When I got
back into comics around 2000 it was Garth Ennis writing The Punisher that
really hooked me. Frank Castle is a hard character for most writers to grasp
and until Fraction began his run on War Journal I figured Ennis was the only
writer at Marvel who was capable of handling the character. Fraction proved me
wrong.

            His
interpretation of Castle borrowed from the original roots of the character but
also had the dark humor of the Knights series Ennis began. Frank loved his job
and his job was killing bad men.

            These last
25 issues of War Journal have been phenomenal and this was the perfect way to
end the series. It tied up all the loose ends and perfectly set-up the new
series Remender is launching. It’s great to see Chaykin working on a book at
the Big Two and I can’t think of a bad panel or page in this huge, huge issue.

            In closing I
would like to say to Fraction, Remender, Chaykin and all the other artists who
worked on this title, thank you.