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Woke Marvel Eliminates The Punisher Due To “Problematic” Conservative Fan Base.
Instapundit ^ | 17 June 2023 | Anon

Posted on 06/17/2023 9:13:13 AM PDT by Rummyfan

This month, though, Marvel officially declared the Punisher persona non grata, eliminating the character as readers know him. Did he go out in a blaze of glory? No, in typical woke fashion Frank Castle is captured by progressive heroes, chained up and forced to go through a struggle session in which he is admonished as a murderer and a terrorist. Marvel even brings the Punisher’s wife back from the dead, only so that she can divorce him and take his money and property, and then inform him that his lifelong crusade against the criminal underworld was all for nothing.

The character then “dies” from apparent suicide but the story is left open to his return, just not as the gun-toting hero people know and love.

Marvel writers, including original Punisher creator Gerry Conway, specifically cite the popularity of the character among conservatives as the reason for his virtual elimination. As Newsweek noted, the Punisher was “problematic” for Marvel because conservatives liked him too much. He represents the every-man: He has no superpowers, he’s not a billionaire like Batman, but he still fights evil with an immovable will and a lot of guns.

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: conservative; eliminates; fanbase; getwokegobroke; globohomo; homosexualagenda; marvel; marvelcomics; problematic; punisher; thepunisher

1 posted on 06/17/2023 9:13:13 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Good thing I care nothing about that crap


2 posted on 06/17/2023 9:16:06 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Rummyfan
I would have had Archie take him out


3 posted on 06/17/2023 9:18:09 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: Rummyfan

They use Feminist to write ,produce and direct and that’s what killed the M-She-U ,LOL


4 posted on 06/17/2023 9:18:54 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Rummyfan

The left is terrified of fake insurrections and fictional characters who mete out justice. It’s good to take note of what the enemy fears. It will come in handy, when the inevitable day comes.


5 posted on 06/17/2023 9:19:03 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: Rummyfan

To each his own. For me, hard to get worked up about something that happens in comic books.


6 posted on 06/17/2023 9:19:41 AM PDT by Roadrunner383
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To: Rummyfan

This is why the woke can’t stand him

The Punisher: “Dirty Laundry”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAoBsIZ-M3A

(I highly recommend)


7 posted on 06/17/2023 9:20:58 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: Rummyfan

I’m shocked they didn’t just turn him into a trannie


8 posted on 06/17/2023 9:25:05 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Rummyfan

he Punisher was “problematic” for Marvel because conservatives liked him too much. He represents the every-man: He has no superpowers, he’s not a billionaire like Batman, but he still fights evil with an immovable will and a lot of guns.


can’t have a hero these days......................


9 posted on 06/17/2023 9:25:38 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Roadrunner383

First they came for the communist, but I wasn’t a communist, so I didn’t speak up.

Then they came for the....


10 posted on 06/17/2023 9:28:46 AM PDT by Sarcazmo (I live by the Golden Rule. As applied by others; I'm not selfish.)
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To: Rummyfan

The Netflix Punisher series was outstanding with Jon Bernthal being a total badass. That scene in the first episode where one killer escapes to Mexico thinking he’s home free only to get sniped by the Punisher from El Paso across the border...awesome.

But yeh, can’t go letting conservatives enjoying anything too much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4QV6OZdmWY


11 posted on 06/17/2023 9:51:18 AM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: Dr. Sivana
LOL! 👍
12 posted on 06/17/2023 9:59:09 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: NWFree

13 posted on 06/17/2023 10:00:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Rummyfan

Marvel is a wholly owned subsidiary of disney.

No FReeper ought be either surprised or supportive of this by watching their crap.


14 posted on 06/17/2023 10:08:29 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Rummyfan
I didn't understand any of this.   Comic books in the 1960's had none of this falderal.
15 posted on 06/17/2023 10:08:46 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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Disney decision makers wake up each day wondering how can I piss off more conservatives, and lower the value of the business. Hope the company files chapter 7 in a few years.


16 posted on 06/17/2023 10:38:57 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good By Ellen)
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To: Rummyfan

I see this a perfect example of exactly how petty and childish the Left can be...


17 posted on 06/17/2023 11:14:45 AM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: Rummyfan

10 minute independent short film better than most of the crap out there today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWpK0wsnitc


18 posted on 06/17/2023 11:16:06 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Rummyfan

So since they don’t need the Punisher logo, I guess it’s OK for others to use it now...


19 posted on 06/17/2023 11:52:41 AM PDT by chrisser (I lost my vaccine card in a tragic boating accident.)
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