#SecretEmpire Comes to an End

Aug 30, 2017

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The real Cap appears to take back his country.

Well, Secret Empire has just concluded today. Good. Because I hated that story. So does a lot of people hated the story. But that didn’t stop a lot of people from reading the conclusion of the 10-parter and like it. The only thing a tad bit positive about it is the scene where the original Captain America appears in front of HydraCap, his evil doppelganger, and gave him a good beating with Thor’s hammer. This scene first appeared in The New York Times a few days before the release of Secret Empire #10. So we now know what happened to HydraCap and his Hydra organization days ahead of time. HydraCap and his organization has been defeated. Good Riddance! The Marvel Universe’s timeline as we know it has been restored although the events of Secret Empire have been added to it by the Cosmic Cube.

The most hated part of Secret Empire is Frank Castle’s portrayal as sleeper agent of Hydra, the very organization he is supposed to be punishing along with the rest of the members of the Resistance. But no, instead, Frank ends up joining Hydra on a bunch of false empty promises of getting an army to combat crime and have his family be brought back from the dead.
Shame on Frank for doing this! Working for HydraCap and kissing his arse while he is supposed to be a member of the Resistance movement out on a hunt to punish Cap for betraying his teammates and his country. HydraFrank is without a doubt the worst portrayal of The Punisher Nick Spencer has ever come up with.
We don’t know what will happen to Frank now that Hydra has fallen and American Democracy has been restored. What we do know is that he will continue with his war against crime by donning the War Machine suit in the upcoming Punisher comic as part of the Marvel Legacy series this coming November a month after Becky Cloonan’s current Punisher run ends in October.

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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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