Jacob Gallows, a member of the Public Eye Police Force (a private police protection service owned by Alchemax) and Church of Thor, lost his mother, brother, and sister-in-law (and was himself seriously injured) when they were slain on the orders of Kron Stone, psychotic son of powerful businessman Tyler Stone.

After threatening the lives of several children, Kron confronts Jake with a device that stops all high-speed projectiles, such as bullets.

[7] Over the course of the series, he would deal with a recurring villain who causes grotesque physical transformations with his hand, named the Fearmaster.

Jake encounters several "versions" of classic heroes where he arrives to protect a poor neighborhood from a Cyber Nostra land grab.

The people, celebrating the old heroes by dressing up like them, reject Jake's violent ways, even when the Nostra kill the "Barrio Man", their leader.

[10] Along with other current era heroes, such as Bloodhawk, Spider-Man, and Ravage, the new Punisher would help to bring down the false Norse Gods.

[11] Unlike his predecessor, Jake is completely unwilling to kill corrupt police officers, no matter how heinous their crimes.

[15] In detecting homicidal tendencies in one man, the devices scan the neighbors next door who are simply enjoying spousal activities.

During the "Spider-Verse" storyline, Jake is in fact alive, after he was contacted by Spider-Man when he and Lady Spider traveled back to 2099 A.D. in order to dissect the clone body of the Inheritor Daemos for clues on how to defeat his brethren.

But this wasn't able to hold him like Miguel originally thought, Daemos used the field to his advantage, he killed himself so another clone could be transported back there with his essence uploaded into it to finish off the two spiders.

As a Public Eye Officer, Jake Gallows had received police training in all forms of combat, as well as proficiency in marksmanship and driving.

[22] He is also a weapon specialist, collecting most of the best weaponry in his timeline, including smart-targeting grenazers, a plasma gas cannon, and flame sticks.

Additionally, he carries some notable firearms from the past, such as a Smith & Wesson .54-caliber Magnum handgun (2015 vintage) and Stark-Fujikawa .48-caliber Street Pacifier.

His key weapon is the "power bat" which can vary in density sets from hard rubber to titanium, either injure or kill an opponent.

Gallows wears a suit of cybernetic armor built from "heat sink" materials and equipped with multiple technological devices ("face-scrambler" circuitry to avoid detection by many security cameras on the city streets, bio-synergetic capacities for programming with different fighting techniques or styles, turbo kickboots, microwave sensors, and a computer trajectory mapping system).

This armor covers his own exo-muscular undersuit that amplifies strength, durability, agility, and reflexes to superhuman levels.

The X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four and most of the well-known superheroes rebelled against the United States Government, and in a final battle at the Baxter Building, the superhumans were defeated.

[23] In the 'Timestorm' version of the 2099 universe, Gallows is a loyal officer of the de facto head of America, Alchemax CEO Tyler Stone.

When the Savage Avengers meet this 2099's version of Lyla, they learn about Jake's history as Agent Anti-Venom states that this Punisher is much crazier than the one they know.