It’s been quite a long time coming, but fans of Jon Bernthal’s depiction of The Punisher have been rewarded generously in the last year for their patience. Debuting in the second season of Netflix’s original Daredevil series, the character got his own short-lived spin-off back in 2017 that lasted for two seasons, but after the cancellation of the Marvel-Netflix properties, he disappeared for six years before he and his brutal approach to problem-solving resurfaced in the first season of Daredevil: Born Again.
Now the character is set to appear in the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day, showing up briefly in the trailer as a nuisance while Spider-Man intervenes in a high-speed chase. It’s unclear as of right now exactly how big his role will be, but one would have to imagine it’s significant enough for him to be absent from Daredevil: Born Again season 2. The ruthless vigilante won’t be entirely missing from the small screen this year however, as it was recently announced that the character will be leading his own streaming special titled The Punisher: One Last Kill, set to premiere one week after the season finale of Born Again.
