doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
All of those either have those elements as backstory, or as the thing they're trying to overcome. Punisher just is willfully a homicidal psychopath.really? Iron Man is started life as an unscrupulous weapons manufacturer with a drinking problem, Black widow was an assassin, Hulk is an outright monster. if anything Punisher was a more honest portrayal of vigilante behaviour, reflecting some of the 1970s cynicism
Also, Stark's drinking problem doesn't belong on that list.