CHARLIE SICILIANO
Real Name: Charlie Siciliano
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: Professional criminal
Group Membership: Unidentified organized crime cartel
Affiliations: Simon Ejszaka, "Joisey" Joe, Kingpin (Wilson Fisk), Tomas Santiago, "Happy" Jack Tanner, and others unidentified;
formerly Marcus Coriander
Enemies: Nolo Contendre, Punisher (Frank Castle), Punishment Squad, the Trust (notably Alex Alaric, Angela, Marcus Coriander, Texas)
Known Relatives: Mrs. Massera (nee Siciliano, sister), Mickey Massera (brother-in-law, deceased), Tony Massera (nephew)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Manhattan's Upper East side
First Appearance: Punisher I#1 (January, 1986)
Powers/Abilities:
Charlie Sicilano was an experienced crimelord, and he commanded a
certain deal of respect despite no longer being in his prime.
He is presumably skilled with the use of a handgun and in unarmed
combat, as well as various criminal activities, especially the
organization thereof.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6')
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 200 lbs.)
Eyes: Light blue
Hair: Gray (balding)History:
(Punisher
I#2 (fb) - BTS) - Charlie Sicilano was a long-respected mob moss. In
his early days, Wilson Fisk used to call Charlie for advice.
(Punisher I#1 (fb) - BTS) - A few months before the main story, the Punisher killed Charlie's brother-in-law, Mickey Massera.
(Punisher I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Charlie had his sister's son, Tony Massera, summoned to meet with him.
(Punisher
I#1) - As Charlie was eating a pasta dinner, Tony's arrival was
announced. Charlie told Tony it was nice to see him, but Tony noted
that his "invitation" was hard to refuse and asked what he
wanted. Charlie noted his disrespect and advised Tony that his
father had been murdered by the Punisher and that Tony must avenge him.
Tony argued that he was not one of Charlie's hitmen and that he was
studying to be a doctor and did not want to kill anyone. Reviewing the
state of his father's body, so ruined his mother could not look inside
the coffin, and how he died, Charlie told Tony that his father had
loved him and his mother, and that a loving son would claim his debt of
blood and make his father's killer pay. Fueled by emotion, Tony
accepted the gun Charlie gave him and vowed on his mother's life that
the Punisher would die.
(Punisher I#2
(fb) - BTS) - After the Punisher had claimed to kill the Kingpin
(realizing it was a body double, which was destroyed in an explosion),
a mob war broke out, with various mobsters meeting brutal ends. 
(Punisher
I#2) - Disgusted by the behavior of the other ganglord, Charlie had his
agent set up a peace conference. Although his agent advised that "those
jerks would just as soon blow your head off as look at you," Charlie
insisted that his name still carried respect and that he would make
them see that united they would stand, and that fighting disrupted
business, disrupting everything they had worked for. Charlie was
unaware that the Punisher was monitoring his discussion.
After Grand Central Station had closed for the night, Charlie and his
men met with all the bosses on the upper East Coast: "Happy" Jack
Tanner, Tomas Santiago, "Joisey" Joe, Simon Ejszaka, and others
unidentified. The Punisher was present unseen, but he apparently
planned to just monitor, hoping to see the peace restored.
Charlie advised them ment that they had degenerated greatly in a short
time and that they should put aside their grievances. As Ejszaka and
Santiago began arguing, Charlie silenced them, telling them that if
they lived like wolves they would die like dogs and that they must
preserve the order. However, the meeting was then interrupted as Nolo
Contendre, a Detriot hitman apparently employed by agents of the Trust,
fired on the men, killing "Joisey" Joe, at least.
At least one guy accused Sicilano of setting up a trap, while others fired at each.
(Punisher I#2 - BTS) - The Punisher spotted and pursued Nolo Contendre, who perished in the ensuing conflict.
(Punisher
I#3 - BTS) - Saving Tomas Santiago from an attempted hit by Simon
Ejszaka's men, the Punisher instructed him to contact Charlie Siciliano
and set up another peace conference, while the Punisher would see to it
that everyone attended.
(Punisher I#3 (fb) - BTS) - Tomas did as instructed, and Sicilano agreed to set up another meeting.
(Punisher
I#3 - BTS) - Sicilano called Simon Ejszaka, who resisted the idea
until the Punisher showed up and made him agree at gunpoint.
(Punisher
I#3 (fb) - BTS) - Marcus Coriander, one of the mobsters who was either
affiliated with or had been brainwashed by the Trust, convinced the
other mob bosses to set up the meeting as a teleconference.
Having learned of the meeting, the Trust sent their Punishment Police,
Ryker's Island inmates brainwashed to dress as the Punisher and to
serve them, to assassinate the various mob lords.
(Punisher
I#3 - BTS) - As the meeting began, there was the sound of gunfire
and Siciliano cried out, naming the shooter as the Punisher before
apparently dying.
(Punisher I#3 -
BTS) - Another of the Punishment police slew Tomas Santiago, telling
him Coriander said goodbye, which the real Punisher overheard before
killing the man.
Comments: Created by Steven Grant, Mike Zeck, and John Beatty.
With it not being shown, Charlie Sicilano's death is highly suspect,
but he also has not appeared in the 36 years (as 2022) since that story.
According to the Punisher: Official Index to the Marvel Universe's
entry on Punisher I#3, Simon Ejszaka survived to appear again in
Deadline#1 (2002).
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Charlie Siciliano should be distinguished from:
- other "Charlie" or "Sicilian" characters, groups, items, events, races, or places...
images: (without ads)
Punisher I#1, pg. 39, panel 4 (dabbing mouth);
pg. 40, panel 1 (face);
panel 4 (upper);
#2, pg, 15, panel 2 (with remote);
pg. 17, pnael 3 (addressing other crimelords);
Appearances:
Punisher I#1-3
(January-March, 1986) - Steven Grant (writer), Mike Zeck (penciler
& colorist), John Beatty (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
First posted: 11/20/2022
Last updated: 11/20/2022
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