Respect The Punisher

Alright folks, this one is for the MU's literal avatar of death, Frank Castle-The Punisher. Most people who either don't know their comics or are just blinded by their own fanrage make ludicrous claims like, "Punisher is only good against random street peddlers and other such everyday rejects with guns"...this couldn't be more opposite of the truth. Frank Castle has training that rivals (started at infantry at the age of 18, and then due to his unrivaled learning curve and versatility blitzed his way through all forms of military-Marine Recon, Spec Ops, Black Ops, Navy Seal, Green Beret-and due to his unparalled level of skill, tactical expertise, and ability in live combat allowed him to quickly work his way up the ranks as well-becoming the Captain of his own special forces squad during the time of 'Nam) that of the Batman, but the difference between them is the same as that of Deathstroke-Frank's training revolved entirely around the art of killing efficiently and the innerworkings of war-whereas Bruce's training was built entirely on fighting and thinking nonlethally (with all the comforts and advantages that his billion dollar inheritance allotted him), and certainly not in live-combat scenarios, let alone on the spot in the midst of the *mildly* less-forgiving face of war.

NOTE-Now before all you raging Batfans out there go on to rant how this comparison is totally ludicrous and unwarranted and then go on to say that Batman, despite his lack of comparably intensive training, can somehow in fact repel even the most rabies-raged demon badgers with the business end of his pelvic thrusts and that indeed, given the right amount of prep time, can singlehandedly prove God's existence and then proceed to solo Him along with His entire Heavenly Host just because well-he's the goddamned Batman, then you can be rest assured knowing you don't have to work those tired little fingers, because I didn't set out to provoke a flame war, nor to say one is outright "better" than the other. I was simply making the comparison to make the point that if there's any nonpowered character from the MU that can be wholeheartedly claimed to match, if not potentially rival, the Bat's level of pants-shitting badassery it is none other than Frank Castle, The Punisher. If this thread convinces you of at least that, I will have done my job.

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I have an attachment here from the one-shot Secret Wars-Files From Nick Fury, in which Fury gives his own personal evaluations on characters (meta and otherwise) during Secret War. This is Fury's own personal evaluation on Castle, who was on his list of "Omega Agents" that would have deployed to Latveria if Fury and his team happened to be killed. The first of these teams was to be about stealth, the second-destruction, and Frank would have been one of the latter's core members. Notice Fury's admiration and almost genuine fear of Frank's tactical skill and destructive cabability, going so far as to compare his proficiency for the latter to an even greater extent than that of an enraged Hulk!