>>11123105In his older stuff, Frank wants to go back to a normal life and tries to give up being the Punisher a few times. He also doesn't kill bad guys as freely as in the Ennis run. He spares a number that he absolutely would have killed in the Ennis run. A key example would be in Jo Duffy's Assassin's Guild, which is a really solid read, but Frank spares a secret assassin ring, because he develops feelings for a female assassin he teamed up with, and decides to let them go.
