The team's name and logo are a reference to comic book character The Punisher, who resided in Palm Beach in the 2004 film of the same name (in the comic series, The Punisher lives in New York City).
In the 1990s, the magazine featured the adventures of Marvel Comics' more "down-to-earth" characters (in the magazine staff's words), like the Punisher, Captain America, the Ghost Rider, and Sabretooth.
After an unsuccessful script of Punisher 2, the film series was then rebooted again in 2008 with the film Punisher: War Zone starring Ray Stevenson.
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He has worked for Marvel Comics (Punisher: Return to the Big Nothing, Punisher War Zone) and DC Comics (Looney Tunes).
Jane befriended comic book artist Tim Bradstreet while making the promotional posters for the Punisher film and pitched the idea to him.
In the same interview, Ferrara says he was inspired to get into the comic book industry by such titles as Heavy Metal, Mad, Wolverine and Punisher from Marvel, Lobo and Batman from DC, Evil Ernie, The Crow, The Tick, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
During this hiatus, drummer Ollie joined Kuala Lumpur's ska band Gerhana Skacinta, singer Lee appeared playing didgeridoo with local surfer groups while Fendi and Joe Kidd restarted their project band from 1994, The Shitworkers with Bullet (of pioneering thrash metal bands of the mid-80s Nemesis, Punisher).
Lynn Michaels, a Marvel Comics character seen in the Punisher comic books.
In the action film The Punisher (1989), she appeared alongside Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett Jr. and Jeroen Krabbé.
Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe is a 1995 one-shot comic book written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Doug Braithwaite with most inking done by Michael L. Halblieb, which depicts a story where Frank Castle kills every superhero and supervillain in the Marvel Universe including himself.
After that series was canceled after issue #75, the new creative team of writer Jason Aaron and artist Steve Dillon (well known to Punisher fans for his previous work on the character with Garth Ennis) came on board for a series relaunch with a new #1 issue.