re: Marvel's The Punisher spin-off ordered by Netflix

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Blade Ghost Rider Moon Knight Daimon Hellstrom BOOM - MCU's version of the Midnight Sons

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According to a rumor posted to Latino Review, the next three Marvel characters to get the Netflix treatment will be Blade, Moon Knight and Ghost Rider. While all three have been among the most-requested heroes to become part of the MCU in one form or another, if the rumor is true they all fit comfortably into the niche thus far established for Marvel Netflix, in as much as they are darker figures whose stories and motifs may not easily translate to the generally PG-13 rated realm of the bigger budgeted Marvel theatrical films. They also each come with extensive supporting casts and deep mythos, all the better to be explored in a longform streaming series.

Notably, whereas the first wave of Netflix series (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist) shared themes of street-level heroism and martial-arts; these three figures all share in common ties to supernatural and/or horror-themed elements:

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