Frank Castle (Earth-4026)

"I remember the day I came back from my third tour. Didn't call anybody. Didn't need to, because I knew right where I needed to go. I rode in the back of a taxi to my daughter's school, more terrified than I'd ever been in my life. Cause, see, back in combat where I'm under heavy fire, seeing my friends die, adrenaline pumping through my veins, I didn't have time to waste being scared. But man, sitting in that taxi... it was the longest, most agonizing thing I'd ever been through. Then I got to the school, I walked into the class and I see my little girl... I see my Lisa, and she sees me. And it's taking everything I got not to bust into tears right there in front of the whole class. She gets and runs over, holding me tight, tighter than ever before. I thought that maybe, just maybe everything was going to be okay."

- Punisher

Frank Castle is a former Marine who became the brutal vigilante after seeing his family murdered by a three-way gang war.

Trivia

 * After faking his death, Frank had a memorial erected next to the graves of his family. Following his real death, the Howling Commandos dug up the empty casket at 3 in the morning and buried him to give him a real funeral.