The Punisher Pulled From New York Comic-Con After Las Vegas Shooting

Due likely to its subject matter, Marvel’s The Punisher has canceled its scheduled October 7 panel at New York Comic-Con after the mass shooting in Las Vegas.

Teased by the streaming service in recent weeks, the 13-episode Punisher showrun by Steve Lightfoot is based on the ruthless, firearm-wielding vigilante character first introduced by Marvel in the comic over 42 years ago. In many ways, with previews of the series expected at NYCC, the sensitive move to pull the panel comes as no surprise with the largest mass shooting in the nation’s history still very fresh in Americans’ minds.

With Walking Dead alum Bernthal, Marvel TV boss Jeph Loeb and others from the series in attendance, the Punisher panel was scheduled to run 5:15-6:15 PM Saturday at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. On a night that will still see panels from CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery and AMC’s The Walking Dead, NYCC plan to try to fill ThePunisher spot with another panel.

In an 10-minute barrage of bullets from his 32nd-floor hotel room at Vegas’ Mandalay Bay down on a country music concert across the Strip, the gunman killed at least 58 people. The 64-year-old retired accountant also left nearly 500 people wounded by gunfire or from frantic attempts to get to safety.

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