My thoughts and predictions about Secret Wars.

Apr 22, 2015

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I gotta weigh in some more on this. Did you know that Punisher #20 will be released the month that I’ll turn 42 this year? A way to celebrate my birthday, eh? Punisher #20 being both the final issue of Edmondson’s Punisher run and a tie in to Secret Wars.
When I first saw how Secret Wars would play out accompanied with the tagline “The Marvel Universe will come to an end.” I got upset. I thought that all of the Marvel characters, including Punisher, will die in some catastrophic event and there would be no more Marvel Comics. But as the updates wore on and made somewhat clearer, it turns out that The Main Marvel Universe (Earth 616) and The Ultimate Universe (Earth 1610) will collide to form BattleWorld which is also made up of a chunk of other worlds from Marvel’s “What If..?” and Elseworlds series. All of the Marvel characters will be affected, including The Punisher, with some becoming survivors while others will perish.
You know, the way Marvel have been giving out multiple teasers to the upcoming storyline, it has been giving me the impression that Marvel Comics won’t do any Punisher series anymore and that they’ll just kill off the character, like what they did with Wolverine, and not bring him back again. They been doing such teasers like this ever since they announced the upcoming event back in February. And I’ve been at times very upset with Marvel over their teasers since. Especially when I’ve just became a fan of The Punisher almost a year ago. But this is nothing more than just Marvel pulling my leg. Sure they killed off the character before, but they also brought him back to life to punish once more. No, with a large global fan base The Punisher has, there’s no way Marvel can keep good ol’ Frank down no matter how many times they kill off the character in various stories. I’m glad to see that there will be several Punisher incarnates that will be found in BattleWorld.
But I’m still worry about the fate of the main Punisher from Earth 616. It seems Issue #20 will indeed be the last issue we will see Frank alive. But we could be wrong. According to the map of BattleWorld, what’s left of Earth 616 and Earth 1610 will be converted into a moon-like object orbiting the planet where many of the Marvel characters from those 2 worlds will reside after they survive the incursion, and I would like to believe that The Punisher from the Main 616 universe will be among those who managed to survive.
My prediction for Secret Wars is that The 616 Punisher will not be killed off at the end of Issue 20, but instead be among the main characters who will survive to witness the formation of BattleWorld and eventually do battle against the planet’s mysterious ruler to hopes of finding a way to reverse the affects of the incursion and collision of the planets and restore all of the Marvel Universe to exactly what it once was before the Beyonders came along and launch the incursion that resulted in the end of the Marvel Universe as we know it and the formation of Battleworld.

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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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