SDCC | Jimmy Palmiotti + Dan Panosian enlist for ‘Marvel Knights: Punisher’

Palmiotti returns to the imprint he helped bring to life at Marvel in the 1990s.

Earlier this year Joe Quesada returned to Marvel for Marvel Knights: The World to Come, named for the imprint he helped spearhead starting in 1998 that redefined characters like Daredevil, Black Panther, the Punisher and many more. Now his co-conspirator for Marvel Knights, Jimmy Palmiotti, will return as well for Marvel Knights: Punisher, which is set in the same world as The World to Come.

Palmiotti will work with artist Dan Panosian on the limited series, which features Frank Castle in “one of the most savage comics ever.”

“The secret behind Marvel Knights has always been creative alchemy: the perfect blend of raw talent and fearless storytelling, forged by creators who don’t flinch when things get intense,” Palmiotti said. “Now, years later, under the iconic Marvel Knights banner that Joe Quesada and I created all those years ago, I’m writing a brand-new Punisher series that’s being lit on fire by one of the industry’s most electrifying artists: the incomparable Dan Panosian. This is Frank Castle pushed past his limits into uncharted, brutal territory. Dan and I aren’t revisiting a legend—we’re detonating it.”

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Donny Cates + friends bring back ‘Marvel Knights’ for its 20th anniversary

Daredevil, Black Panther, Punisher and more will be featured in ‘MK20’ #1 this fall.

It was 20 years ago that two creators at a small publishing house called Event Comics got the green light to take over several Marvel titles. Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti helped usher Marvel out of the dark ages of the 1990s and into the future, bringing in creators like Kevin Smith, Brian Michael Bendis, Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon, Christopher Priest and many others to tackle Daredevil, Black Panther, Punisher, Inhumans and several other Marvel characters.

Overall it is was very successful, especially from a storytelling perspective; Quesada eventually took over as Marvel editor-in-chief, and the tone of the stories set the course for much of Marvel’s success over the past two decades. The Marvel Knights imprint eventually evolved into something else, featuring high-profile miniseries, and went dormant about five years ago.

Until now.

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