Curtis Hoyle

"I do believe we take matters into our own hands. We are not the only soldiers to feel let down by the country we serve. I have friends who have been betrayed in ways that you guys can't even imagine. Everything taken from them. A good man risked his life to save mine. Yeah. And I decided not to throw away that gift he gave me. So I got a job... started my second life. And now I take pride in living that life well."

- Curtis Hoyle

Curtis Hoyle is a former and close friend of Frank Castle who is also one of the few people who knows his true identity. Having returned from the war without a leg, Hoyle set up counselling for other veterans suffering with, during which time he alos met the young Lewis Wilson who he had attempted to help.

However when Wilson became influenced by O'Connor, Hoyle learned he was turning his confusion into hatred and had become a terrorist and when Hoyle attempted to help him, Wilson left him to die with a bomb. Having been saved from that bomb by Castle, Hoyle was later confronted by Billy Russo who was attempting to learn where Castle was hiding, only for Castle to again save Hoyle's life and in return, Hoyle convinced Castle to come to therapy sessions.

Losing his Leg
"Somewhere on a Baghdad rooftop is a size 11 shoe with my foot still in it."

- Curtis Hoyle to Lewis Wilson

Born by the veteran and his wife, Curtis Hoyle had joined United States Navy. When he trained as a corpsman, Hoyle was given a to exercises which he named Cassius. Cassius was sent out into warzones, where he suffer from serious injury, often bullets, knife slashes, and bomb explosions. Hoyle was tasked to patch Cassius for every bit of wounding he suffered. Eventually, however, the wounds put a toll on him and he passed away. However, exercises had served a purpose and Hoyle became a brilliant physician.

During his military service, Hoyle made a strong friendship with members of the United States Marine Corps, Frank Castle and Billy Russo. Together with Castle, Hoyle was sent to Baghdad where they dealt with planted on local market. Castle was tasked to protect a perimeter while Hoyle treated injured civilians. However, he saw a pregnant suicide bomber coming to them but hestitated to shot her. She eventually blew herself up, killing several civilians and blew off Hoyle's leg. Hoyle's wound forced him to use prosthetic leg, however military discharged Hoyle and he returned to New York City.

Running Support Groups
"Got a couple of new faces in here today. Welcome. If you wanna talk, talk. If you just wanna listen, that's all good, too. No judgment here, just brothers and sisters who understand."

- Curtis Hoyle

In New York City, Hoyle reunited with Billy Russo who left Marine Corps and founded Anvil. With Russo's financial assistance, Hoyle rented a room in St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church where he provided surport for homeless and organized group therapy sessions for United States Army veterans. Hoyle befriended with Clay Wilson who asked him to take care about his son, Lewis who returned from Iraq with.

Several months later, Hoyle met with Frank Castle who was presumed dead after his crusade against criminals who killed his family. Castle claimed that he abandoned his former life as "The Punisher" and now he wants to return to regular life. Hoyle helped him to change his identity and Castle became known as "Pete Castiglione". Hoyle also promised to keep fact that Castle is still alive in secret, even from Russo, in order to protect him.

Hoyle organized a meeting in the church with Wilson, Isaac Lange, O'Connor and several new arrivals. Hoyle told them story about soldier in the hole that he heard at the service. Then Hoyle greeted new members of the therapy and explained them that they allowed to talk or just listen, if they want to. O'Connor then expressed his point of view that liberal government running the their country to the ground before he was confronted by Lange. Hoyle stopped him, noting that if O'Connor wants to speak, it is his right. O'Connor finished his speech and Hoyle asked does anyone wants to say something else. Wilson took the floor to say that he fought for his country where there's no place for him and now he don't know what to do. Wilson commented O'Connor's answer as "sic semper tyrannis", which Hoyle recognized as "thus always to tyrants". Hoyle asked does Wilson really think that U.S. government is tyrants before he answered that all he knew that terrible things commited by soldiers at war meant nothing at home in peace time.

When meeting was over, Hoyle asked Wilson how he had sleeping. Wilson said that he sleeps better despite his work and group helps him. Hoyle noted that perspective is good for him but Wilson needs to find his own answers. Hoyle then asked Wilson to take care of yourself before he left. Hoyle then started to remove chairs when he was visited by Castle who wanted to return him  what Hoyle previously borrowed to him. While Castle went to drink some coffee, Hoyle expressed his worries about Wilson and noted that now everybody wants to be somebody else and nobody is happy just to look at themselves in the mirror. Hoyle then said that Castle got half a life left to live and if he if he does not stop to live in fear he can die. Castle noted that he is already dead what Hoyle replied that now he is a new man and he got a life. Hoyle told that Castle need to stop punishing himself because his mission is acomplished and everyone who responsible for deaths of his wife and his children are dead.

