If you were to pinpoint the first turning point in the Punisher's popularity as a symbol, it would likely be when Mike Zeck, fresh off his best-selling stint on Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars, agreed to join a pitch to Marvel for a Punisher miniseries. RELATED: Police Union Asks Officers to Post Punisher Logo, Twitter Claps Back The symbol today has been controversially adopted by police officers, military servicemen (from all over the world) and even politicians. A former Marine, the Punisher pursues his own brand of justice, murdering criminals that he believes live "outside the law." The trick, of course, is that while the Punisher was introduced as an opponent of Spider-Man (with the Punisher being tricked into believing Spider-Man murdered Norman Osborn), he quickly started being used as a protagonist in his own stories (his first solo story debuted less than two years after Amazing Spider-Man #129).Īs his status as a lead character grew, so, too, did the interest in his brilliantly-designed logo grow (initially sketched by Conway himself and then further developed by Marvel's Art Director, John Romita, into the iconic logo we know today).
Ever since Gerry Conway, Ross Andru, Frank Giacoia and Dave Hunt introduced the Punisher in Amazing Spider-Man #129 in 1973, the Punisher had been one of the most controversial characters in comics.
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