Appearing in "The King of Killers - Book One, Chapter Five: God Bless the Beast"
Featured Characters:
- Punisher (Frank Castle) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Maria Castle (Main story and flashback)
- Steadman Sternberger (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- The Hand (Main story and flashback)
- The Archpriestess (Main story and flashback)
- Apostles of War
Other Characters:
- God (Invoked) (Main story and flashback)
- The Sickly Ones (Referenced) (Main story and flashback)
- Lisa Castle (Referenced)
- Frank Castle, Jr. (Referenced)
- Klingbaum (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed mafioso (Only in recap)
- Lucilla Giannelli (Only in recap)
- United States Marine Corps (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- The Beast
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Mutants (Named only) (Only in flashback)
- Tigers (Referenced) (Only in flashback)
- Moths (Referenced) (Only in flashback)
- Demons
- Olympians
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Asia (Main story and flashback)
- Japan (Main story and flashback)
- Hand citadel (Main story and flashback)
- Japan (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)
- St. Therese's Academy of the Sacred Heart (Referenced)
- Mike's & Son's
- Queens (Only in flashback)
- Long Island (Only in flashback)
- Central Park, Manhattan (Mentioned)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
- New Jersey (Only in flashback)
- New York (Only in flashback)
- United States of America (Only in flashback)
- Europe
- Asia (Main story and flashback)
- Hell (Invoked)
Items:
- Punisher's Suit (Main story and flashback)
- Punisher's Arsenal (Main story and flashback)
- Banner Cannons
Synopsis for "The King of Killers - Book One, Chapter Five: God Bless the Beast"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
Is the Punisher truly the Fist of the Beast and the predestined High Slayer of the Hand? Or is he nothing more than a prisoner of their lies? And if there's one thing Frank Castle has never been particularly good at being…it's a prisoner.