The Punisher
#8
[Newsstand]
(May 1988)
Marvel,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- published every six weeks
- On-sale Date
- 1988-01-30
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Barcode
- 071486028604 05
- Editing
- Carl Potts (editor); Marc McLaurin (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of The Punisher (Marvel, 1987 series) #8.
No Way Out of the Graveyard!
Punisher / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Whilce Portacio (signed)
- Inks
- Scott Williams (signed as SW)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero; crime
- Characters
- Sijo Kanaka; Punisher [Frank Castle]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in The Punisher Magazine (Marvel, 1989 series) #7 (February 1990) -
in Magnum Spesial (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #8/1992 ([november] 1992) - in Punisher Epic Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 - Circle of Blood (2018)
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The Ghost of Wall Street
Punisher / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Mike Baron
- Pencils
- Whilce Portacio
- Inks
- Scott Williams
- Colors
- John Wellington
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- superhero; crime
- Characters
- Arnold Ansen (villain) (first appearance); Sijo Kanaka (villain); Microchip [David Lieberman]; Microchip Junior [Louis Frohike]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Roky Vance (villain) (first appearance); Quentin O'Toole (death); Mr. Takegura (villain)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Punisher uses former Wall Street broker turned homeless, Quentin O'Toole, to help him get information on Arnold Ansen's unscrupulous Billionaire Boys Club. In return, Frank agrees to look into a rash of homeless murders. Punisher begins to uncover stock market manipulation & a deal with the Japanese being carried out by Ansen & his right-hand man, Roky. Sijo assaulting Frank, gets the drop on him. Jr. comes to the rescue with a taser but gets badly wounded by Sijo. As Punisher takes out a gang who are rolling a bum, the real homeless killer, Roky, is getting his kicks by carving up O'Toole.
- Reprints
-
in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #90 (Dezembro/89) - in The Punisher Magazine (Marvel, 1989 series) #7 (February 1990)
-
in Le Punisher (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #4 (juillet 1990) - in Magnum Spesial (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #8/1992 ([november] 1992)
- in Punisher Epic Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 - Circle of Blood (2018)
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[no title indexed]
Punishing Mails / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Carl, In Punisher #4's letters page an individual stated that you all portrayed an AK with a "Gangster Grip."
Indexer Notes
Letters from Sgt. M. Clay, David Astramskas, Melvin A. Amante, Brian Elmore, and Craig Earl.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
No Way Out of the Graveyard!
Punisher -
1.
The Ghost of Wall Street
Punisher -
2.
[May 1988]
Bullpen Bulletins; ProFile -
3.
["Dear Carl, In Punisher #4's letters page an individual stated that you all portrayed an AK with a "Gangster Grip.""]
Punishing Mails
This issue was modified by
- Peter Frickinger
- Michael Hoskin
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