He is also a first rate nihilist. He's not the CrimeStopper, he's the Punisher. He kills those who have done wrong, not because he thinks it will end or even reduce suffering in the world, but because he thinks that those who do wrong need to be killed.
One of the most unsettling things about the Punisher (it might be designed to make him a badass, but to me it is just chilling) is that he takes no satisfaction in his actions. He is utterly cold and joyless. Killing bad guys suits his sense of propriety and his obsession with punishment, but he never seems to be happy at the end of a job, no matter how awful the people he kills are.
His near-sociopathology makes him an interesting character to me. that's why I disliked Ennis' initial run (The Russian, Spacker Dave, Mr. Bumpo, etc...): It made him into a cartoon.
I don't think there's enough evidence to say one way or another. He certainly never mentions any religious motivations for what he does, but our formative environment is important. It might be something interesting to explore.
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He is also a first rate nihilist. He's not the CrimeStopper, he's the Punisher. He kills those who have done wrong, not because he thinks it will end or even reduce suffering in the world, but because he thinks that those who do wrong need to be killed.
One of the most unsettling things about the Punisher (it might be designed to make him a badass, but to me it is just chilling) is that he takes no satisfaction in his actions. He is utterly cold and joyless. Killing bad guys suits his sense of propriety and his obsession with punishment, but he never seems to be happy at the end of a job, no matter how awful the people he kills are.
His near-sociopathology makes him an interesting character to me. that's why I disliked Ennis' initial run (The Russian, Spacker Dave, Mr. Bumpo, etc...): It made him into a cartoon.
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