Marvel Knights World To Come Expands This October As The Punisher Returns

By Chad Burdette

on July 28, 2025

Last month, legendary creators Joe Quesada and Christopher Priest reunited to kick off a new vision of the Marvel Universe in MARVEL KNIGHTS: THE WORLD TO COME, a limited series under the groundbreaking Marvel Knights banner they both helped create in the early 2000s. Introducing a bold future of fallen heroes, global upheaval and torn legacy, the series is epic in scope, leaving readers eager to dive even deeper into its rich worldbuilding. This October, the opportunity arrives as THE WORLD TO COME expands in MARVEL KNIGHTS: PUNISHER, a spinoff series by writer Jimmy Palmiotti, co-founder of the original Marvel Knights line, and artist extraordinaire Dan Panosian.

Palmiotti explained in a Marvel press release:

The secret behind Marvel Knights has always been creative alchemy: the perfect blend of raw talent and fearless storytelling, forged by creators who don’t flinch when things get intense,“Now, years later, under the iconic Marvel Knights banner that Joe Quesada and I created all those years ago, I’m writing a brand-new Punisher series that’s being lit on fire by one of the industry’s most electrifying artists: the incomparable Dan Panosian. This is Frank Castle pushed past his limits into uncharted, brutal territory. Dan and I aren’t revisiting a legend—we’re detonating it.”

Panosian added promising

“The Punisher is raw, unapologetic and full of the type of grit we don’t often see anymore in mainstream comics,”“It’s an honor and privilege to illustrate Jimmy Palmiotti’s Marvel Knights return for all diehard Punisher fans. This one is for you.”

Palmiotti concluded:

“This Marvel Knights: Punisher series isn’t just returning, it’s getting ready to make everything else look tame,”

Check out Panosian’s main cover and preorder MARVEL KNIGHTS

MARVEL KNIGHTS: PUNISHER #1 (OF 4)

THE WORLD TO COME EXPANDS!

One of the other pillars of MARVEL KNIGHTS enters the fray with THE PUNISHER!

Experience one of the most savage comics ever and learn how Frank goes from the killer of killers you know to the man readers will soon meet in THE WORLD TO COME!