First, before I move on in any degree, watch the new trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, embedded below.

Angry? Confused? Yeah, me too.  To ease the pain a little, I have a little story for you.

A few years back, there was a comic released, called Punisher Kills The Marvel Universe. Fun one-shot. Written by Garth Ennis before he was, well you know, Garth Ennis.

I never really read it myself, but one day, talking amongst friends, it came up.  My ol' buddy Mike Rodman told me about it.

Let me tell you about Mike Rodman. Mike’s a mountain of a man, with a mile-a-minute mouth when he’s excited. And when it comes to comics, he’s a very excited guy.

So there we were, discussing this insane comic where Punisher kills off literally the ENTIRE Marvel U. (Seriously, click the link above, it has the full list.)  And when he recanted the plot, point by point, something in his head broke.  He realized a gigantic flaw that he’d never noticed before.

As part of the story, Punisher lures a gigantic group of heroes to face him on the moon.  Once upon the moon, he detonates a nuke, killing dozens of characters in the blink of an eye.

To the average fan, this is the next madcap bit in a decidedly crazy comic.

To Mike…this became a battle-cry.

He asked, very loudly, and will, to this very day exclaim with much vigor a simple question…

HOW DID THE PUNISHER GET TO THE MOON?

If you ask further…he’ll break it down a little…

HOW DID…THE PUNISHER…GET…TO THE MOON?

Honestly, in all our collective bits of nerd know how, we couldn’t explain it.  Sure, you could reason a few ideas…Hell, I’d even bet that the comic itself explained it.  But the fact was this…The Punisher?  An urban combat trained hero.  Space isn’t his place, let alone the moon.  He’d sooner nuke NYC with every man, woman and child in it.

Cut to present day, it’s just about a decade later, and “How Did The Punisher Get To The Moon?” has become an ongoing gag with friends of mine…a constant reference to wondering where exactly did that train of thought come from?

After watching this trailer?  Punisher’s adventures on the moon are nothing.

I ask the creators of the film one simple and futile question…

HOW DID DEADPOOL GET LASER BEAM EYES?

Good luck explaining that one, Fox.  See you in May.

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