If you thought that Netflix’s The Punisher (and Daredevil too, for that matter) crossing over to Disney+ and therefore to the MCU proper was going to end the time-honored tradition of baiting Frank Castle/Karen Page ‘shippers, think again! Karen does appear in The Punisher: One Last Kill and the Kastle agenda is just as tantalizingly out of reach as ever.
For those unfamiliar with how these Marvel comics characters came to be so close on screen and launch a thousand ‘shippers, let’s do a quick recap. It all started in Daredevil Season 2, back in 2016, when the Punisher was on trial for doing what he does. Karen looked into his background, convinced Matt and Foggy to defend him, and earned his trust herself. He saved her during a violent altercation. She writed an article defending his honor. It was a tale as old as time. She then appeared in the first season of The Punisher on Netflix and they continued to Bond. Karen has a dark side that the Catholic more noble vigilantes she tends to hang out with don’t always understand. Frank, on the other hand, totally gets it and gets her. They’re fiercely protective of each other in their own ways.
