The Punisher #13 [Direct]

(November 1988)

Sacrifice Play (Table of Contents: 1)

Punisher / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Baron (credited)

Pencils

Whilce Portacio (credited)

Inks

Scott Williams (credited)

Colors

Mark Chiarello (credited)

Letters

Ken Bruzenak (credited)

Genre

superhero; crime

Characters

Conchita Ortiz; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Ortiz (death); Charlie Samson (villain, death); Lydia Spotto (villain, death); Ernie (chopper pilot, villain, death); Samson Family Members (villains)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The Punisher recovers from last issue's injuries and gains a husband and wife team (both prison guards) as allies in the process. The trio try to keep Lydia Spotto and the Samson Family members from rescuing their crazed cult leader during a prison transport. As the firefight winds down and the Punisher takes care of Charlie, Ortiz finds himself stuck between a gunman and approaching police and makes a suicide play.

Reprints

• in The Punisher Magazine (Marvel, 1989 series) #9 (April 1990)
• in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #94
• in Le Punisher (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #6 (1990)
• in Punisher Epic Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 - Kingpin Rules (2019)

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Items; ProFile / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Last issue, we printed your responses to a letter from a group known as "the Seekers"…

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Gary Gehiere, Malcolm Bourne, and Troy Sloan.
First page after end of story.