Rejoice Punisher fans! Frank Castle returns to reclaim the mantle this September in Punisher: Red Band, a five-issue miniseries courtesy from the creative team of writer Benjamin Percy and artist Julius Otha who previously collaborated together on the recent Hellverine series. Polybagged for explicit content, Marvel is touting this miniseries as the “most violent in Punisher history.”
Here’s how the publisher describes it:
Reread and reload, True Believers – Frank Castle is BACK. With no memories, a full clip and a thirst for wrathful vengeance, his violent search for answers could only be chronicled in a Red Band series! Bullets will fly, blood will flow, and the citizens and criminals of New York City alike will fear the name THE PUNISHER!
Writer Benjamin Percy teased what fans can expect:
“Frank Castle—that dark-hearted, vengeance machine, that monster who fights monsters—is one of my all-time favorite characters, and Punisher is a series I’ve been gunning to write for a long, long time,” Percy shared. “Not only is Frank back in black, but this is a Red Band book. You know what that means. I’m going to lean in fully and push the very limits of my favorite genre: hairy psychopaths. This is going to be as gritty and bloody as it gets. Street-level mayhem awaits you. And Julius Ohta—who I collaborated with previously on Hellverine—is bringing all the blood and fire and rage to the page with his beautiful, terrifying art.”
In recent years, the character has garnered controversy in recent years due to his iconic skull logo being adopted by fringe groups. So it didn’t come as quite a surprise in 2023 when Marvel took Frank Castle off the board and introduced a new character named Joe Garrison to take up the mantle. Unfortunately, the character didn’t quite catch on with his own title lasting only four issues. With actor Jon Bernthal reprising the role of Frank Castle in the recent Daredevil: Born Again series on Disney+, it’s not quite surprising that Marvel would follow suit to bring back the character more familiar to fans.
Punisher: Red Band #1 (of 5) arrives on Wednesday, September 10th, 2025.
Check out covers by Marco Checchetto and E.M. Gist along with a Hidden Gem cover by industry legend Mark Zeck. Plus, get your first look at Punisher’s new chapter with a lettered preview.
At last Frank Castle is back as Punisher, but Red Band means one Dollar more we have to pay. Nummer.
Yeah, that Red Band stuff is nonsense.