Sweet lord, I loves me some John Romita jr art. He is an astonishing artist and he makes everything look so much better just because he's associated with it. The story telling he does, the frame work of punch to knife to gun, just amazing. I think he's my favorite comic book artist. Just amazing. As for the story, yeah it was a glorified extended fight scene, but if you are going to kill Frank Castle, what do you really expect? Little things, like Frank biting the lip, all contributed to the best sequence I've seen in years. The very end of it was silly, but I have truly enjoyed it so far, so I'll stick around.