THIS IS WHERE IT GETS GOOD.

Its all coming to a head, and its all going down, and hitting the fan as all great Punisher stories tend to.

I’ve been loving Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon on Punisher. Ennis and Dillon were great too, but this is telling me a badass story with characters we’re all familiar with, but in a new light. Its the kind of refreshing that Marvel’s Ultimates brought to those characters.

This story in particular is showing just how far outside of the mainstream Marvel U we are. Wilson Fisk is just becoming the Kingpin. And if we’re to believe that this is in the same timeline as the book titled simply Punisher on the MAX imprint was (which I think it is, if references to ‘Cuda and others are to be believed), then this is happening in a world that is today. Not the past, but today, in 2010. So not the Marvel U we know.

I like this. I like Ultimate Spiderman. I like DC’s Batman Confidential. I like them because they don’t care about continuity and baggage, just good stories.

This makes me even more excited for Val D’Orazio‘s take on this book.

Get on board now, ’cause Punisher MAX is getting better and better, and shows no sign of letting up.