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Product Description
The Punisher's wildest foe is back! Left gut-shot in shark-infested waters, Barracuda's got a major score to settle with Frank Castle. But Barracuda's no dummy. Charging in with guns blazing is for suckers. He's got something serious planned. Something that's going to hit Frank where he hasn't been hit in years: the black pit that used to be his heart. Collects Punisher MAX #50-54

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4 out of 5 stars

Great story...but the art is ok. June 18, 2008
I liked this book for the story but the art is why I'm only giving it 4 stars. Well I gotta be honest I never did like Goran Parlov's rendition of the in Punisher max vol 6 nor did I like Barracuda but in this story he actually becomes a pretty damned good villian and the first one since nicky cavella to get under franks skin and, you'll find out why at the end of the first part of this arc which I have to say left my jaw hanging on the floor with it's suprise. All in all I'd have to say this is right up there with Mother Russia and the slavers but not quite close to up is down black is white in quality, except for the art which kinda blows.

3 out of 5 stars

Great Story, Horrible Artwork May 17, 2008
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This is a great story and definitely takes teh Punisher to a new level. Yes it could be deeper, yes it could have been expanded more, but for the most part this was a great twist to throw at the punisher. Too bad the artwork is horrible. It looks like a cheap Saturday morning cartoon. Goran Parlov is the worst artist I've seen in the Max series. I think had the art work been done by Lan Medina, who did the artwork for Widowmaker, or my personal favorite, Leo Fernadez. This could have easily been one of the best if not the best had the artwork been better. A great story destroyed.

3 out of 5 stars

Killed by art April 29, 2008
This could have been an awesome issue. It had so many great moments like the what if Frank's family lived and the fight with barracuda. With a good artist, even a mildly competent artist working on this book it would have been awesome instead we have to imagine what it should look like. When I read the first issue with that terrible art I wanted to return the book. The reamaing issues are kinda sloppy but they don't make your eyes bleed. Frank and Baraccuda have popeye syndrome you'll see what I mean. The only thing that saves this book is the story that's pretty danm good. Maybe with all these complaints about the art they redraw it. I got my fingers crossed.

4 out of 5 stars

Some Mixed Emotions. April 26, 2008
Ultimately I rate this book highly although I've got some mixed feelings about it. As a stand-alone title I think this one falls down, but as a chapter in the ongoing saga of the Garth Ennis' MAX imprint I found it excited and unexpected. The most obvious thing I can say is don't start with this book if you're not into the whole series. I don't know why you would anyway of course, this being number nine.. But I did read a couple of the books out of order and I think reading this one before the others would unfairly turn you off the whole series.

Complaints begin as soon as you crack open the book, I admit I hadn't looked close enough to realise Howard Chaykin did the first issue in this particular title, and when I saw what I suddenly thought was going to be the majority of this stories artwork I got chilled to the bone. I don't want to be unfair and say it's horrible, but.. yeah, it's pretty horrible. Not all the time, there are actually some great bits mixed in as well, like the full-page shot of Barracuda stepping out of the lift I loved, but, well there are some real lows too. The main problem was he hasn't even gotten close to what Barracuda looks like in the other books or even the majority of this one. The one we start off with in this title is smooth and handsome and looks entirely unlike the guy we know and love. There may be moments when Frank looks like a leathery over-the-hill fifties greaser but at least its somewhere in the ball-park. I can't tell you how relieved I was to turn to the second issue and find it picked up by clearly the only man who should be doing Barracuda, Goran Parlov. I'm not a huge fan of how he draws Frank but he has Barracuda's whole character mastered to a T. Anyway, summing up about Chaykin's art I guess ultimately I've only got one lingering problem with it, and I don't want to spoil anything so if you're being really really careful, skip on to the next paragraph, but: There's a really significant character death here, and I'm just real disappointed he had to go while in that art-style, heh.

Secondly, and I'll try to make this a lot shorter obviously, some parts of the writing in this story just seem very sloppy and lazy for Ennis. It goes back to what I said, I think as a chapter it has some majorly important and exciting moments to focus on, but as a story in itself there are moments it seems rushed and disregarded. It's a book for fans of the whole series, in other words, not someone who's just starting out to read and enjoy the new Frank Castle.

3 out of 5 stars

Storyline marginal.. Artwork horrible April 23, 2008
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As the owner of every Punisher Max title, I was more than a little dissapointed in this title.I think the plot was hastily put together (there could have been a little more shown of barracuda's early life)etc..However I would have given this book 4 stars if that were to be it's only short coming. The artwork for the first half was absolutley horrible and should not have been included in this title. A charitable 3 stars this time around Mr. Ennis.