La série Punisher vs Barracuda a visiblement été annulée. Marvel Fandom ne cite que les trois premiers épisodes, sans doute sur la base de sollicitation, et readcomiconline n’en donne aucun, ce qui est un indice assez évident du fait que rien n’est sorti.
Sur le compte Facebook The Punisher HQ, le 27 janvier 2024, quelques informations complémentaires et visuels (de mauvaise qualité) ont été donnés :
All of you know that Punisher vs Barracuda was shelved by Marvel. But Declan Shalvey shared some cool images of fully colored pages of that unreleased story.
Notable points:
This run was supposed to be released after Matthew Rosenberg (2018) run ended;
Axel Alonso (former Marvel EiC) gave the green light to this project but he left Marvel in 2017 and his place was occupied by CB Cebulski;
The series was supposed to be called « The Punisher » but they changed it to Punisher vs Barracuda;
Declan wanted this series to be set in New York but Axel Alonso wanted to be in Florida;
Declan Shalvey had his own covers planned for this run, but Marvel put another artist to do the main covers (Ryan Stegman);
Declan and Ed Brisson confirmed that this title was « canceled » due to real life events, BLM protests, etc…;
This series starts in prison with the introduction of Barracuda and he was targeted by some white supremacists, later they joined forces to get rid of the Punisher.
Jim