Steve Southall (Earth-616)

Sheriff Steve Southall
Name	Steve Southall
Current Alias	Sheriff Steve Southall
Affiliation and Relationships
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Grey
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Branding, Texas
Place of Death	Branding, Texas
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	American
Occupation	County Sheriff, former marine
Base of Operations	Branding, Texas
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Garth Ennis, Cam Kennedy
First	Punisher (Vol. 6) #28 (August, 2003)
First	Punisher (Vol. 6) #28 (August, 2003)
Death	Punisher (Vol. 6) #31 (November, 2003)
Death	Punisher (Vol. 6) #31 (November, 2003)

History

Steve Southall was the Sheriff of the small town of Branding in Texas. He tolerated an enclave living on a hill near the town until he learned they were illegally selling firearms, shortly after a young man he was dating named Clark, the son of the woman responsible for the gun running operation, was murdered and his mother planned on taking revenge against Branding. Steve held them off alone and was gravely injured, he was brought back to town by the Punisher who told him that with his wounds he would die before any medical help could reach him.

Attributes

Powers

None

Abilities

Former marine, shown to be very competent with firearms.

Notes

• He was openly homosexual.
  • Despite his sexuality and the notoriously homophobic area he lived in he was voted into office as Sheriff as he was the most competent person for the job and stated that that was what the people of his town most cared about.

See Also

• 4 appearance(s) of Steve Southall (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Steve Southall (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of Steve Southall (Earth-616)