Punisher (Robot)

Punisher
Name	Punisher
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Galactus, Frightful Four
Physical Characteristics
Height	4′6″ (1.37 m)
Weight	500 lbs (226.8 kg)
Unusual Features	Robot
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Robot
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
First	Fantastic Four #49 (January, 1966)
First	Fantastic Four #49 (January, 1966)

They're called Punishers, apparently. No relation to Frank Castle-- except they're about as violent-- and as hard to kill.

—Captain Marvel[source]

History

The Punishers are robots in the employ of Galactus, long ancient alien technology begotten from one lost world or another that was stored upon the worldship vessel Taa II. One was used to defend Galactus' world devouring machine from the Fantastic Four who sought to destroy it. Later, Galactus also sent a Punisher to Earth to locate the exiled Silver Surfer, but the Punisher failed because of the Fantastic Four's interference and Galactus called it back; then Galactus used other means to reach his goal.

The first Punisher was later found and used by the Rigellians.

Multiverse

Earth-929

Earth-952

Earth-982

Earth-7187

The Punisher robot was shown to be one of the many future adversaries of the newly formed Fantastic Four.

Earth-14971

The Punishers were robotic enforcers of Silver Galactus who were sent to him against the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Earth-20051

Galactus unleashed the Punisher on the Avengers so it would stop them from destroying his ship. However he was quickly defeated by the Hulk.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

The Punishers are incredibly robust fabrications of unknown origin. Supposedly comprised less of simple xenomineral alloys, the automatons are in fact made out of living metal of unknown origin. It's physical abilities are such that it can easily contend with the likes of Iron Man, The Fantastic Four and even the Silver Surfer in a contest of strength, durability as well as speed. They're capacity to manipulate energy also affords a punisher to create remote forcefields with which to trap and trail items of interest alongside them while on the move. Punishers are an adaptive sort with the capacity to analyze and determine the best means of overcoming any adversarial opposition they're faced with. Whilst having the capacity of self propelled flight, they also boast onboard teleportation and have self-destruct capability in the event that they need to cover their own tracks or make hasty retreats. They also sport the mechanical equivalent of a Healing Factor, able to self-repair at incredible rates in order to replenish lost or destroyed mechanical apparatuses. As an added effect, their regenerative capabilities enable the Punisher Robot to rapidly multiply via it's select individual components regrowing itself into whole new living machine. This easily enables a single damaged World Eater enforcement drone to generate a sizable army that can overrun planets.

Notes

In Silver Surfer (Vol. 3) #109, the Punisher speaks in a supposed alien language that are translated in a footnote. The "alien language" is a transliteration of the English words to Greek alphabet (not even real Greek; just English written with Greek letters).

See Also

• 25 appearance(s) of Punisher (Robot)
• 4 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Punisher (Robot)
• 2 minor appearance(s) of Punisher (Robot)
• 2 mention(s) of Punisher (Robot)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Punisher (Robot)
• 25 image(s) of Punisher (Robot)