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In this issue, Punisher takes a selfie, and then commits a serious felony.
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He burns money!
Now why would a guy who, presumably, has to fund his own war on crime burn money? And he has to spend so much money on his James Bond type gadgets…
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But he’s burning money to get in the spirit of the voiceover and concept of this story, which is that the U.S. Department of Defense is corrupt and wasting money.
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So Punisher goes undercover as an auditor from the General Accounting Office and, eventually, hijacks a nuclear sub.
It’s absurd. But I dug it.