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Warning : stop spoiler for Jane Foster & The Mighty Thor # 4Marvel teases a showdown between thePunisherand the MightyThor- and makesFrank Castle ’s controversial rebooteven worse in the operation . Frank Castle and Thor Odinson are incredibly different fiber in every aspect - powers , abilities , backstory and word picture - and both heroes have plenty of fans , memorable storyline and even multiple cinema adaptations . ButJane Foster & The Mighty Thor # 4reveals Marvel ’s misguided decisiveness regarding the Punisher ’s reboot may terminate up bringing the two together in conflict .
2022 saw massive changes to the Punisher ; writer Jason Aaron spearheaded a reboot in which the Punisher leave his one - man warfare against crime behind and astoundingly commence work for a criminal organization instead . The Hand ( a villainousorganization often come up inDaredevilcomics ) elevates Castle to the rank of High Slayer , grants him command of thousands of ninjas , and bids him to kill all enemies - both the Hand ’s and his own . The mellow Priestess of the Hand has accomplished this feat by resuscitate Castle ’s married woman Maria , but without a perpetual supply of rejuvenation potions and resurrection magic , Maria will give out once again . Castle is thus compel to do the Hand ’s bidding .
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InJane Foster & The Mighty Thor # 4 , written by Torunn Grønbekk with art by Michael Dowling , Jane Foster uphold looking for Thor , even as Asgard comes under attempt by thecollective forces of the Dark Elvescombined with other cosmic enemies . Eventually , Tyr Odinson welcomes his master on the Rainbow Bridge to Asgard : Ares , the Greek God of War . Tyr kneels before him as Ares take in a victory over Asgard , and all Leslie Townes Hope seems lost as a Norse God bow down before a Grecian God .
Unfortunately , reader of 2022 ’s Punisher reboot may make a disturbing association : in that series , the Punisher is currently fighting Ares , who desire to " save " his favourite killer from the clutches of the Hand . In a Greco-Roman case of " the foe of my enemy is my friend " , Punisher may temporarily ally himself with Ares in orderliness to defeat the Hand ( and perhaps , keep Maria alive without the Hand ’s avail ) . Ares may compel Castle to oppose the Asgardians in his own war - thus bring him in physical contact with Thor . The worlds of the Punisher and Thor arevastlydifferent , and high fantasy does not inevitably mix with the Punisher ’s grim reality . to boot , the ability opening between Castle and Thor is so impossibly extensive that the Punisher has perfectly no hope of winning … at least , not without supernatural help , which goes against the Punisher ’s intact fictional character and environment .
The reboot has this trouble in spades : Punisher ’s independent enemies are a diabolical colossus and a Greek God , his wife is kept alive through dark science and conjuration , and he fights alongside criminals rather than kill them at the first chance . While well - written enough , the reboot does not fit Frank ’s antecedently - established character and adventures . Thorshould never be thePunisher’senemy- not because the two are heroes , but because they engage in immensely different worlds too far aside to be link .
