Garth Ennis can still write the Punisher. Stepping into his style from something like 10 years ago, this picks up with all the major players from Welcome Back Frank. The Elite, Lt. Molly Von Richthofen, and even Ma Gnucci (sort of) all show up and start causing problem for Frank Castle. Castle continues his detached slaughter of the criminal underworld, and Ennis always takes the time to make it entertaining. To be honest, the low-level criminals seem more human than Frank. He exists only to murder, and the criminals may be dumb, but you can almost understand them.Ennis includes some great sequences with Frank taking on actually competent henchmen and multiple instances where Frank is caught off-guard and has to make due with whatever weapons he has on hand. Molly Von Richthofen has some nice development here too, as we see more of her personal life with her model-girlfriend. Molly is insanely jealous, violent, and always angry. Her eventual team-up with Frank is a great payoff. She has a hard time getting on in the normal world, but in Frank's, she fits right in. Ennis amps up the humor but still delivers a compelling story. I really do miss his work on the Punisher; I'd love to see more of these types of stories every once in awhile. I burned through this whole story in one sitting, and getting a cheap trade rather than paying $3.99 per issue made the experience even more satisfying.
Steve Dillon looks like he hasn't missed a beat since Welcome Back Frank. Everyone looks dead perfect and the violence is brutal while staying cartoony. He's is a much better fit here than he was on Wolverine Origins a few years ago.
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