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Was this really only 37 issues?
How did I not know this?
Why did I not purchase it at the con?
Was it very good?

Very good.

wolf_2099 wrote:Was this really only 37 issues?
How did I not know this?
Why did I not purchase it at the con?
Was it very good?

Yes
No Idea
No Idea
Awesomely Good!

Mr Wallstreet wrote:Yes
No Idea
No Idea
Awesomely Good!

Well, maybe someone (you) should have been more on the ball and informed me.

I needed more comics to carry home.

I just ordered this entire run online. Minus the 4 issues I owned.

Along with my missing 7 issues of the 2000 welcome home frank series.

Should be fun!

wolf_2099 wrote:Well, maybe someone (you) should have been more on the ball and informed me.

I needed more comics to carry home.

I did inform you. I informed the whole board. I created a thread about it in the Marvel Forum on the old boards where it's awesomeness was discussed at length.

Even the foremost expert on Ennisism (Stocky) joined the discussion.

Maybe you should spend less time post-whoring and more time reading and absorbing my posts

It's a lot different to the MAX run, Wolfster.

It was Punisher, as Marvel allowed Ennis to do it, before they gave him more of the lease to really explore some dirty tales.

The Max series was never expressly set in the normal Marvel universe. Your only link was Nick Fury and even he was portrayed in a way that could have suggested that the MAX series was slightly removed from the normal Marvel-verse.

Punisher MK is set in the Marvel-verse, but in order for Ennis to get away with violence, he makes the book largely humorous. Think of the Punisher War Zone series and imagine 37 issues spanning several story arcs. And bare in mind this: the first story arc is the story with Elite and fucking hell that shit is dark and funny.
Once you've read the first trade, you may/may not look at the Thomas Jane film in a slightly different light and think, "really? You made this film out of this material?"

I liked the Thomas Jane movie. hrm.

I figured, I bought the wolverine 2 parter, and enjoyed it. So.

I know you liked the film. I'm pretty sure you'll still like it after reading volume 1, too. But, once you've read it, you may think, "from the material - they could have done much better".

Stocky Boy wrote:I know you liked the film. I'm pretty sure you'll still like it after reading volume 1, too. But, once you've read it, you may think, "from the material - they could have done much better".

Hmm.Okay.

I guess we shall see when the comics arrive!

The Spacker Dave and Fat guy jokes are hilarious in the comic. Oh and by the way, the female neighbour was never a hot supermodel, she was a quiet, shy girl. There was shit loads of comedy in the book.

Not saying the Thomas Jane film was bad in it's own right. Taken on it's own terms it's alright. But, from the material they had to ork from, they could have done much better and kept more in line with the book. If you judge the film as an adaptation - it's awful.

I want to have a Punisher Max Omnibus.
Also, why do I not have a complete run of MK Punisher?

The way Marvel apparently does omnibi (except Alias, that one is complete), you'll probably end up with half the MAX run.

Stocky Boy wrote: Not saying the Thomas Jane film was bad in it's own right. Taken on it's own terms it's alright. But, from the material they had to ork from, they could have done much better and kept more in line with the book. If you judge the film as an adaptation - it's awful.

Oh Stocky, you're so transparent.

You don't hate the Punisher film because it was a bad film, You hate the Punisher film because it butchered the source material of your god: Garth Ennis.

MGM wrote:The way Marvel apparently does omnibi (except Alias, that one is complete), you'll probably end up with half the MAX run.

Yeah, I don't really see them putting out a 59-issue hardcover.

I think they would include the first half, 1 barracuda mini series and never publish the second half.

Exactly.

MGM wrote:Exactly.

Christ man, try typing more than 1 word.

Or maybe I was agreeing and referring to this:

MGM wrote:The way Marvel apparently does omnibi (except Alias, that one is complete), you'll probably end up with half the MAX run.

Then quote them so I have some idea what you are speaking of! >.<