Frank Castle is not done yet. Jon Bernthal will next return as the Punisher in the Disney+ special The Punisher: One Last Kill, and the character is also set for a guest appearance in Spider-Man: Brand New Day later this year.

That keeps Castle moving through the Marvel Cinematic Universe after he first arrived in Daredevil season 2, where Bernthal made his debut as Frank Castle. The Punisher then ran for 2 seasons before getting cancelled in 2019, and Castle later reappeared in Daredevil: Born Again season 1. He did not appear in Daredevil: Born Again season 2.

The cleanest way to follow the character, the article says, is also the simplest: there is no difference between Punisher’s release order and chronological order. Some episodes do use flashbacks, but they are told through a present-day framing device, which means the story does not break from its timeline in the way some viewers might expect. The article also says some rumors place One Last Kill after Daredevil: Born Again.

That matters because the Marvel Netflix shows were once treated as if they sat outside the Sacred Timeline, a label that changed during production of Daredevil: Born Again. Castle’s path now looks firmly folded into the wider MCU, even as the details around where The Punisher: One Last Kill sits in the order remain part of the conversation.

For viewers deciding where to start, the advice is straightforward: Daredevil season 2 should come first before starting The Punisher. After that, Castle’s return is already mapped out. He is headed back into the franchise, and this time the route is easier to follow than the mythology around it.