The Punisher #30 [Direct]
(February 1990)

Marvel, 1987 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1989-12-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Don Daley (editor); Rob Tokar (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Holy War! (Table of Contents)

Punisher / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Reinhold (signed as W * R)
Inks
Bill Reinhold (signed as W * R)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero; crime
Characters
Punisher [Frank Castle]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Taito / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Confession (Table of Contents: 2)

Punisher / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Baron (credited)
Pencils
Bill Reinhold (credited) (breakdowns)
Inks
Mark Farmer (credited) (finishes)
Colors
John Wellington (credited)
Letters
Ken Lopez (credited)
Genre
superhero; crime
Characters
Punisher [Frank Castle]; Microchip
Synopsis
Getting a tip from a priest during confession, the Punisher tracks down a serial killer who uses body parts to make wax figures.
Reprints

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

Taxan / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Entertainment / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

East Coast Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Castle Mammon / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Comic Book Conventions] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Great Eastern Conventions / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Comic World / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

New England Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Crestohl/Ross / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Don Daley (credited) (editor); Rob Tokar (credited) (assistant editor)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Shane Hutchinson, Tony Fernandes, Ben Moyer and Andy Norgre.

[Incredible Savings] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

TSR Hobbies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Double Dragon] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Akklaim Entertainment / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Holy War!
    Punisher
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Taito
  3. 2. Confession
    Punisher
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Taxan
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    American Entertainment
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    East Coast Comics
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Castle Mammon
  8. 7. [Comic Book Conventions]
    Great Eastern Conventions
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Comic World
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    New England Comics
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Crestohl/Ross
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Punishing Mails
  15. 14. [Incredible Savings]
    Hulk
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    TSR Hobbies
  17. 16. [Double Dragon]
    Akklaim Entertainment
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  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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  • Mike Nielsen
  • Vlad R.
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