In another timeline, the Punisher’s life ended abruptly as so many do: at the hands of Thanos. Desperate for a chance at revenge, the deceased hero entered a deal with Mephisto to return with a vengeance as the latest Ghost Rider. But the devil never plays fair, and by the time his transformation was complete, Earth was dead. And Thanos was gone.
Driven mad by grief and loneliness, the man once called Frank Castle jumped at any chance for redemption, revenge, or even someone to talk to. Encounters with Galactus, Odin, and Thanos himself have finally led the rider home: back to Earth-616, with a new lease on life and more power than any sane man knows what to do with.
Frank Castle lived a life of violence and death. It was a complicated, bloody existence guided by the overriding principle “the ends justify the means”.