Carnival of Killers: An early arc in Punisher: War Zone had the New York mob hiring the seven best assassins in the world to hunt down the Punisher. Such things are something of an occupational hazard for The Punisher.

Liu, Narayan (2022-09-12). "Don Cheadle Reveals He's No Longer Under Marvel Contract". CBR . Retrieved 2023-09-09. Oddly, Frank's daughter has had at least four different names, Barbara, Donna, Christie and Lisa, while the name of his son (Frank Jr) is always consistent. Also Microchip's real name was originally "Lowell Bartholomew Ori", but was changed to "Linus Liberman" later. Additionally, the first time Frank's father is mentioned he's given the name "Mario", but a later story arc has him named "Lorenzo". The MAX version of the Punisher ends with the character's death. After killing the Kingpin, Castle dies from his own wounds in issue #21 The Rev, a Captain Ersatz of Jim Jones, and one of the few villains to survive his initial run-in with Frank.

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Small Name, Big Ego: While Frank usually focuses on street-level criminals rather than the world-threatening supervillains, he tends to look down on the superheroes, believing they don't have the guts to "do what it takes" like he does, which makes them inferior to him.

Frank is shown to be capable of at least consideration for others, although it rarely approaches truly displaying kindness. Understandable, in that he's a loner who knows better than to let anyone get too close to him. Still, if he feels a debt is owed or that he's obligated to someone, he'll make every effort to even things out.

The Punisher provides examples of the following tropes:

Handy Cuffs: Frank was captured by a minor gang leader named Machete, who insisted on killing a cuffed Castle in a machete duel. Castle rejects the machete, and kills the guy with his bare hands. In Circle of Blood inmates attempting to assassinate Castle while he is imprisoned are able to obtain a pistol from a corrupt guard, but end up having to tape a soda bottle to the muzzle, since their limited resources and timetable make acquiring a real suppressor impossible. The "soda bottle silencer" ends up waking up nearby inmates (who were in on the plot anyway) and slows down the bullet's muzzle velocity to the point that Frank's mattress soaks up the shots.

Western Terrorists: Frank has gone up against rogue militia groups, Bomb-Throwing Anarchists, Marxist guerillas, and IRA splinter factions. He also has a grudge against Hydra after the events of Secret Empire. Frank is also considered one by many in the superhero community. Opponent Switch: The Acts of Vengeance event saw Doctor Doom deciding to one-up Kingpin by taking out the Punisher.The Punisher: Purgatory (1998) — A miniseries that Re Tooled the character into a sort-of agent for heaven. More Dakka: Frank's solution to most problems is massive firepower. Submachine guns are just the starting point for automatic ballistic mayhem in his arsenal. Semper Fi: Frank's a Marine, and often gets help from other Vietnam vets. The "Valley Forge" arc in MAX concerns a Special Forces colonel who decides to take him down nonlethally with American soldiers because it's not right that he should use his training in that way. Also because he owes Frank his life from Vietnam, and lets him go when he discovers the generals who want Frank dead have less-than noble motives. The keeper would have to be punching out a polar bear to anger it into taking out a mob boss, and using a pizza and the morbidly obese Mr. Bumpo on The Russian.