WAR MACHINE pt I
Written by Matthew Rosenberg
Penciled by Guiu Vilanova
Cover by Clayton Crain
Published Nov 15 2017
In Brooklyn, two interested parties meet to discuss the purchase and sale of some weapons when Frank starts silently assassinating them. They roll out some crates from a storage container and inside find the head of one of their goons with a grenade it his mouth. It explodes, and the Punisher emerges with guns blazing.
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| I'm BACK! |
He continues his rampage, killing them each and amazing them that it's only one man. Eventually they think he might be down and they begin transferring what few guns they have left to a smaller boat. They don't get far though as Frank triggers a bomb aboard, and he walks back to his band as the tanker sinks in the background.
When he opens the door, former SHIELD director Nick Fury awaits, inviting the Punisher to his favorite dim sum restaurant. He reluctantly accepts, and when they finally sit down Fury explains he has a job offer for him. An offer Frank immediately refuses before Fury can show him the details.
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| Some van you got here, Frank. |
The Republic of Chernaya has fallen into chaos, executing children as part of the grudges rival clans have with one another. General Armand Petrov heads the most destructive of the two. Worse yet, former SHIELD assets are now part of his militia.
He proposes Frank steal back on of SHIELD's old weapons, further insulting them as former Marine and Army guys, from the Air Force. But there's two rules: one is no killing during the smash and grab. Frank penetrates the defenses and smiles when he see the weapon. The Air Force guards continue to try and stop him but eyes glow through the smoke. There he stands in Col Rhodes' familiar armor as War Machine.
Rule number 2 is to give it back to Fury after the mission. As he blasts off, that particular rule looks like it's gonna be a little hard to follow. What happens next through will have to wait, as this issue is left to be continued.
He proposes Frank steal back on of SHIELD's old weapons, further insulting them as former Marine and Army guys, from the Air Force. But there's two rules: one is no killing during the smash and grab. Frank penetrates the defenses and smiles when he see the weapon. The Air Force guards continue to try and stop him but eyes glow through the smoke. There he stands in Col Rhodes' familiar armor as War Machine.
Rule number 2 is to give it back to Fury after the mission. As he blasts off, that particular rule looks like it's gonna be a little hard to follow. What happens next through will have to wait, as this issue is left to be continued.
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| Frank manages to make the War Machine armor look scarier. |
I followed this series a pretty good bit for it's first year but eventually got fed up with Becky Cloonan's writing. She didn't seem to have any interest developing the character. Just extremely simple stories that was basically just bad gore. The art was also poor to me and couldn't keep my interest whatsoever. It was pointed out to me that with Marvel Legacy, they switched creative teams... and I couldn't be happier. This issue started off Cloonan like, but by the middle and end have proven that it's anything like it was. The Punisher. With War Machine Armor?! Where has this story been all those years? I can't wait to see where this goes.. I give this one a 9/10.
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