The Punisher, Issue #1 has been selling like hot cakes, and it's not just because of the "Parental Advisory! Not for kids!" warning on the cover. That takes me back a few years. "Please let me rent this VHS, Mom! It's violence, not sex!" The story revolves around a D.E.A. bust that gets preempted, violently, by the Punisher. A bunch of bad men are selling a drug called EMC that turns one-time users into super-soldiers.
This is a moderately gory title, but then again, we've seen it all. As one comedian opined, the kids growing up on the internet are going to be as grizzled as Vietnam combat veterans by the age of five. My ex- and I have kept our kid sheltered pretty much. We know about safe places, monitor his tablet, Roku, game, and computer usage. That sort of stuff. Heck, there are some issues of Saga that are just as bad as this issue. You just have to be careful these days.
I'm not a Marvel expert. I've read some of The Punisher, notably Greg Rucka's and Garth Ennis's work on the title. I just don't see how this is any worse than either of those runs, but then again, it says, "Explicit Content," on the cover of my paperback of The Punisher Max, which I've been reading the past couple of weeks. The question is whether or not we need any more of the Punisher. Why read this when there's still a ton of Rucka, Ennis, Punisher Born, Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe, and Frankencastle, to name a few, plus Charles Soule's Daredevil/The Punisher limited series, which also debuted a few days ago.
In the end, I like reading new comics. I like buying them every week for $2.99 or $3.99. That's why I'm reading this today instead of Punisher Max, which is generally considered the best series of The Punisher. Damn, there's so much I want to read. Reading a good title makes you want to read more, even at the end of the semester, when you have no time. Okay, I'll stop rambling.
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