Punisher

Lethal comic vigilante

The Punisher is a Marvel Comics antihero, a vigilante who wages violent war on criminals after his family is murdered.

Created in 1974, the character has appeared in comics, films, and television.

His skull logo has become iconic, sometimes controversially adopted by military and police. (Lowercase punisher is anyone who inflicts punishment.)

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Marvel

Superhero media conglomerate

  • skullHead's bone casing
  • antiheroMorally ambiguous main character
  • comicFunny performer or publication

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Categories
Opposites
justice role

Punisherpardoner

One granting forgiveness

forgiver · absolver · redeemer · exonerator · liberator

moral stance toward wrongdoers

Punishersavior

One who rescues another

healer · comforter · rehabilitator · restorer · reconciler

comic book archetype

PunisherSuperman

Metropolis's flying defender

Captain America · Spider-Man · Wonder Woman · Nightwing · Batman

Phrases
Family

punish, punishment, punished, punishing, punishable, punishments, unpunished, punishers

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13