The Punisher is Foolkiller-lite.

Both are vigilantes. Both are at-least-physically normal, if a bit twisted in the head. Both have issues with criminals. And both don’t shy away from killing.

Foolkiller, however, goes a wee bit further. As shown above, Foolkiller goes to the extremes when dealing with the less-than-savory characters. In one shot, he puts a pedophile on a ferris wheel. Of course, the pedophile is dead, and he rotates around the wheel after being fastened to it via his ankle.

So yeah, a bit farther.

Issue #1 dealt with a thug who goes looking for the Foolkiller’s help.

This issue deals with the “origin” of the Foolkiller. A decent-enough story, albeit motivation is a bit lacking for what the guy does now. Still, the art by  Lan Medina is top-notch, and the story as written by Gregg Hurwitz is told well enough to keep my interest to issue 3.

Both #1 and #2 end at the same point, so the over-arching story will advance in issue #3.