(Mid December 1989)

Marvel, 1989 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Sid Jacobson (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

Acts of Vengeance tie-in.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Acts of Vengeance! Cruel and Unusual Punisher! (Table of Contents)

Damage Control / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ernie Colón
Inks
Ernie Colón
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
He's one of your accounts, isn't he?
Genre
superhero; adventure
Characters
Damage Control: Robin Chapel; John Porter
Punisher [Frank Castle]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Cover Thumbnail for Damage Control (Marvel, 1989 series) #2 Cover Thumbnail for Damage Control (1989 series) #2 [Newsstand]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Konami / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Cruel and Unusual Punisher (Table of Contents: 2)

Damage Control / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Dwayne McDuffie (credited)
Pencils
Ernie Colón (credited)
Inks
Ernie Colón (credited)
Colors
John Wellington (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited as Ricky Parker)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Punisher's War Journal, 3:17 a.m. My one-man war on organized crime continues.
Genre
superhero; adventure
Characters
Damage Control: Anne; Robbie Baldwin; Lenny Ballinger; Robin Chapel (also in flashback); Albert Cleary; Mrs. Hoag (flashback); John Porter; Bart Rozum; Gene Strausser
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (cameo flashback); Frog-Man [Eugene Patilio]; Edwin Jarvis; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk] (flashback); Mayor Ed Koch; Ray Lippert; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr] (cameo flashback); Mandarin [Gene Kahn] (cameo flashback); Punisher [Frank Castle] (also origin in flashback); Red Skull [Johann Shmidt] (cameo flashback); She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Michel Souris (also in flashback); Wizard [Bentley Wittman] (cameo flashback); Damage Control [Jay; Marie Leahy; Andrew]; Minnie; Doctor Doom (robot)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Punisher is looking for Kingpin, Robin dissuades him. Damage Control is hired to repair Avengers' mansion, but crew goes on strike. Robbie Baldwin becomes an office intern.
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Indexer Notes

Acts of Vengeance crossover; For a complete checklist of the Acts of Vengeance issues, please see the cover notes for the story Prologue in Avengers Spotlight (Marvel, 1989 series) #26.

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

Sky Shark / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Operation Wolf / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Acclaim / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

FCI / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

U-Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Taxan / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

TSR / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Acts of Vengeance! Cruel and Unusual Punisher!
    Damage Control
  2. 1. ["A nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to die there."]
    Konami
  3. 2. Cruel and Unusual Punisher
    Damage Control
  4. 3. ["Strap in for full throttle action."]
    Sky Shark
  5. 4. ["Take no prisoners."]
    Operation Wolf
  6. 5. ["Go head-to-head, wireless!"]
    Acclaim
  7. 6. ["Be a video warrior!"]
    FCI
  8. 7. ["Don't touch"]
    U-Force
  9. 8. ["Now that you've shot down a few... here's your chance to see one up close."]
    Taxan
  10. 9. ["Chow down dudes!"]
  11. 10. ["It's never easy to say goodbye to an old friend."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  12. 11. ["Comic book conventions!"]
  13. 12. ["Uncanny X-mas savings!"]
  14. 13. ["Clearasil DoubleClear. It makes the leading pad just half a pad."]
  15. 14. ["Have a monster of a good time."]
    TSR
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