Ma Gnucci
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Punisher Vol. 5, #4 (July 2000) |
| Created by |
Garth Ennis (writer) Steve Dillon (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Isabella Carmela Magdalena Gnucci |
| Species | Human |
| Place of origin | Earth-616 |
| Team affiliations | Gnucci Family |
Ma Gnucci (Isabella Gnucci) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is an enemy of the Punisher.
Created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, the character made her first appearance in The Punisher Vol. 5, #4 (July 2000).
Ma was mentioned and heard (through devices such as telephones and intercoms) in the first three issues of The Punisher Vol. 5, and appeared in person in Issue #4; the character was present in the eight subsequent installment of the volume, and also played a part in the events of Deadpool Vol. 1, #54-55, and Punisher War Zone Vol. 2, #1-6.
Ma received entries in Marvel Encyclopedia #5, All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #4, and Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #4.
When the Punisher resumes his war on crime in New York City, he announces his return by killing the three sons of Ma Gnucci, the head of the Gnucci crime family. Ma responds to this by blackmailing the New York City Police Department into creating the Punisher Task Force (which, unbeknownst to Ma, is a sinecure consisting of only two people) while also having her consigliere hire three assassins to eliminate Punisher, who kills the trio of killers, as well as the consigliere. The Punisher follows this up by sniping Ma's brother, Dino.
While spying on Ma and her bodyguards, the Punisher is spotted, and chased into the Central Park Zoo, where he sics the captive animals on his pursuers. Ma loses her scalp and limbs to a group of polar bears, but survives. Ten days after being mauled, Ma offers a reward of ten million dollars to anyone who can kill the Punisher. This leads to one of the Punisher's neighbors tipping Ma off to the vigilante's whereabouts, which prompts Ma into sending dozens of her followers after the Punisher. The Punisher massacres the mobsters, but sustains injuries during the battle that leave him temporarily incapacitated. With the Punisher weakened, Ma hires the Russian, a near-superhuman mercenary and assassin, to finish him off.
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