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admonition : Contains SPOILERS for Get Fury # 3!Everyone knows that thePunisherwas born when Frank Castle watched his family get gun down in the ballpark by two warring gangs . At least , that ’s when Frank Castle officially give himself to being the lethal vigilante , as the actual ‘ birth ’ of the Punisher come in far earlier . And now , with the on-going change being made to his lineage , it seems one theatrical role is actuallyresponsible for creating the Punisher : Nick Fury .

In a trailer forGet Fury#3 by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows , Frank Castle ’s undercover mission with Nick Fury during the Vietnam Warunfolds even further . In the previous two issues , it ’s revealed that Fury has been kidnapped by the vietcong , and Frank has been task by the CIA to assassinate him . Fury get it on too much about the opium - smuggling operation the CIA is conducting out of Vietnam , which is the tangible rationality the CIA wants him dead . However , what they do n’t ab initio count on is the fact that Frank know all about it too .

Castle and Fury are working together to close down the CIA ’s drug - smuggling operation , and the CIA does n’t discover that until the end of the last issue , after they send Castle after Fury . In the prevue for this issue , the CIA agents are discuss the possibleness surrounding Castle and Fury ’s plot , including one particularly striking revelation : ferocity was at least partially responsible for Castle re - upping for his third tour of duty in Vietnam , as he needed to stick around to thwart the corrupt CIA agent .

The Punisher holding two pistols.

Nick Fury Created the Punisher By Being Responsible for Frank’s Third Tour - But, How?

Born#1-4 by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson

When Firebase Valley Forge was surrounded by vietcong , and the platoon was outmanned , outgunned , and as in force as all in , Frank go for this dark entity ’s offer . At that point , Frank blacked out , and when he came to , every vietcong soldier was dead under his substructure , along with all his fellow leatherneck . Castle only learned later that the deal he made with this entity ( presumably death itself ) came at the cost of his family ’s life , as the bargain would n’t be sodding until Frank Castle formally became the Punisher .

Garth Ennis Succeeds in Making the Punisher’s Origin Even More Interesting

It ’s no secret thatGarth Ennis is the definitivePunisherwriter . Ennis was responsible forBorn , he gave the world the epically brutalPunisher Kills the Marvel Universe(which pave the way for Deadpool ) , and his original Punisher run was adapted nearly shot - for - shot in the 2004 film . The Punisher ’s origin has been tweaked in the yesteryear by other Marvel writers , but it ’s secure to say that Garth Ennis has the final word on what ’s part of Castle ’s descent , and what can be ignored . And now , Ennis has made that lineage even more interesting in a way that only he can .

Garth Ennis compose The Punisher from Vol 5 into Vol 7 , with the first 12 military issue of Vol 5 being perhaps the most memorable . Here ’s the 10 best mo !

By adding Nick Fury to the Punisher ’s origin in such an inherent way , Garth Ennis has weave the storylines of two of the most badass Marvel Comics characters in the publishing firm ’s history , and he ’s done so while shaping one of the good Punisher stories in recent memory . Indeed , the Punisher ’s lineage change makes Nick Fury at least part responsible for the lethal vigilante ’s cosmos , which is a really cool detail that ’s tied in dead with thePunisher ’s established lore .

A man with nuclear explosions going off behind him in The Far Side.

Get Fury # 3by Marvel Comics is available July 10 , 2024 .

Get Fury#3 ( 2024 )

Close-up of Wes Chatham as Amos in The Expanse TV Show

The Punisher with the entire Marvel Universe behind him.

The Punisher in Vietnam standing among countless dead on the battlefield.

Punisher aiming a sniper rifle at Nick Fury’s head.

Cover of Get Fury #3 featuring the shadow of the Punisher with comic panels showing skulls and other characters in his body.