Joan was a neighbor and friend of Frank Castle.
Biography[]
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Joan was a shy girl who lived in an old tenement building with two outcasts, the obese Mr. Bumpo and the young punk Spacker Dave. She had a relationship with a violent man, who used to beat her, and she finally found the strength and will to leave him, and to abandon alcohol too, which she was addicted to. She found a job as a waitress in a cafe.
Five months after Frank Castle's family was murdered, he took a room in Joan's building. He didn't want to know his neighbors and lived on his own, but Joan tried many times to meet him. When her ex-boyfriend found her and threatened her once again, Frank came out of his apartment, beat him and made him flee, gaining Joan's gratitude. The girl, along with the other two guys, invited Frank to their personal Thanksgiving Day dinner, trying to relate with him, with scarce results.
When the Russian attacked Frank in his apartment, Joan and the others assisted helplessly to the fight, but, at the end, they took Frank with them and they tried to tend to his wounds. As Quentin Glass and his men arrive, Joan was hidden with Frank in an elevator, and kept him silent while Dave was tortured by Glass. Recovered, Castle killed Cutter, who had remained behind in case Frank returned, and prepared a massive attack on Saint's manor, thankful to Joan and her friends for helping him. At the end of his vendetta against Saint's family, Frank gave Joan, Bumpo and Dave a lot of money in order to repay them for their help.
Relationships[]
- Frank Castle - Neighbor, friend and crush.
- Dave - Friend and neighbor.
- Nathaniel Bumpo - Friend and neighbor.
- Tattooed Mike - Ex-boyfriend.
Appearances/Actresses[]
- Earth-58732 (1 film)
- The Punisher (First appearance) - Rebecca Romijn
Behind the scenes[]
- In the scene in which Joan cures Frank's wound on his shoulder, Rebecca Romijn actually nailed Thomas Jane's flesh, sewing the artificial skin to his real one.
Trivia[]
- In the comics, Joan is nicknamed "Joan the Mouse".
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