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Some comments from fans have said Marvel should just bench the Punisher character entirely, for at least a good while. You think the people who broke into the Capitol will be worried about receiving a strongly worded letter threatening trademark violations? There have been discussions on social media suggesting Marvel should issue tougher enforcement of the trademarked logo as one solution.

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(SYFY WIRE has reached out to Marvel for comment and will update this story accordingly.)Д«ut let's say they do have those talks. The people who make the decisions at Marvel need to have a conversation about what to do about the Punisher, and it really shouldn't wait. He's a killer, and no matter how absurd his tales have been over the years, his homicidal tendencies and gunplay have been celebrated by those people who subscribe to a more toxic definition of vigilante justice. The Punisher character has always occupied an uncomfortable place in comics culture. Another thornier problem is that a number of law enforcement officials have also embraced the Punisher's skull logo, despite the fact that he explicitly works his violence outside of the bounds of the law. When your IP gets hijacked by dangerous extremist groups, you've got a real problem. It's just the latest, but perhaps most disturbing, example of how Frank Castle and his iconic logo have been misappropriated. On the front of his flak jacket, the Punisher's skull is clearly visible. One particularly disturbing example involved a masked suspect who broke into the Senate building while holding a handful of zip ties and appearing to be in illegal possession of a handgun at his right hip (it is illegal to bring firearms into the Capitol). The infamous skull logo was spotted on more than one of the rioters taking part in the violent uprising at the U.S. The stretched skull logo has become a symbol of pride and fascistic dominance for groups and individuals who often celebrate violence, and it's time Marvel address it.

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However, it's not his bloodthirsty code of justice that poses the biggest problem for Marvel at the moment. Depending on your point of view, the Punisher is either an anti-hero or a homicidal lunatic. His one-man Holy War against all criminals has made him one of Marvel Comics' most talked-about, and at times best-selling, characters, despite the bodies he leaves in his wake. The Punisher has been a lightning rod for controversy almost since the beginning, when he first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 in February 1974.