{"id":516,"date":"2011-05-14T22:07:24","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T22:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/theculture\/2011\/05\/14\/punisher-the-resurrection-of-ma-gnucci-2009\/"},"modified":"2012-10-03T01:58:33","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T01:58:33","slug":"punisher-the-resurrection-of-ma-gnucci-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/theculture\/2011\/05\/14\/punisher-the-resurrection-of-ma-gnucci-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Punisher: The Resurrection of Ma Gnucci (2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><strong>Quote:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">&#8220;Funny thing is I should be in bed with a supermodel now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shouldn&#8217;t we all?&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img2.imagesbn.com\/images\/103530000\/103535003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"446\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This book collects issues 1 &#8211; 6 of Punisher: War Zone. It was created by the fantastic team of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon &#8211; responsible for arguably the best run on <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Hellblazer<\/span>, the fantastic <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Preacher<\/span> and other Punisher stories.<\/p>\n<p>When the Punisher hears rumours of the return of crime boss Ma Gnucci &#8211; a woman who had her limbs bitten off by polar bears and who was last seen being kicked into a raging fire by the Punisher (in the excellent <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Welcome Back, Frank<\/span>) &#8211; he tracks down her only remaining ex-gang member and enlists his help to track down the truth of the rumours. Castle soon finds that the truth is more mysterious than the rumours and that they lead to a new incarnation of a criminal called Elite &#8211; the original was also killed in <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Welcome Back, Frank<\/span> &#8211; who is seeking revenge on the Punisher.<\/p>\n<p>I am a big fan of both Ennis and Dillon &#8211; as I said in the introduction they are responsible for two of the best storylines from Vertigo, outside of <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Sandman<\/span>, a run on <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Hellblazer<\/span> and the series <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Preacher<\/span>. In this book he revisits some of the characters he used in <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Welcome Back, Frank<\/span> &#8211; including Lieutenant von Richtofen from the Punisher Task Force. The book features the usual Ennis excesses &#8211; a Punisher who takes no prisoners and uses violence to excess with impunity, bizarre animal related mutilations, people having sex with vegetables. While not quite as good as <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Welcome Back, Frank<\/span> it is still a worthwhile read for fans of Ennis&#8217; humour and over the top story telling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Quote: &#8220;Funny thing is I should be in bed with a supermodel now.&#8221; &#8220;Shouldn&#8217;t we all?&#8221; &nbsp; This book collects issues 1 &#8211; 6 of Punisher: War Zone. 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