{"podcast":{"title":"Marvel Versus Marvel","slug":"marvel-versus-marvel-566367","podcast_index_feed_id":566367,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/marvelversusmarvel/feed.xml","website_url":"https://marvelversusmarvel.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8134856/MvM-Logo-4-LQ.jpg","author":"marvelversusmarvel","episode_count":408,"summary":"Rob Halden is a Marvel expert, but Will Preston has never read a Marvel Comic in his life. Each episode, the two comedians deep-dive a Marvel movie or TV show and explore the rich history and trivia of the characters and stories that inspired it!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T08:22:08.489884+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marvel-versus-marvel-566367"},"episode":{"title":"The History Of The Punisher - From Spider-Man Villain To One Of Marvel’s Biggest Stars","slug":"the-history-of-the-punisher-from-spider-man-villain-to-one-of-marvel-s-biggest-stars","published_at":"2026-05-18T02:03:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marvel-versus-marvel-566367/the-history-of-the-punisher-from-spider-man-villain-to-one-of-marvel-s-biggest-stars","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marvel-versus-marvel-566367","url":"https://marvelversusmarvel.podbean.com/e/the-punisher-1989-behind-the-page/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pf8yw825a8j4vsk6/The_Punisher_1989_-_Behind_The_Page6u5qr.mp3","summary":"This week we head back into the Marvel Versus Marvel Archive to explore the history of The Punisher, and how he went from a one-off Spider-Man villain to becoming one of Marvel’s BIGGEST stars! We’ll dive into all the different influences that came together to create The Punisher - from The Godfather, to Death Wish, to Don Pendleton’s “The Executioner”! We’ll take you through his first-ever appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man, his history with Daredevil, and how the army-of-one action movies of the 1980’s led to a HUGE surge in popularity for Frank Castle, resulting in The Punisher having THREE monthly comic books at the same time! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk","meta_description":"This week we head back into the Marvel Versus Marvel Archive to explore the history of The Punisher, and how he went from a one-off Spider-Man villain to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1409,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marvel-versus-marvel-566367/episodes/the-history-of-the-punisher-from-spider-man-villain-to-one-of-marvel-s-biggest-stars/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marvel-versus-marvel-566367/the-history-of-the-punisher-from-spider-man-villain-to-one-of-marvel-s-biggest-stars.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}