After the trailer for the new Daredevil series dropped yesterday, its serious tone and bloody nature has given me faith that Disney could revive Punisher.

It’s a full gallery of characters on display, from a retired (temporarily) Matt Murdoch to a now-mayor, still-violent Kingpin. We also see the return of Foggy and Karen, who were originally cut, and maybe even killed offscreen, when the first draft of this show was written, and eventually thrown out. Thank god.

The clues began in earnest yesterday when Marvel posted an Instagram Story with the simple words (in small type, top left corner “Marvel Daredevil” and then, in larger, blood-red type against a solid black background,

The Marvel Netflix Universe was a major milestone in comic book TV, giving fans a dark, gritty, and very mature look at street-level Marvel heroes like Daredevil and The Punisher. Shows like the Netflix Daredevil series expanded and redefined what fans expected from the Marvel brand in live-action,

Created by writer Bill Mantlo and legendary artist George Pérez, who shared the hero's Puerto Rican heritage, Ayala was a street smart vigilante who used the power of three so-called Jade Tiger amulets which originated in Iron Fist's heavenly city of K'un-Lun to gain superhuman strength and agility.

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Despite bringing back many characters from the Netflix series, Marvel has gone back and forth on if Born Again continues that same story.