Books like Punisher: Year One

In full disclosure, the only Punisher that I was familiar with before reading this was a couple of issues that were crossovers with Daredevil. This is a good starting point for finding out the origin of the Punisher. However for several issues, it felt like this was more about reporter McTeer and Detective Laviano than it was really about Frank Castle's being driven over the edge into becoming the Punisher. I felt like there needed to be more emotional immediacy, from trauma from serving in the Marines to the shock of experiencing the brutal murder of his family and realizing that the mob was going to get away with it, to becoming deadened with a mission for "justice." In some ways, this also felt like a missed opportunity to explore PTSD, especially with the increasing number of people, including but not limited to servicemen and -women, being treated for it.