest" revealed himself to be the Hood before the Punisher was enraged and attempted to kill him before breaking down a door and finding himself in his family home. He was surprised to see that Maria and his children were all alive and grown up.
After kissing Maria and hugging his children, Lisa wanted to introduce him to "someone special" and it was the Hood. The Punisher pinned the Hood to a wall and told him not to touch his daughter, although the Hood claimed that he couldn't "until he allowed him to bring them back." When the Punisher turned around, they were "all dead as doornails" and he threw the Hood through a door before the two were surrounded by dead bodies. The Hood told him that without the love of his family to his desire to kill, his future was only the dead bodies around them.
Henry woke Frank up inside of a trailer of a truck full of computers and told him about a shipment of drugs coming in. Frank told him to find a target with a bloody history although Henry insisted that he didn't kill anybody. Then, Frank responded by pinning him against a wall before Henry shoved him away before he was told to "pack up and go" if he didn't like how "his business" was done. After the Punisher left, Henry angrily smashed one of his screens with his chair and thought that if he ever laid a hand on him again, it would be the last time.
Meanwhile, Megatak was helping Microchip locate the Punisher and find out who his hacker was and Mirage argued with Letha and Titania, both who were given new powers by the Hood, before the latter of the two women used her new power to induce desire in him. Mind-Wave threatened Letha before she caused Cyclone to attack him with her new power of aggression inducement. Then, Letha told the rest that it was time to "step it up", that the Punisher and every other vigilante in New York would be dead, and that the city would be theirs. At the Bar With No Name, Basilisk and Death Adder chained G.W. Bridge and successfully convinced him to agree to capture the Punisher alive for them after threatening Tyler.
The Punisher shot and killed the Wraith with a bow and arrow when he was alone at night before Henry gave him Bird-Man's location. Nearby, the Human Fly was eating a woman named Tina before a Black Stream squad confronted him, only to be killed. Then, the Punisher appeared in front of him and challenged him.
"DEAD END" Part 2 of 5 Having tapped into the ancient and demonic evils that corrupt his soul, the Hood has drawn together a band of long-dead villains, all with personal investment in the execution of the Punisher. Meanwhile, Frank Castle struggles with a ghoulish offer that may hold his final chance for redemption.
- This story is reprinted Punisher Dead End and Punisher Rick Remender Omnibus.