Seungho Gwon was once a terrifying underworld legend, but now he's just an unassuming salaryman trying to survive the corporate grind. His peaceful life is shattered, however, when he reverts to his violent instincts and beats up a vital business partner, a blunder that leaves his company with catastrophic losses and a warehouse of immovable stock. To save his career, Seungho must navigate cutthroat office politics and the criminal streets he once ruled to move the inventory. Can Seungho settle the debt as a regular employee, or will “The Legend” have to come out of retirement to finish the job?

Corporate Punch has a story by Joo hyun hoo and art by Lee do yeob. English localization by WEBTOON. Published by WEBTOON (June 18, 2026). Rated YA.

Erica Friedman
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A former delinquent turned company office worker, scheming to defend his company against a corrupt vendor, seems right on track for the kind of story that is made into a live-action K-Drama. And indeed, Corporate Punch gets off to a smart start with an abusive, but critical, business partner needing to be taken down a notch or two.

Seungho “ The Legend” Gwon is a man whose name reverberates around the Korean underground, but these days he's more interested in using his business acumen to take down his company's enemies. While the first few chapters are filled with mano-a-mano ego-tripping harassment, the story shifts from gangland violence to a ragtag team of underdogs, using that same gangland to get one over on the corporate overlords.

Sadly for this reader, the ragtag band of corporate underdogs feels underwhelming, and no amount of corporate revenge makes up for the constant screaming and chest beating of corporate bullies and candyass criminals. All I could think of, as the shouting went on, was how much I had hoped this would be a good comic. (Also about that article that proved that monkeys with smaller testicles shout loudest, but I always think about that article often when men exhibit performative masculinity.) Power harassment and criminals trying to out-puff each other leave me cold.

The art and story here are decent, and if this comic can find its audience, they'll probably like it more than I do. I think this manhwa will be a good revenge narrative, but the slow pace and constant screaming wore on me. More beatdowns, less pounding tables for me, please.