Board Thread:Television/@comment-3048593-20160913010519/@comment-3048593-20160913012649

Shabook wrote: Also, the change of the name was to avoid confussion for the non-comics fans with the then-soon to be introduced Frank Castle.

Did not realize that. Don't remember if it was known at that point or not, when the show was new, that Punisher was gonna appear in Season 2 of Daredevil yet or not.