(Mid December 1989)

Marvel, 1987 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1989-10-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Don Daley (credited) (editor); Rob Tokar (credited) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Surrounded by Doom! (Table of Contents)

Punisher / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Reinhold (signed as W*R)
Inks
Bill Reinhold (signed as W*R)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero; crime
Characters
Punisher [Frank Castle]; Doombots
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Acts of Vengeance
Cover Thumbnail for The Punisher (Marvel, 1987 series) #28 Cover Thumbnail for The Punisher (1987 series) #28 [Newsstand]
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Cover gallery

Change Partners and Dance (Table of Contents: 1)

Punisher / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Baron (sourced)
Pencils
Bill Reinhold (sourced) (breakdowns)
Inks
Mark Farmer (sourced) (finishes)
Colors
John Wellington (sourced)
Letters
Ken Lopez (sourced)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dr. Doom...the deposed despot of Latveria.
Genre
superhero; crime
Characters
Doctor Doom (villain); Doctor Doom [Kristoff Vernard]; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk] (villain); Microchip [David Lieberman]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Doombots (villains)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
When Punisher realizes that Dr. Doom is gunning for him, he takes the fight to Latveria.
Reprints
Keywords
Acts of Vengeance; Latveria

Indexer Notes

Comic contains no credits which are provided in the letters column in issue #30; Acts of Vengeance crossover; For a complete checklist of the Acts of Vengeance issues, please see the cover notes for the story Prologue in Avengers Spotlight (Marvel, 1989 series) #26.

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Comic Book Conventions! November Schedule [1989] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Great Eastern Conventions / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is a great comic book and the Punisher is my favorite character…

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Marc Lavoie, Joshua Lake, Keith A. Rowland, Ryan Grab, and Galen S. Whitney.

Uncanny X-Mas Savings! (Table of Contents: 5) (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. Surrounded by Doom!
    Punisher
  2. 1. Change Partners and Dance
    Punisher
  3. 2. ["It's never easy to say goodbye to an old friend."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. Comic Book Conventions! November Schedule [1989]
    Great Eastern Conventions
  5. 4. ["This is a great comic book and the Punisher is my favorite character…"]
    Punishing Mails
  6. 5. Uncanny X-Mas Savings!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Vlad R.
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Per Sandell
  • Douglas Sederberg
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