The Punisher #1 [Direct]
(July 1987)

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
1987-04-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Carl Potts (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (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
typeset
Genre
superhero; crime
Characters
Punisher [Frank Castle]
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Marching Powder (Table of Contents: 1)

Punisher / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Baron (credited)
Pencils
Klaus Janson (credited)
Inks
Klaus Janson (credited)
Colors
Klaus Janson (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited as James Novak)
Genre
superhero; crime
Characters
Punisher [Frank Castle] (also flashback); Bruce Ayres (flashback, death); Wilfred Sobel (villain, death); Curtis Hoyle (villain); Hector Gomez (villain, death); Belinda Foster (villain); Damasco (villain, death); the General (voice only)
Synopsis
The Punisher gets a tip from an old marine buddy about an international drug ring which is being run, in part, by a Vietnam vet who was in their unit and who is listed as dead on the Memorial Wall. When his friend, Ayers, turns up dead, the Punisher begins working his way up the cocaine ladder to get to the people responsible.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (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. [no title indexed]
    Punisher
  2. 1. Marching Powder
    Punisher
  3. 2. ["I am the man you do not want to see…"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. ["Out of this world savings! Now 56¢ a copy"]
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