The Punisher #26 [Newsstand]
(Mid November 1989)

Marvel, 1987 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1989
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
071486028604 12
Editing
Carl Potts (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Indicia lists date as December 1989, cover lists date as Mid November.
This issue is a variant of The Punisher (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 [Direct].

Operation: Whistle Blower (Table of Contents)

Punisher / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Russ Heath (signed as Russ Heath)
Inks
Russ Heath (signed as Russ Heath)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero; crime
Characters
Punisher [Frank Castle]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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The Whistle Blower (Table of Contents: 1)

Punisher / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Baron (credited)
Pencils
Russ Heath (credited)
Inks
Russ Heath (credited)
Colors
John Wellington (credited as J. Wellington)
Letters
Ken Bruzenak (credited as K. Bruzenak)
Genre
superhero; crime
Characters
Punisher [Frank Castle]; Herman Wiese (first appearance); Robert Morse (first appearance); Admiral Fairfax (first appearance)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Punisher engineer Herman Wieses who is trying to blow the lid off of a conspiracy between civilian contractor Underwater Boat Company and the military of overspending and underbidding, which makes some higher ups both in the military and the contracting company a little nervous. Frank and Wiese end up stealing an experimental sub in order to broadcast this information publicly. Underwater Boats C.E.O. Morse, with help from his military co-conspirators, sends a nuclear sub after them.

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

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Operation: Whistle Blower
    Punisher
  2. 1. The Whistle Blower
    Punisher
  3. 2. ["Heaven is all booked up so they sent me to Treasure Island instead!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; ProFile; Stan's Soapbox
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