Captain Frank Castle, United States Marine Corps. The year is 1971 and Captain Castle is on his 3rd tour in Vietnam. The man who will become The Punisher is not yet quite there. Dark forces however begin to form clouds around Frank and it becomes apparent that agent of death he will become is not far in the distance. BORN is a must-read story in the lore of The Punisher. In honor of the 4th of July we wanted to breakdown a war story and the tale of Americans in an unpopular conflict. We also wanted to talk about the story of a man who is sets himself on a dark path that leads to a destiny that felt inevitable. Frank Castle will become The Punisher and this is where he's BORN.