"GASP! HE'S IN ARKHAM!!" The Cover to Punisher #5

Jun 21, 2016

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HE’S IN ARKHAM!!!!! (GASP!!!)
Oh, wait. It’s not. Arkham doesn’t exist in the Marvel Universe. But an old abandoned mental hospital is where Frank will find himself battling criminals inside in Punisher #5.
THE PUNISHER #5
BECKY CLOONAN (W) • STEVE DILLON (A)
Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
DEFENDERS VARIANT COVER BY TBA
ENTER ASYLUM: FIND NO SANCTUARY
• The Punisher tracks Condor’s EMC operation to its source…a deserted psychiatric hospital.
• Can Frank take down an asylum full of drug-enhanced killers, or will he become an inmate himself?!
• Agent Ortiz is close behind. She’s rescuing her partner, and she’s done with following protocol.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

Here’s a Punisher TPB that recaps The Punisher’s bloodiest battles ever told in Punisher MAX.

PUNISHER MAX: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 3 TPB
Written by GARTH ENNIS
Penciled by GORAN PARLOV, LEANDRO FERNÁNDEZ & LAN MEDINA
Cover by TIM BRADSTREET
The Punisher takes on all comers as his bloody war on crime continues! Frank Castle has faced some fearsome foes in his day, but none as stone-cold rotten to the bone as the Barracuda. He’s big, he’s mean, and the last thing on Earth you want is to see him smile. Then, as British Special Forces and Taliban insurgents face off in the Afghan highlands, Frank enters a grudge match with General Nikolai Alexandrovich Zakharov, a Soviet war criminal known as the Man of Stone. Zakharov has a platoon of elite shock troops, but the Punisher has allies of his own. But even that hell can’t match the fury of five women scorned. Frank killed their husbands, and now they’re out for payback. Collecting PUNISHER (2004) #31-49.
448 PGS./Explicit Content …$34.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-90187-5

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Sherry Konkus lives in Owosso, MI. She is the proud owner of the Camac Athena EX Concert Grand Harp named “Grover” and Camac Mademoiselle named “Ernie.” She’s also the proud author of The Punisher Harp Zone. Sherry is the one who came up with the idea of portraying The Punisher from Marvel Comics as the punishing harpist who plays the harp in memory of his family who was killed by the mob years ago.

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Why does The Punisher play the harp?

It’s easy to imagine The Punisher shooting up criminal hideouts and blowing off the heads of thugs and mob bosses as the ultimate punishment for their crimes. But it’s hard to imagine (and believe) that there is also very gentle side to The Punisher no one knows about except for The Defenders (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist), Microchip (aka David Linus Liberman), and Spider-man (aka Peter Parker) who actually saw and became amazed at him doing something no one has ever thought he could do with his violent hands– play the harp. A gentle stringed musical instrument no one could ever believe that The Punisher would have such talent and ability to use his otherwise destructive hands to gently and tenderly pluck and caress its strings.

Indeed, it’s very hard to imagine and believe that the Punisher’s violent hands that brake bones, strangle necks, and punch out guts are the very same hands that softly and tenderly pluck, caress, and gracefully sweep across the strings of the harp.

Why does he do it, you asked? Because Frank is doing this in memory of his family whom he communes with through songs, poems, and prayers as he gracefully wave his battle-scarred arms and hands across the strings to fill his private family shrine with harp music that moves The Punisher to joyful tears.

Where did the Idea of The Punisher and his Harp come from?

It’s a concept I, Sherry Konkus made up myself. It combines my new found obsession with The Punisher that I had since 2014 and my life long love for the harp. It is the very best concept I ever made. This is my version of The Punisher from Marvel Comics who is portrayed by me as the punishing harpist who plays the harp in memory of his late family who got killed by a criminal mob years ago and whenever he needs a break from waging a one man war against organized crime.

The Punisher was created by Gerry Conway with the help of artists John Romita, Sr. and Ross Andru. His name coined by Stan Lee. The Punisher is owned and trademarked by MARVEL.

The idea, concept, and inspiration behind The Punisher’s portrayal as The Punishing Harpist who plays the harp in memory of his family is in fact my own. Sweetest. Idea. Ever.

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"GASP! HE'S IN ARKHAM!!" The Cover to Punisher #5