(January 1988)

Marvel, 1987 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
published every six weeks
On-sale Date
1987-09-01
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:

[Click] (Table of Contents)

Punisher / cover / 1 page (report information)

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]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Punisher (Marvel, 1987 series) #5 Cover Thumbnail for The Punisher (1987 series) #5 [Newsstand]
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Ministry of Death (Table of Contents: 1)

Punisher / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Baron (credited)
Pencils
Klaus Janson (credited)
Inks
Klaus Janson (credited)
Colors
Klaus Janson (credited)
Letters
Ken Bruzenak (credited)
Genre
superhero; crime
Characters
Punisher [Frank Castle]; Ray White; Vickie White; Reverend Sammy Smith (villain); Sadie Smith (villain); Byron Gresham (villain); Keena (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Punisher accompanies Reverend Sammy Smith to his cult compound in Guiana and meets his sister who also has mysterious powers. When Frank learns that Smith is planning on having his followers drink cyanide rather than face infiltration by U.S. government agents, he takes out the paranoid reverend and his crazy sister.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; ProFile / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Marvel Super Mart (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Letters Page] (Table of Contents: 5)

Punishing Mails / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Mignola (sourced)
Inks
Kevin Nowlan (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Punisher #3 was great.
Characters
Punisher [Frank Castle]

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Tim Dwyer, Aaron Sasson, Hector Ruiz, and Jim Nurss. Next issue blurb and illustration.

Holiday Savings on Marvel Comics (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Click]
    Punisher
  2. 1. Ministry of Death
    Punisher
  3. 2. ["This may be the chance you've been waiting for!"]
  4. 3. ["You're lucky I didn't disintegrate you - or turn you all to elephants."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; ProFile
  5. 4. Marvel Super Mart
  6. 5. [Letters Page]
    Punishing Mails
  7. 6. Holiday Savings on Marvel Comics
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