I get what you're saying. Yes, it hits the same notes as the Claremont/Miller miniseries, which I loved. The first time I read it. Twenty-five years ago. I've just read too many variations on that same story - frequently by Claremont himself - over the years to be at all interested in another.
As an homage, yes, it works. You make an extremely valid point. I wasn't interested in an homage, though; I wanted a story. And as a comic book story, it's derivative crap, and expensive derivative crap at that. Your mileage may vary; that's why fandom rocks so hard.
You're wrong, though. :angel:
DW, awesome Punisher review. My office mates are all looking at me funny.