When Nick Fury comes knocking Frank Castle knows there is something serious going around. When offered access to intelligence information about hard-core criminals he is more than interested to take part in action. Soon he will find himself again behind enemy lines trying to survive both soldiers from the land he invaded but also idiotic actions made by his compatriots. He can only count on Fury to cover his back.Great action story in which Punisher stars as a true hero, fighting tricksters and

Oh boy…The first Punisher Max was nothing short of stupendous, seminal, and phenomenally forthright within and (perhaps more importantly) without its own demarcations. Punisher Max two, while falling short of its predecessor well makes up for it’s failures with a solid ending, blood-soaked brutality, and generally good romp. However, the third in this series is a true hit and miss affair that will either be loved or disdained with little wiggle-room for any opinion in between.Right off the bat t...

Ennis really gets the punisher character and once again writes a story that showcases the punisher's brilliance especially in the theater of war.

This was a whole bunch of things but realistic wasn't among them but who cares the punisher is doing punisher things while being a hero. The way fury was portrayed was really funny, still that isn’t helping much with the way this book ends, if it was a movie I would label it an Hilariocity. It’s still entertaining don’t get me wrong but this one went a bit far. I thought Ennis is taking this serious... until he doesn’t! The art pushes it to 3.0 out of 5.0 stars

A girl with a deadly virus in her blood which could be used by the Russians to wipe out the Western world is being held in an underground nuclear silo and it's up to the Punisher to go in, get the girl, and get out. Garth Ennis has come up with an excellent, action-packed story for Castle to get involved in. The book ticks over nicely and the scenes speed up as things go from bad to worse and Castle is backed into a corner. It's a gripping read with plenty of bloodshed, some cool action includin...

This will be edited later, I decided to keep my review for the series on the first one, and maybe go on with the series..

After two "Punisher vs. the Mob" stories, Ennis wisely decided to mix things up by sending Frank on a mission to Russia! Nick Fury (the old, Cold War-era White Nick Fury, not "Samuel Motherfucking Jackson" Nick Fury, though Jackson would just chew up some of Fury's bitter and scathing dialogue in this story) offers Castle major access to the entire U.S. law enforcement intelligence network in exchange for doing a job for a cadre of Army & Air Force Generals: Frank and "walking action figure" Van...

Well this was interesting, tense and action packed but interesting.

"That was no american. It was a russian who was born there by mistake".

Score: 4.00 out of 5Grade: 80% (A-) | GreatWith the introduction of Nick Fury and Papa Frank taking on parental duties, this book elevates the series back up to its full potential. Although some aspects of the story miss the mark, there are plenty of brutal and touching moments all throughout. Here is my review of The Punisher MAX Vol. 3: Mother Russia:The Good:It’s nice to see the story divert its focus back on Frank. This book does an excellent job at portraying his two sides: (1) Frank the so...

Given away (to Craig?)The Punisher seems to be his own worst enemy. His own badassitude, and the book's insistence on reminding us of it makes the outcome of every fight completely predictable, and given that fighting is pretty much all that he's capable of, that's a pretty big problem. Ennis seems to revel in his ability to curse and throw gore all over every panel, but after a while, it's horribly repetitive. There are only so many times that you can have a character say "fuck" or blow huge ch...

This highly-regarded run proves to be better than the majority of Garth Ennis' comic works, but ultimately feels like watching Die Hard with as many unnecessary, shock-mongering uses of ethnic pejoratives (Garth Ennis LOVES any chance to include the n-word in his works.).

This is Ennis firing on all cylinders. It depicts Frank at his fundamental core and drops him in a situation that's perfectly within Ennis' wheelhouse as a writer. It feels, in some ways, like a hardcore companion piece to Brubaker's Winter Soldier; showing how post-Cold War politics in the Marvel universe can really be fertile soil for epic storytelling.

Interesting and overall good and unpredictable plot4 stars

In the BeginningKitchen IrishCaution: Minor spoilers ahead.While on the trail of a murderer and child pimp, Frank gets drafted into a suicide mission by none other than Nick Fury. The job is straightforward. An under the table mission backed by a cabal of army generals and known only by a handful of people, to dive into Russia and recover a hidden bioweapon before the Russkies use it. Except things aren't simple, but then again they never are. And Frank isn't one for doing things the simple way....

Holy Shit, Batman, these ain't yer grandpappy's comics! Powerful stuff in here.

More badass then i was expecting but dark and dirty for no reason. Fight as a distraction to start. Never seems to be in real danger. Don't get why Fury is such a dick and sleeping around- like an 80’s villain more than anything. But the jumping out of a launched nuke was fucking fantastic, same with charging the tank. Leaving the delta boy to die seemed odd.

Garth Ennis scores again with yet another great Punisher story. This one sees Frank working with General Nick Fury on a secret mission to rescue a little girl, who has been injected with a super virus, from a Russian military base. I enjoyed this story much more than the previous one. The pace was a lot better, and the whole thing felt like an episode of 24. I liked that Garth used this moment to give frank a touch of humanity, too, as he so rarely shows it, being a merciless killing machine. In...

Mother Russia:After expecting from the last story to see this series begin to go downhill, Mother Russia pulls it right out of the fire. It isn't without flaws. But it is still my favourite so far. The interior art is excellent, though the covers/chapter breaks aren't as good as previous stories. But the story is fantastic. This one is worth reading alone, without any of the others. I was skeptical at first, because of the portrayal of Nick Fury and Frank Castle's characters. They are establishe...

Another classic Punisher tale by Garth Ennis, with Doug Braithwaite on art duties. Sets up a great bad-guy for a future tale.