Marvel will expand the newly revived Marvel Knights imprint with Marvel Knights: Punisher, a spinoff miniseries by writer Jimmy Palmiotti and artist Dan Panosian that will delve into the recent past of Frank Castle and how he became the Punisher that readers see in the flagship series Marvel Knights: The World to Come. The first issue of the four-issue miniseries will be released on October 8 with a cover by Panosian.

“This is Frank Castle pushed past his limits into uncharted, brutal territory,” Palmiotti said in a statement accompanying the announcement. “Dan and I aren’t revisiting a legend—we’re detonating it.”

“The Punisher is raw, unapologetic and full of the type of grit we don’t often see anymore in mainstream comics,” Panosian added.

Palmiotti and Joe Quesada created Marvel Knights in the 1990s, and Marvel announced the most recent relaunch earlier this year (see “Quesada and Priest Revive Marvel Knights”). Marvel Knights: The World to Come launched in June 2025, and the first issue was one of the top selling comics in the ComicHub system in June (see “Top 50 Comics – June 2025”).