Ah Sex and violence, 2 things that taste great seperately but make you feel incredibly dirty when put together.

Mayburry is the most recent in a long line of people that have one really good Punisher story in them that get a one shot to strut their stuff.

For some reason Punisher is the second most adept character at having people write one off stories about him, with Wolverine being the first one.

This issue was great because of how innovative Frank had to be. From the pills, to the office supplies, to the ladder he used to escape, this was not a typical punisher story in that respect.

 There wasn't a lot of character development beyond these are the victims, they're being exploited by these guys. They are the scumbags that Frank will kill. This is Frank he kills people. But it's a punisher story, not Strangers in Paradise.

The art was really well done. For a book that was about torture porn, there was a decided lack of anything even remotely sexual. There was one scene in an office with the two head assholes, but that didn't have anything beyond a face in some tits. I guess they didn't want to be accused of glamorizing torture porn, and that's acceptable.

Overall the artist reminded me a lot of Michael Lark, and that's a good thing.

Not a overly meaningful story but a well put together one.