The Punisher, a prototypical 70s comic book character, had become politically incorrect in a woke culture where criminals were supposed to be treated as victims of society. (It was exactly this attitude that led to the creation of the Punisher, vigilante movies like Death Wish and a darker turn for action heroes, creating the Schwarzenegger/Stallone era and the darker Batman.)
Marvel’s growing wokeness had already clashed with the vigilante character and, unlike Captain America, who became a woke enemy of the Tea Party and conservatives, there was something about a character who kills criminals that resisted ‘wokening’.
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