I thought Punisher Max was a different animal entirely... or is it all the same Punisher?
unclear! nick fury, s.h.i.e.l.d, and microchip all exist in the max series, but no superheroes seem to. it's mostly just best to think of it as a different thing that has some characters in common with the regular marvel universe.
The MAX series has never specifically said there aren't any other heroes, super or otherwise. They've just avoided it completely. However, if there's a S.H.I.E.L.D. you have to assume that there's the whole rest of the Marvel universe. The only thing they've done to debunk the normal Marvel universe is to have the Punisher be aged properly in some storylines. In other storylines, he looks thirty.
In the Ennis-written Fury MAX mini, SHIELD was portrayed as being a kind of UN-backed anti-terrorism/troubleshooting force, rather than dealing with supercrime and supervillians.
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In the Ennis-written Fury MAX mini, SHIELD was portrayed as being a kind of UN-backed anti-terrorism/troubleshooting force, rather than dealing with supercrime and supervillians.