(January 1988)

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
1987-09-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Carl Potts (editor); Marc McLaurin (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[Click] (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]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Punisher (Marvel, 1987 series) #5 Cover Thumbnail for The Punisher (1987 series) #5 [Newsstand]
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Ministry of Death (Table of Contents: 1)

Punisher / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Baron
Pencils
Klaus Janson
Inks
Klaus Janson
Colors
Klaus Janson
Letters
Ken Bruzenak
Genre
superhero; crime
Characters
Punisher [Frank Castle]; GUESTS: Ray White; Vickie White; VILLAINS: Reverend Sammy Smith; Sadie Smith; Byron Gresham; Keena
Synopsis
The Punisher accompanies Reverend Sammy Smith to his cult compound in Guiana and meets his sister who also has mysterious powers. When Frank learns that Smith is planning on having his followers drink cyanide rather than face infiltration by U.S. government agents, he takes out the paranoid reverend and his crazy sister.
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[Letters Page] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Mignola
Inks
Kevin Nowlan
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Tim Dwyer, Aaron Sasson, Hector Ruiz and Jim Nurss

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Click]
    Punisher
  2. 1. Ministry of Death
    Punisher
  3. 2. [Letters Page]
    Punishing Mails
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