What if... Part I

The best comics are based on a simple comcept: "What if..."

No, I am not talking about the "Twilight Zone" books Marvel does. When a good writer takes a "What if..." to its most logical conclusion, the writer creates magic. For example:

"What if you served you country honorably for most of your adult life. Unlike many of your comrades, you return to your loving spouse and young children in one piece and you are thankful. What if while you were hiking through jungles and swamps that you only thought was to go to park for a picnic with you family. And what if on that day, a bunch of Tony Soprano wannabe's decide to shoot up the park.

What if your family was caught in the cross fire. What if you watched your wife and children suffer and could do nothing. What would you, an ex-soldier and ex-father, do to those men? What if you had found your true calling, punishing the wicked? Would you stop....ever?

Does it sound PG-13 to you? I imagine not. That is why the Punisher movies were awful. They did not take the character to his logical conclusion.