The Punisher (Marvel)/Synopsis

The story of The Punisher in the Marvel universe.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Francis was born to Sicilian immigrants Mario and Louisa Castiglione in Queens, New York with an unnamed sister, and an stillborn brother named Michael. In his youth, Francis studied in the seminary, and met and married Maria (who was pregnant with their first child at the time).
===Military Service===
Frank decided to join the U.S. Marine Corps, and graduated from boot camp to the marines' infantry training. While still in training, Frank met Phan Bighaw, an American scout he was assigned to be his guide, where he learned how to survive in the wilderness. Frank served four tours of duty during his time in the military, and was put through many dangerous situations while being regarded as the best sniper.
After learning that his friend Roger Wong was running black markets, he was sent to the frontside to run a recruiting office. There, met Linus Lieberman, who would remember meeting Frank, and become better known as Microchip. In 1971, Frank was the only survivor on both sides of the Viet Cong assault on the Valley Forge Firebase, and eventually was awarded with the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, Bronze Star, three Silver Stars, four Purple Hearts, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
After finishing his second tour, Frank returned home to have a second child with his wife, before signing up for this third tour, illegally re-entering the Marines under the name Frank Castle. Castle ran a special Black Ops op training missions for Mission Recon Commandos in New York.
===Death of his Family===
While on leave, Frank took his family to Central Park to have a day as a family before he went back. The family walked upon the scene of a mob killing, who murdered the family in cold blood to erase any witnesses. Castle survived the massacre, but was deeply traumatized by the event, having his lost his wife and two children. He was going to testify in court, but was denied due to the police department having close ties to the mafia. Angered by the event, Frank didn't return to the military, and decided to spend the rest of his life avenging his families death.
===Becoming the Punisher===
After surviving an assassination attempt by the mafia, Frank armed himself with weapons and declared war against criminals of New York. He used his military training, combat experience, guerilla tactics, and investigation to accomplish his goals. Eventually, Castle ran into Billy Russo, a hitman who was assigned with killing him, and caused his face to become mangled after kicked through glass. Russo would survive the injuries, but his face was stitched and made into a jigsaw puzzle, gaining the title Jigsaw.
===Clashing with Heroes===
During his early vigilante years, he encountered Spider-Man, believing him to be another crook, but realized he wasn't. However, Frank did attempt to kill Spider-Man again when Tarantula hijacked a ship, but worked together to stop Moses Magnum from releasing a biochemical gas. In addition, the two worked together to stop the Hitman from kidnapping J. Jonah Jameson, and Spider-Man tried to stop Frank from killing Lorenzo Jacobi. He later teamed up with X-Man Nightcrawler to bring down Jigsaw, who was trying to frame him for several killings.
The Punisher would also run into Captain America, clashing with him due to their different ideologies, and with Castle having no qualms with murdering criminals. Castle would fight Spider-Man once again due to him being poisoned by Doctor Octopus, but he was cured and left for the police by the hero. Castle was taken into custody, and sentenced to Ryker's Island for his actions, and he would kill inmates to continue his crusade. He was busted out by a cop who wanted him to use him to stop a narcotics shipment, and declined going back to prison to continue his hunting's.
He was confronted by Daredevil, who wanted to take down the Punisher legally, but was tranquilized by the former due to seeing him as an "innocent". However, the drug lord he was interrogating was arrested, and defended in court by Matthew Murdock. Not wanting the drug lord to be left free, the Punisher went after him alongside Daredevil (who learned that the criminal was lying due to his pacemaker). The two took down the drug lord, but Daredevil shot Castle, and sent him back to prison.
===Inmate===
Castle was sent to Dannemora Sate Prison, and threatened new inmate Boomerang that if he didn't behave, he would not survive. He then offered Boomerang one more chance: help him escape from prison, or die. The escape plan worked, but Castle betrayed Boomerang, knocking him down into the guards, and vowed to kill Kingpin. He became unhinged, attacking anyone committing almost any crime, including firing people for littering and speeding, but it was later revealed madness was caused due to him being drugged in prison.
He assaulted the Kingpin's headquarters simultaneously with Cloak and Dagger, while Spider-Man attempted to protect the Kingpin from him. During a one-on-one fight, Castle threatened Vanessa Fisk, sending Wilson into a rage that nearly caused the Punisher's life. However, Wilson left him alive, and Frank escaped from the headquarters.
After being taken back into custody, district attorney Blake Tower told the court that Castle should be tried for all of his crimes as he willingly committed them. However, the defense argued that since the murder of his family, Castle had completely gone mad, and needed to be institutionalized. Hearing this, Frank refused to believe that he was mad and lashed out, telling the judge the entire system is crazy for letting criminals walk the street before collapsing in a nervous breakdown. Castle was judged in competent to stand trial, and was sent to psychiatric facility.
When the effects of the drugs wore off, Castle was deemed sane and sent back to Ryker's Island, and encountered Jigsaw. The two tried their best to kill each other, but Castle was able to escape again thanks to the Trust. However on the outside, he learned of the Punishers: a team of mercenaries working under his alias, whom he was intended to lead in a mass-cleaning of criminals. Castle infiltrated the Trust to learn the truth: It's leader Alex Alaric was torturing and brainwashing former criminals to believe they were the Punisher.
He was confronted by a brainwashed Jigsaw, who was later able to break from the brainwashing due to his hatred of the Punisher. Castle was able to take down the Trust and its entire operation, but the most lasting effect of the Trust's work was erasing Frank's records as part of the freeing from jail.
===Microchip===
Castle began working with David Lieberman, also known as Microchip, who helped him on his one-man war against crime. His war against organized crimes goes global when he focuses his sights on the international drug trade. His war forces him to secretly leave the States and strike at the source - Bolivia. Castle attempted to build a new peaceful life, but failed in the Midwest. Castle confronted the leader, "The Rev", and was later caught in the midst of nuclear waste, atomic terrorism, and international intrigue.
This landed him in a life-and-death shootout above the city, and he later tried to take down a group of white collar criminals. This lead him to hunting down the Skid Row Slasher, and was later confronted by Daredevil once again, stopping the Punisher's brand of justice.
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