—Baron ZemoIt wasn't long ago that you and I marched under the same flag. Me, because Hydra is my life's work as a man who believes in a better world. You, because you wanted to be on the winning team for once. Correct?
Appearing in "Punisher: War Criminal - Part Three"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed War Machine A.I. (Voice only)
- Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse)
- Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
Antagonists:
- Hydra
- Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo)
- Agent Dave (First appearance; dies)
- Ghost
- Taskmaster (Tony Masters)
- Crossbones (Brock Rumlow)
- Numerous unnamed agents (Death of several)
Other Characters:
- C.I.A.
- Fairfax County Police Department (First appearance)
- Captain America (Supreme Leader Steve Rogers) (Toy)
- Agent Remender (Mentioned)
- Stark Industries (Mentioned)
- Tony Stark (Mentioned)
- USMC (Mentioned)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
- Lisa Castle (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Frank Castle, Jr. (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Nick Fury, Jr. (Mentioned)
- Robin Hood (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- Virginia
- Hydra Nation's secret headquarters (First appearance)
- Shadow Pillar (Mentioned)
- United States of America
- Hell (Invoked)
Items:
- War Machine Armor Model 8
- Arc Reactor (Behind the scenes)
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Toy)
- Ghost's Suit
- Punisher's Suit
- Mockingbird's Battle Staves
- Winter Soldier's Bionic Arm
- Hawkeye's Suit, Bow, and Trick Arrows
- Black Widow's Gauntlets
- The Hunger Games (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Punisher's Arsenal (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Punisher: War Criminal - Part Three"
The Punisher fights his way through Zemo's complex until he reaches his office, where he faces a trio supervillains who serve as Zemo's bodyguard: Crossbones, Ghost, and Taskmaster. While in the midst of fighting the villains the superheroes Black Widow, Hawkeye, Mockingbird, and Winter Soldier arrive. The heroes help Punisher defeat his adversaries and Hawkeye mentions that they were sent to return the War Machine armor to Nick Fury. However, Black Widow then incapacitates Hawkeye and Mockingbird, revealing that she actually agrees with the Punisher's plan to use the armor to kill evildoers.
Solicit Synopsis
FRANK CASTLE VS. HYDRA NATION!
• After being used by Evil Steve Rogers during “Secret Empire,” Frank Castle is out for revenge.
• First on Frank’s big targets list: Baron Zemo.
• But Frank’s not the only one who hasn’t shaken off the specter of Hydra Nation, and Zemo may have a few surprises of his own…