3) There’s Still So Much To Be Explored
Frank Castle has an intriguing backstory. A war vet and a family man, turned into a vigilante when his wife and daughter’s senseless murder (coupled with his harrowing combat experience no doubt) leaves him unstable and thirsty for vengeance. But of course, as anyone who’s a fan of the Punisher comics knows, this isn’t anywhere near the whole story. In print, The Punisher has been going since 1974, for over four decades of storylines. Daredevil barely scraped the surface.
There is, in short, a wealth of Punisher material still left to adapt. But even if Netflix/Marvel want to forge ahead with original stories of their own rather than tapping the well of the comics, Daredevil season two offers us glimpses at Frank Castle’s past that could stand to be explored further.
For example, we still know only very little about Castle’s wartime experiences or life pre-war, while going forward it goes without saying that there will be consequences of his Hell’s Kitchen rampage in Daredevil‘s second season.