Just by the nature of who the Punisher is, the character doesn’t really lend himself to having the kind of expansive rogues gallery enjoyed (or despised) by other comic book characters. Superheroes like Daredevil, Spider-Man, and Batman have a colorful roster of villains that serve as perpetual thorns in their sides, and the Kingpin, the Green Goblin, and the Joker are perhaps some of the most recognizable antagonists in modern fiction. If they were enemies of the Punisher, however, it’s a little hard to imagine him dealing with repeated Arkham Asylum breakouts or being empathetic to Norman Osborn’s fragile psyche.
That’s not to say that Frank Castle doesn’t have a few recurring nuisances, and the disfigured vengeful mobster Jigsaw and the sadistic cannibal mercenary Barracuda are among some of the most heinous. Ironically enough, Frank’s ruthless approach to “crimefighting” frequently has the unintended side-effect of making common criminals even worse, perpetuating a never-ending series of escalations. The most recent appearance of The Punisher in the MCU, the special One Last Kill, exemplifies this problem and introduces audiences to a villain that might arguably hold the biggest grudge against Marvel’s favorite mass-murdering vigilante.
