Despite some great post-Ennis stories (even if ol' Frank looked like Kevin Spacey in 'Six Hours To Kill'!) it's nice to return to a continuing story arc that both honors the Ennis run and opens some new doors. I must admit it took me a couple of reads to really 'get it' but I'm happy to say Punisher Max is still the bees knees. The combination of Steve Dillon's art and Jason Aaron's fast narrative make this feel to me like a Marvel Knights-meets-Max version, and I'm not complaining!
Jason has drawn a definite line in the sand in terms of this Punisher not being the same guy as the Marvel Universe one, given that The Kingpin is just starting out here. I'm a little disappointed in the sense that I feel the Punisher depicted by Grant, Baron, and Dixon is compatible with the Max version (to me the cartoonish Frankencastle is the 'alternate' version) but so be it. The good news is that, rather than adjust Castle's timeline as has been suggested in some forums, perhaps the series could at some point go back and tell the definitive story of those early years when Frank was starting out and Microchip was his hacker.
Anyhow this a great story with a very interesting (and sinister) undertone. Looking forward to 'Bullseye'...Get more detail about PunisherMax: Kingpin Premiere HC.
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