EARTH-23135EARTH-23135
Type: Alternate
Earth
Environment: Earth-like
Usual means of access: Presumably vibrational
attunement
Dominant Life Form: Humans
Significant Inhabitants: The
Devil (Frank), his family (likely named Frank Castle Jr,, Lisa Castle
and Maria Castle - see comments)
First Appearance: Punisher XIII#7 (January, 2023)
History: (Punisher XIII#7 (fb) -
BTS) - Frank had an unspecified devil-like nature with a
corresponding aura and red eyes. He married Maria but due to his
departure for the war, he spent a lot of time away from his family.
(Punisher XIII#7) - When the Devil (Frank) returned
home from the
war, Maria met him at the door, introduced him to her children and
served him dinner. She told him she loved him and took him into her
arms and bed. When they made love, Frank asked
Maria to call him "the Beast."
Earth-23135 was later glimpsed in recurring dreams by
Maria Castle of
Earth-616. Frightened and dissatisfied with her family life, she
confided in Father Ford about the dream in church.
Comments: Created by Jason Aaron, Jesús Saíz and Paul Azaceta.
Frank Castle's nature in this reality is unclear. What is certain is that he has some kind of diabolical nature. When telling Father Ford about her dreams, Maria (of Earth-616) described him as "not a demon. The Devil." and Frank (of Earth-23135) himself asked to be called "the Beast" in these dreams. Based on the available details, it could be assumed that he is either the Devil himself or this reality's equivalent of the Beast of the Hand but it is also possible that he could be a possessed human.
None of the known inhabitants of
Earth-23135 have
been identified by name, aside from the Devil/Beast but since this
reality was glimpsed by Maria Castle of
Earth-616 and had some similarities to her regular life, it's safe to
assume they all bear the same names as their Earth-616 counterparts.
Furthermore, it's not stated what military conflict Castle fought in
but for the same reasons, it's reasonable to assume it was the Siancong
War.
Given that this
reality has a major difference with Frank "Castle" being the Devil
himself (or possessed by the Devil - see comment above) and without
more information to go on such as whether or not this truly was Frank
Castle or if it was some aspect of Satan or another demon calling
itself the Devil merely posing as Frank (whose name is never actually
identified as Frank Castle in the one image we see of this reality),
we
can't really assume anything. It seems likely this would be an
alternate reality rather than a divergent one so we can't immediately
assume everything matches Earth-616 even if it was glimpsed by someone
on Earth-616. However, we do have a little evidence to support this,
as
Father Ford questions Maria Castle-616 about the dream she had in
which
she glimpsed Earth-23135 and mentions that Maria has "cast your
war-hero husband as some sort of demon." This, plus Maria referring to
her husband as Frank when speaking with Father Ford about the dreams
suggests that the Devil on Earth-23135 was at least named Frank and
that he was a war hero and married to Maria's 23135 counterpart. Maria
refers to herself in the dream, supporting the assumption that her
Earth-23135 counterpart is likely also named Maria, possibly even with
the last name of Castle, suggesting that the Devil's last name may
also
be Castle. Maria-616 mentions introducing the Devil to "the children"
and while we could probably assume these are counterparts of Frank
Castle, Jr. and Lisa Castle, we don't have any actual evidence of
their
names or that they are even Frank's children. Since this is an
alternate reality in which the Devil appears in the form of Frank,
either by just assuming his form or by some sort of possession or
mutation, the Earth-23135 counterpart of Maria could very well have
her
own children from a previous relationship or perhaps, since she
doesn't
refer to them as "her" children, they could even be someone else's
children that the Maria counterpart was watching, though I'll admit
that seems less likely. With the similarities noted in this profile,
the most logical assumption (and it would only be an assumption since
we aren't actually given this information) would be that the Devil's
full real name is Frank Castle (or at least, the Devil is in his
form),
his wife is Maria Castle and their children would be Frank and Lisa
Castle, with Frank being a war hero. --Proto-Man
This profile was completed 03/10/2025 but its publication was delayed, as it was intended for the Appendix 25thanniversary 's celebratory event.
Profile by Mike Castle.CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-23135 should not be confused with:
images: (without ads)
Punisher XIII#7, p1, splash page (Earth-23135, main image)
Appearances:
Punisher XIII#7 (January,
2023) - Jason Aaron (writer), Jesús Saíz, Paul Azaceta (art), Tom
Brevoort (editor)
Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.
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