T-shirts at the gym, the bumpers of minivans, with children riding as passengers, and baseball caps all display the menacing skull ... apparel with ghoulish image. The Punisher symbol originates ...

The Punisher, Marvel Comics' murderous vigilante ... Ironically, the St. Louis Police Officers Association called the skull image a "symbol of the war against those who hate law enforcement." ...

Instead of equipping himself with guns and rifles, Punisher’s weapons of choice nowadays consist of swords. The white skull logo on his chest is shaped in the image of a beast, with two crowns ...

But a white skull with long dripping teeth ... “That’s a very specific image you can’t say is tied to anything except the Punisher,” Conway says about his creation’s signature emblem.