The Punisher
#4
(November 1987)
Marvel,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- published every six weeks
- On-sale Date
- 1987-08-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Editing
- Carl Potts (credited) (editor); Marc McLaurin (credited) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Punisher / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Klaus Janson (signed as
Janson) - Inks
- Klaus Janson (signed as Janson)
- Colors
- Klaus Janson (signed as Janson)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; crime
- Characters
- Punisher [Frank Castle]; Lagodney
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
![Cover Thumbnail for The Punisher (1987 series) #4 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1397/w100/1397479.jpg?3370890908438293195)
The Rev
Punisher / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Mike Baron (credited)
- Pencils
- Klaus Janson (credited)
- Inks
- Klaus Janson (credited)
- Colors
- Klaus Janson (credited)
- Letters
- Ken Bruzenak (credited)
- Genre
- superhero; crime
- Characters
- Microchip [David Lieberman] (introduction); Microchip Junior [Louis Frohike] (introduction); Punisher [Frank Castle]; Ray White; Vickie White; Reverend Sammy Smith (villain); Byron Gresham (villain); Keena (villain); Lagodney (villain)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Punisher has Microchip provide him with a false background so he can infiltrate the Church of the Saved, a cult headed by enigmatic and magnetic leader, Reverend Sammy Smith. When the Punisher is sent out with Smith's men to take incriminating evidence from a crazed reporter, Punisher is shot in the chest and comes close to dying. Reverend Smith uses mysterious powers to heal Frank. The Punisher obtains the videotape that Smith was after and discovers that it contains evidence that the good reverend is a coldblooded murderer.
- Reprints
-
in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #83 (maio de 1989) -
in The Punisher Magazine (Marvel, 1989 series) #5 (December 1989) -
in Le Punisher (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #3 (mai 1990) - in Punisher Epic Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 - Circle of Blood (2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Although later comics firmly established Microchip's name as Linus Leiberman, in this, his first appearance, his name is given as Lowell Bartholomew Ori; The story also states that Microchip has been working with the Punisher for 10 years as of the events of this issue.
[no title indexed]
Punishing Mails / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Until just recently I was your average Marvel fan.
Indexer Notes
Letters from: H. Hedley, C. Carl DuBois, Dante Rudnik, John Speer Voskamp, Bill Craig, and Don Kelly. Next issue box.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Punisher -
1.
The Rev
Punisher -
2.
["Until just recently I was your average Marvel fan."]
Punishing Mails -
3.
Sure Shot Savings!
-
4.
["Petey, Pig 'o My Heart! Marry me!"]
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