To go against one's nature is to make war against oneself. And that is the one war I vow never again to wage. Frank Castle... who was long my most faithful of disciples, whether he knew it or not, is waging such a war as we speak. As evidenced by him sending masked men with swords to do the work of a Punisher. Something has withered within him. Perhaps he dreams of leaving behind the great bloody vineyards that gave him life. Of turning his back on eternal battle. But I am Ares, and I speak for that which cannot speak for itself. I speak for war. And war says nay. 
- —Ares
Appearing in "The King of Killers - Book One, Chapter Four: The Way of the Punisher"
Featured Characters:
- Punisher (Frank Castle) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- The Hand (Main story and flashback)
- The Archpriestess (Main story and flashback)
- Maria Castle (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Apostles of War (Only in flashback)
- The General (Ares) (Only in flashback)
- Lady Bullseye (Only in flashback) (Rejoins The Hand)
- Lord Deathstrike (Death) (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Mario Castiglione (Voice only) (Only in flashback)
- United States Army (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Howling Commandos (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Nick Fury (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Dino Manelli (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Robert "Rebel" Ralston (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Gabe Jones (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Izzy Cohen (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Dum Dum Dugan (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Jonathan "Junior" Juniper (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Howling Commandos (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Nazis (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Adolf Hitler (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Kid Colt (Blaine Colt) (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Steel (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed Mafioso (Only in recap)
- God (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
- The Beast (Only in flashback)
- Avengers (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- The Sickly Ones (Referenced) (Only in flashback)
- Lisa Castle (Mentioned)
- Frank Castle, Jr. (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Snakes (Referenced) (Only in flashback)
- Horses (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Olympians (Only in flashback)
- Dogs (Mentioned)
- Demons (Only in flashback)
- Butterflies (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Sharks (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Falcons (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Only in flashback)
- United States of America (Only in flashback)
- New York (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
- Long Island (Only in flashback)
- Queens (Only in flashback)
- Central Park (Only in recap)
- Long Island (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
- New York (Only in flashback)
- United States of America (Only in flashback)
- Asia (Main story and flashback)
- Japan (Main story and flashback)
- Hand citadel (Main story and flashback)
- Madripoor (Only in flashback)
- Lowtown (Only in flashback)
- Mount Golgotha (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Japan (Main story and flashback)
- Europe (Only in flashback)
- Greece (Only in flashback)
- North America (Only in flashback)
- Heaven (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Olympus (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Hades (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Elysium (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Hell (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Captain America's Uniform (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Captain America's Shield (Poster) (Only in flashback)
- Punisher's Suit (Main story and flashback)
- Punisher's Arsenal (Main story and flashback)
- Banner Cannons (Only in flashback)
- Graviton Cannons (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "The King of Killers - Book One, Chapter Four: The Way of the Punisher"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
Frank Castle is determined to use the ninja warriors of the Hand to end his war once and for all. But the world's newest and deadliest dealers in wildly powerful arms, the Apostles of War, are proving to be the Punisher's toughest foes yet. And that's not to mention the assassins Lady Bullseye and Lord Deathstrike who've been hired to expose the Punisher as a pretender to the throne of the Beast.