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Maberry details 'Punisher' miniseries

The Punisher in Shadowland

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Jonathan Maberry has detailed his forthcoming miniseries, Marvel Universe vs the Punisher.

The four-issue collection will be penned by the DoomWar writer and illustrated by Goran Parlov (Black Widow).

It is set in an alternate future where the Punisher stalks a world in which all its other inhabitants - human and superhuman - have been infected with a plague that has transformed them into mutated cannibals, reports CBR.

"It's a blank slate in terms of storytelling. It puts human beings against horrific problems," said Maberry. "At the same time, you have the basic survival element which is pure adventure.

"This is a bleak story and [Parlov's] visual storytelling style is absolutely perfect for the book."

Maberry claimed that the story was very specifically a Punisher one and wouldn't work without him as the lone surviving character.

"There's a really good reason, but I can't tell you why because it'll spoil the first issue," he teased.

Marvel Universe vs the Punisher will debut on August 4.

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