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Is Frank going to Weirdworld soon?

Dec 18, 2015

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Axel Alonso, Chief Editor of Marvel Comics, almost revealed that The Punisher will find himself in Weirdworld during today’s weekly Axel-in-Charge interview on Comic Book Resources.

To fans, I’d say: Weirdworld is here to stay. It’s an essential component of the Marvel Universe. Anyone that’s been jonesing for the type of dark fantasy that was pioneered by Robert E. Howard or Tolkien or Marvel’s classic “Weirdworld” series from back in the day, will find what they want in this series. Barbarians — check. Wizards — check. Elves — check. Cavemen — check. Dragons — check. The Punish — Next question!

Who will really be ending up in WeirdWorld soon, The Mainstream 616 Punisher….or Franken Castle? Now Franken Castle’s is indeed a pretty weird character who turned up in Rick Remender’s awful Punisher run, where Frank got sliced and diced by Daken who lefted him there in many pieces before he was brought back to life as a Frankenstein monster. Thankfully he wasn’t in that state for long. The bloodstone restored The Punisher back to what he was before. But his Franken Castle incarnate was seen on the cover of BattleWorld #1, apparently coming from an alternative universe where movie style monsters, such as Dracula and Werewolf, exist (Earth-666) and brought to BattleWorld by Dr. Doom who destroyed his universe to salvage what’s left of it to create BattleWorld. Fast forward to the end of Secret Wars. BattleWorld is gone (Good Riddance!), the mainstream Marvel Universe is restored, and The Punisher returns to the All-New, All-Different Marvel Universe to take on more criminals and villains and destroy them.
But will WeirdWorld be where Frank goes to find the source of the unstable version of the Super Soldier Serum in Becky Cloonan’s newest run? Or will we find Franken Castle, The Punisher incarnate, call WeirdWorld his home while the mainstream Punisher goes out on the road trip across the northeastern sections of the U.S. and destroy the drug and the source? Only time will tell.

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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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Is Frank going to Weirdworld soon?