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I know these Punisher books don’t “matter” in a Marvel Universe sense, but the premise and execution (no pun intended) of this one is fantastic: Punisher breaks INTO prison to break a death row inmate (who is grinding through the appeals system) OUT of prison, so Punisher can torture and kill him.
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Basically, Frank is impatient for justice to be served, so he dishes out himself. It’s a pointless act of brutality that expresses the depth of his rage in his war on crime.
I liked this story, which ends with the whole plan backfiring and the inmate escaping both prison and Punisher. But I will say that Punisher’s motivation is to kill gangsters because they created collateral damage and killed Pun’s own family. This is pretty far afield from that—breaking a dude out of jail (where he can’t find anyone).
Another well-done book by Mike Baron. He’s (ahem) killing it on Punisher!