Lynn Michaels
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Lynn Michaels is a fictional police officer from Marvel Comics
. She is a character in the Punisher
comic books. She works alongside the Punisher as his sidekick
. She is known as Lady Punisher.
. Frank Castle is in the park as well, taking down targets of opportunity as well as being aware of the rapist. They both confront the criminal, but he escapes. Lynn and Frank team up and confront the rapist, plus several international assassins, in multiple incidents. The rapist dies in the crossfire. Lynn is wounded and as she is being treated, she plants a kiss on Frank. The fact she worked with the Punisher becomes common knowledge.
Later, Frank asks for help in tracking down an organization that is kidnapping people and stealing their blood; it is supposedly 'safer' for medical use. Lynn kills the leader, Mr. Sandeen, when he had the drop on Frank, Ghost Rider
and Daredevil. Feeling she had crossed the line again, she breaks down.
Lynn and her partner confront a suspected thief, Clyde Allen Durkin, in his home. They discover evidence indicating he has murdered several children. However, all of it is ruled inadmissible due to warrant problems. Disgusted, Lynn leaves the force.
Frank Castle apparently kills himself in a bomb that takes out a mobster's meeting. A government task force that targets vigilantes, called VIGIL, targets Payback. He is Eddie Dyson, an ex-police officer trying out vigilantism in response to the murder of his family by mobsters. Lynn rescues Payback from VIGIL.
Eddie and Lynn travel to the town Laastekist, where many agencies, including the Mafia, now know the Punisher is located. Despite his injuries, Eddie assists Lynn in killing several Valducci mob agents. However, members of the Cullen mob badly injure Lynn. Eddie gets her medical treatment and they escape the town.
Later, now healed, Lynn breaks into VIGIL headquarters looking for Blackwell, seemingly unaware he is now dead, having been killed by Castle. She rescues the sheriff of Laastekist, Harry Bendix, unjustly imprisoned by VIGIL. Two officers, Einhorn and Nails, allow the escape.
Lynn later works a deep-cover agent for S.H.I.E.L.D.
. She works as 'Diamonelle' from the inside of an organization headed by Jigsaw
. She shoots the Punisher's newest ally, Stuart Clarke, for being a cop killer. After Jigsaw is arrested, Lynn allows an ally to kill Jigsaw. She is taken into custody.
costume.
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
. She is a character in the Punisher
Punisher
The Punisher is a fictional character, an anti-hero appearing in comic books based in the . Created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita, Sr., and Ross Andru, the character made its first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 .The Punisher is a vigilante who employs murder,...
comic books. She works alongside the Punisher as his sidekick
Sidekick
A sidekick is a close companion who is generally regarded as subordinate to the one he accompanies. Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, Sherlock Holmes' Doctor Watson, The Lone Ranger's Tonto, The Green Hornet's Kato and Batman's Robin.-Origins:The origin of the...
. She is known as Lady Punisher.
Fictional character biography
She first appeared in Punisher War Zone #7, as a police officer attempting to catch a serial rapist plaguing Central ParkCentral Park
Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan...
. Frank Castle is in the park as well, taking down targets of opportunity as well as being aware of the rapist. They both confront the criminal, but he escapes. Lynn and Frank team up and confront the rapist, plus several international assassins, in multiple incidents. The rapist dies in the crossfire. Lynn is wounded and as she is being treated, she plants a kiss on Frank. The fact she worked with the Punisher becomes common knowledge.
Later, Frank asks for help in tracking down an organization that is kidnapping people and stealing their blood; it is supposedly 'safer' for medical use. Lynn kills the leader, Mr. Sandeen, when he had the drop on Frank, Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider (comics)
Ghost Rider is the name of several fictional supernatural antiheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Night Rider and subsequently to Phantom Rider.The first supernatural Ghost Rider is...
and Daredevil. Feeling she had crossed the line again, she breaks down.
Lynn and her partner confront a suspected thief, Clyde Allen Durkin, in his home. They discover evidence indicating he has murdered several children. However, all of it is ruled inadmissible due to warrant problems. Disgusted, Lynn leaves the force.
Frank Castle apparently kills himself in a bomb that takes out a mobster's meeting. A government task force that targets vigilantes, called VIGIL, targets Payback. He is Eddie Dyson, an ex-police officer trying out vigilantism in response to the murder of his family by mobsters. Lynn rescues Payback from VIGIL.
Vigilante murders
Lynn causes Durkin to look out his cell window; she kills him with a sniper rifle. Lynn and Eddie agree to take down VIGIL, they allow themselves to be arrested after taking down a numbers racket Blackwell, a power-mad VIGIL officer, beats Eddie and Lynn. The two manage to escape. Blackwell murders the straight-arrow officer Jessup and frames the two vigilantes.Eddie and Lynn travel to the town Laastekist, where many agencies, including the Mafia, now know the Punisher is located. Despite his injuries, Eddie assists Lynn in killing several Valducci mob agents. However, members of the Cullen mob badly injure Lynn. Eddie gets her medical treatment and they escape the town.
Later, now healed, Lynn breaks into VIGIL headquarters looking for Blackwell, seemingly unaware he is now dead, having been killed by Castle. She rescues the sheriff of Laastekist, Harry Bendix, unjustly imprisoned by VIGIL. Two officers, Einhorn and Nails, allow the escape.
Escaping the city
After killing drug dealers, an old colleague figures out Lynn is the infamous 'Lady Punisher'. Mob leader Rosalie Carbone sends 'Mondo Pain' after Lynn and consequently, Bendix. He is injured in the fight. Lynn leads Pain away. In the ensuing confrontations, she gains what she believes to be the Punisher's personal diary. She is despondent to find she is not mentioned and burns it. She decides Castle's life is not for her. For survival's sake, she hooks up with Eddie. Lynn's father assists in bringing the two to a safe-house far outside of the city. A later sequence seems to indicate the three are living peacefully in their intended destination, but it might have been Frank Castle's dream.Lynn later works a deep-cover agent for S.H.I.E.L.D.
S.H.I.E.L.D.
S.H.I.E.L.D. is a fictional espionage and a secret military law-enforcement agency in the Marvel Comics Universe. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Strange Tales #135 , it often deals with superhuman threats....
. She works as 'Diamonelle' from the inside of an organization headed by Jigsaw
Jigsaw (Marvel Comics)
Jigsaw is a fictional character, a supervillain in the . Throughout his many appearances, he has served as one of the Punisher's few recurring villains...
. She shoots the Punisher's newest ally, Stuart Clarke, for being a cop killer. After Jigsaw is arrested, Lynn allows an ally to kill Jigsaw. She is taken into custody.
Abilities
She has no superpowers but is highly proficient at unarmed combat due to her police training and, like the Punisher, is not averse to using guns in her war against crime. She wears a Punisher-inspired KevlarKevlar
Kevlar is the registered trademark for a para-aramid synthetic fiber, related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora. Developed at DuPont in 1965, this high strength material was first commercially used in the early 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires...
costume.