Historically, one of Peter's major weaknesses has always been his restraint. He isn't always running at his utmost potential, especially against somebody like Castle, who at the end of the day is an ordinary guy twice his age with a pistol. He's almost always holding back, especially against somebody who really doesn't stand a chance on paper.
When Peter shows back up towards the end of the issue, berserk with grief, he comes within an inch of killing Castle and only loses because Peter's gone insane. Castle gets his attention by name-dropping Aunt May, and in that moment of hesitation, Castle puts a few rounds into him.
It's a Kurt Busiek comic. On the page, he does everything short of flow charts to justify the situation, and there's exposition that these panels don't show. It's not really worth trying to nit-pick it based on power levels.
I appreciate your explanation, but im not buying it. Marvel would have you think Punisher could take down a Celestial in a fist fight if given the right circumstances and it's nonsense. It completely takes me out of a story.
Stan Lee wrote a story in which Peter sprains his arm by, if I remember correctly, breaking a fall by grabbing onto a fire escape. He also wrote stories in which the entirely human Enforcers, which included a guy with a lasso and a short acrobat, were presented as a valid threat against Spider-Man. If Frank Castle being able to get one over on Spider-Man is making you this upset, reading classic Spider-Man stories will turn your hair white.
I'm sorry you're bad at suspension of disbelief, but it's not the story's fault.
The Enforcers a valid threat?...I don't know, he seems to be thoroughly kicking their asses in my marvel masterpieces collection...while singing no less. I think i've spent way too much time discussing this garbage. I give up. Punisher with a pistol equals world breaker/cosmic being.
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When Peter shows back up towards the end of the issue, berserk with grief, he comes within an inch of killing Castle and only loses because Peter's gone insane. Castle gets his attention by name-dropping Aunt May, and in that moment of hesitation, Castle puts a few rounds into him.
It's a Kurt Busiek comic. On the page, he does everything short of flow charts to justify the situation, and there's exposition that these panels don't show. It's not really worth trying to nit-pick it based on power levels.
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I'm sorry you're bad at suspension of disbelief, but it's not the story's fault.
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