Frank Castle

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"*The world went crazy on a summer's day in Central Park, In the time before uzis and berettas, before nine millimeter popguns ruled the streets. It was a Thompson, like the ones our fathers carried, and I recognized its rattle even as its big, man-stopping forty-fives punched blood and breath from my lungs. I hit the ground besides my daughter. She's been gutshot, badly, and when she saw the things that boiled and wriggled from her belly the expression on her face was not a little girl's. My wife bled out later on the operating table, her heart a gaping hole her life drained through. Whenever I get careless, that yearning in her eyes creeps up and brings me to my knees. Right then the old man's soldiers started shooting back. My son dropped wordlessly, without a mark on him. I took a breath that cut like glass, spat blood, rose to my knees, picked up the boy and searched in vain for entry wounds. The bullet had entered through his open mouth. That was our picnic in the park. And now every night I go out and make the world sane.*"
―Punisher[src]
**Frank Castle** (also known as **The Punisher**) was a Human soldier and vigilante who served the United States Marine Corps and later started his own personal war against organized crime for the murder of his family.

## Biography

### Early life

Born in 1950 and grew up in Brooklyn, Frank was a serious boy who enjoyed poetry. At the age of ten he witnessed one of the events that would form his future as the Punisher. The youngest son of a local crime boss named Albert Rosa, Vincent Rosa made a habit of raping the local young school girls knowing that his father's power over the people around him would ensure his safety. It wasn't until a school friend of Frank's, Lauren Buvoli was given the same treatment and committed suicide, that Frank took his father's gun and set out to deal with Vincent. However, after tracking Vincent down he witnessed his brutal murder at the hands of Lauren's older brother, U.S. Marine Private Sal Buvoli whose dead body Castle would later see in the first week of his military service.

At some point in his young life Castle's father Mario taught him how to shoot him a gun which he showed an innate skill with from his very first shot. Castle met his wife in high school and married her soon after.

### Becoming The Punisher

While on leave, Frank took his wife and two small children to Central Park in New York City. Coincidentally, the family happened upon the scene of a mob killing on the Sheep's Meadow green in the park. Fearing witnesses, the mobsters murdered Castle's family in cold blood and escaped. Castle managed to survive the attack but was deeply traumatized by the incident. He was going to testify in court to identify the shooters, but Castle was denied this since the New York City Police department were deeply connected with the Mafia. He decided not to return to Marine duty.

hen mobsters slayed his family, Frank Castle vowed to spend the rest of his life avenging them. Now equipped with state-of-the-art weapons, he wages a one-man war against crime as the Punisher. Castle uses his combat experience, guerrilla and urban warfare techniques, as well as detective-like skills to achieve is mission. This includes using the Mafia's own tactics against them to track down and kill those responsible for the death of his family.

## Personality and traits

After the death of Frank's family, he retreated from the world completely. His mission became everything to him and he had no remorse with executing over 2000 human beings. However, he retained a few friends and contacts, mostly military officers he served with during his three tours in Vietnam. The most notable of these associates were Micro, Yorkie Mitchell and Kathryn O'Brien. Frank and Micro were very close at one time but after Micro betrayed Frank to the CIA, Frank killed him in retribution. This shows that his dedication to his mission is so total that he would sacrifice his closest friends and allies.

While practically all of his assaults are planned with the utmost precision, showing attention to detail and a methodical personality. However, a couple of incidents show an increasing amount of brutality against certain targets. His execution of Nicky Cavella shows his brutal nature and when he goes up against the Bulat slaving operation, he uses an enormous amount of unnecessary savagery. This is clear evidence that certain crimes bring out the worst in Frank. Despite this, he retains a superficial sense of justice, which remains his primary motivation.