Castle then thanked Hoyle for coffee and prepared to leave. Before he left, Castle asked him how much he thinks about service for military. Castle noted that Afghanistan was different what Hoyle asked to clarify and he answered that events happened there was blurred to him. Hoyle then teased Castle asking him to quit wallowing or Hoyle will beat Castle to death with his fake leg. Castle said that he wouldn't have minded to see it before left Hoyle.

Mysterious Hacker
"Castle has you in his crosshairs right now, buddy. If you shoot me, you will be next." "Why isn't he here?" "He decided he doesn't like what you're selling. Frank's in the wind. If you try to find him again, he will visit Sarah. He said you'd know what that meant."

- Curtis Hoyle and Micro

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In Mourning
"Why didn't he come to us, man? After Maria and the kids? Why didn't he come to us? He didn't have to be alone. We could've helped him." "Yeah, he didn't want any help. He wanted to kill every bastard who had a hand in it." "I miss him."

- Billy Russo and Curtis Hoyle

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Treating Frank Castle
"Does he need blood? I'm a universal donor." "Blood's not the problem. His temperature is 104. He's septic." "I've been giving him fluids and antibiotics." "None of that's gonna do any good until we get that arrow out of him. It's a foreign object filled with bacteria. The body's trying to fight it but can't, so white blood cells, fever, systemic inflammation..." "Right." "Antibiotics are fighting a losing battle."

- Micro and Curtis Hoyle

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Altercation with Lewis Wilson
"There's a dead guy in that chair. Seem like he's been there for a while." "None of that matters now." "We could still figure this out. It's not too late to do the right thing." "Oh, I am doing the right thing." "I can't leave here without you, buddy. You know that, right?"

- Curtis Hoyle and Lewis Wilson

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Twisted Friend Visits
"You know, you two You two are almost exactly alike. There's just one difference. Frank would never betray a brother." "Yeah, well that's why I'm here, Curtis. I'm gonna make you betray a brother. Where's Frank?" "So what? You gonna kill me with my own gun?" "Nah. I'll probably just shoot you in your good leg a bunch until you tell me."

- Curtis Hoyle and Billy Russo

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Personality
"Nobody wants to be themselves anymore. Internet, social media, goddamn talent shows for assholes. Everybody wants to be somebody else. Nobody is happy just to look at themselves in the mirror, see themselves. Then it means they don't have to be responsible either."

- Curtis Hoyle to Frank Castle

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Abilities
"You're still the best corpsman I ever saw. Hell, I bet you'd have stitched your own damn leg back on, given a chance."

- Billy Russo to Curtis Hoyle

"Back in the day, you know, I would have snapped him in two."
 * Expert Physician: Hoyle has been trained in the ability to perform medical procedures and heal those that have been wounded. In particular, he mentioned being tested to patch a goat during his time spent in the Navy. After nearly escaping a trap and suffering injuries, Hoyle was summoned by Micro to aid Frank Castle, extracting an arrowhead from his body and patching the wound.

- Curtis Hoyle to Frank Castle


 * Expert Combatant: As a member of the US military, Hoyle was trained at a close combat. At his skirmish with Lewis Wilson, Hoyle managed to overpower him, however Wilson used his prosthetic leg to beat him.

Weapons
"You gonna kill me with my own gun?"

- Curtis Hoyle to Billy Russo


 * Pistol: For safety and security precautions. Hoyle owns a pistol that he often keeps underneath a pillow adjust to him during his slumber. This pistol, however, was briefly taken away from him by Billy Russo upon his visit.

Other Equipment
"Don't be a wallowing asshole. Before I have to take this fake leg off and beat you to death with it."

- Curtis Hoyle to Frank Castle


 * Prosthetic Leg: Hoyle became the owner of an artificial left leg after losing it in a wartime bombing.

Facilities

 * Curtis Hoyle's Apartment: To be added
 * St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church: To be added

Family

 * Father

Allies

 * Cassius † - Test Patient
 * Frank Castle/Punisher - Friend and Patient
 * Clay Wilson
 * Isaac Lange †
 * David Lieberman/Micro - Situational Enemy turned Ally
 * Dinah Madani
 * Amy Bendix

Enemies

 * O'Connor †
 * Lewis Wilson † - Friend turned Attempted Killer
 * Billy Russo - Friend turned Enemy
 * Brett Mahoney
 * John Pilgrim - Attempted Killer and Attempted Victim

Trivia

 * In the comics, Curtis Hoyle was a partner of Frank Castle during the . He then joined and became the second in command of the Rockhouse Operation drug cartel, and was killed by Castle during his eradication of the cartel.
 * In Resupply, Hoyle mentions to Lewis Wilson that his father served in the Vietnam War, which is a nod of Hoyle's original backstory in the comics.
 * Additionally, Billy Russo's role in The Punisher mirrors Hoyle's role in the comics during Rockhouse Operation.

Behind the Scenes

 * Haaron Hines and Brandon McClary were stunt doubles for Jason R. Moore in the role of Curtis Hoyle.