Maybe. That's one of the inhabitants of Riker's Island Penitentiary in Marvel's Ultimate universe. They have him trussed up like that because every time they let him out of solitary into the general population, he kills a bunch of the other prisoners. They KEEP letting him back out because he's thinning the herd of rapists, murderers, and child molestors.
That's Frank Castle. The six o'clock news keeps calling him The Punisher.
This is the Ultimate Universe - the "restart" without previous continuity. The guy with the skull on his chest who hunts mafiosos is the OLD Punisher.
This version of Frank Castle was sent to prison for the murder of two other police officers (who arranged to murder his wife and child), and he's stayed in there since. He refuses any psychiatric treatment or to cooperate with any plan that would result in his being transferred out of the maximum security area. He's escaped once (so that he could kill the last dirty cop responsible for his family's deaths) and was recaptured by Daredevil and Spiderman.
Freaking excellent. I hadn't heard much about the ultimate punisher. I love the ultimate universe. When the new marvel RPG came out (the mechanics of which are a thing of beautiful simplicity) I ran in the Ultimate universe. I still like my version of the FF better than the official one.
And yes, there's an ultimate Wolverine. He's just like the real one, but with most of the stupid shit (He's a ninja! He never kills anyone! He follows the code of Bushido!) removed. He's still wolverine, though, so there's only so much they can do with him.
And he screws everything in in a skirt (or that he thinks might look good in a skirt).
And he smells like a wet dog sometimes, and only Spider-man is willing to tell him this.
Ultimate X-Men is a weak, weak book. As in, bad. Really bad. The only worse one is Ultimate Fantastic Four, which not only sucks ass and has the worst art in the history of comic books (and yes, I HAVE read LXG), but also doesn't seem to give a shit about what's happening in the other books, and say, *completely missed* the rewrite that the Skrulls got and instead had a horde of gren shapeshifters with funny chins show up.
Ultimate Spider-Man is better than the original, and The Ultimates (the rewrite of the Avengers) is quite good (not that it requires much to be better than The Avengers). Ultimate Adventures is their send-up of Batman, and I think you'd love it.
There's a lot of good stuff in there, and a lot of real dumb.
Sorry, typo on an acronym. I loose at life. Trade Paper Back.
And yes, there's an ultimate Wolverine. He's just like the real one, but with most of the stupid shit (He's a ninja! He never kills anyone! He follows the code of Bushido!) removed. He's still wolverine, though, so there's only so much they can do with him.
... since when does Wolverine never kill anyone? He kills almost EVERYONE. Ever new issue of Wolverine (not X men) has like a wall of disposable ninjas going into the wolverine-blender and coming out in chunks. He was a military assasin, STILL thinks like an assasin, and is a total asshole. Who's been rewriting him ignoring all of that?
And he screws everything in in a skirt (or that he thinks might look good in a skirt). And he smells like a wet dog sometimes, and only Spider-man is willing to tell him this.
Both of these: Tee hee!
I'm not keen on X-Men, and Wolverine sucked x10 in a team environment because that was so totally not the point of the character (other than being someone to be a smartass at Scott for us)
I'm sorry, you mentioned ninjas. Anything involving ninjas sucks, anything involving comic-book ninjas sucks extra, and anything involving Wolverine and ninjas sucks so much that I cleanse myself thoroughly with lye after accidentally touching it, without ever bothering to read it.
So Wolverine killing ninjas? Totally never hit my radar.
And yes. The point of the character is to be Mary Sue for writers.
Well, duh. As one of those eternally trenchcoated people, I can say that even in winter (as it is now, good ol' southern hemisphere) you just can't do any sort of prolonged exercise, even OUTDOOORS, much less in a club, while wearing those things closed. Just... no. *whimper*
Oh, and in summer... well, i've gotten heatstroke on cloudy days. I'm a moron. Sad but true.
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Date: 2006-05-21 07:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-21 07:17 pm (UTC)That's Frank Castle. The six o'clock news keeps calling him The Punisher.
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Date: 2006-05-21 07:44 pm (UTC)Is he in there as a result of the house of M stuff, or did he legitimately get caught (on purpose or acidentally)?
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Date: 2006-05-21 08:06 pm (UTC)This version of Frank Castle was sent to prison for the murder of two other police officers (who arranged to murder his wife and child), and he's stayed in there since. He refuses any psychiatric treatment or to cooperate with any plan that would result in his being transferred out of the maximum security area. He's escaped once (so that he could kill the last dirty cop responsible for his family's deaths) and was recaptured by Daredevil and Spiderman.
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Date: 2006-05-21 08:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-21 09:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-22 12:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-22 05:12 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-22 05:33 pm (UTC)And yes, there's an ultimate Wolverine. He's just like the real one, but with most of the stupid shit (He's a ninja! He never kills anyone! He follows the code of Bushido!) removed. He's still wolverine, though, so there's only so much they can do with him.
And he screws everything in in a skirt (or that he thinks might look good in a skirt).
And he smells like a wet dog sometimes, and only Spider-man is willing to tell him this.
Ultimate X-Men is a weak, weak book. As in, bad. Really bad. The only worse one is Ultimate Fantastic Four, which not only sucks ass and has the worst art in the history of comic books (and yes, I HAVE read LXG), but also doesn't seem to give a shit about what's happening in the other books, and say, *completely missed* the rewrite that the Skrulls got and instead had a horde of gren shapeshifters with funny chins show up.
Ultimate Spider-Man is better than the original, and The Ultimates (the rewrite of the Avengers) is quite good (not that it requires much to be better than The Avengers). Ultimate Adventures is their send-up of Batman, and I think you'd love it.
There's a lot of good stuff in there, and a lot of real dumb.
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Date: 2006-05-22 05:39 pm (UTC)Sorry, typo on an acronym. I loose at life. Trade Paper Back.
And yes, there's an ultimate Wolverine. He's just like the real one, but with most of the stupid shit (He's a ninja! He never kills anyone! He follows the code of Bushido!) removed. He's still wolverine, though, so there's only so much they can do with him.
... since when does Wolverine never kill anyone? He kills almost EVERYONE. Ever new issue of Wolverine (not X men) has like a wall of disposable ninjas going into the wolverine-blender and coming out in chunks. He was a military assasin, STILL thinks like an assasin, and is a total asshole. Who's been rewriting him ignoring all of that?
And he screws everything in in a skirt (or that he thinks might look good in a skirt).
And he smells like a wet dog sometimes, and only Spider-man is willing to tell him this.
Both of these: Tee hee!
I'm not keen on X-Men, and Wolverine sucked x10 in a team environment because that was so totally not the point of the character (other than being someone to be a smartass at Scott for us)
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Date: 2006-05-22 05:45 pm (UTC)So Wolverine killing ninjas? Totally never hit my radar.
And yes. The point of the character is to be Mary Sue for writers.
(New Wolverine is awfully funny in spots.)
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Date: 2006-05-23 10:41 am (UTC)Then again, I'm some sort of weird goth shit so whadda I know.
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Date: 2006-05-23 08:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-24 08:46 am (UTC)Oh, and in summer... well, i've gotten heatstroke on cloudy days. I'm a moron. Sad but true.