([June] 1990)
Marvel,
1988 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 2.00 USD; 2.50 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- annually
- On-sale Date
- 1990-04-03
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel Annual
- Editing
- Don Daley (credited) (editor); Rob Tokar (credited) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)
Issue Notes
The Lifeform event ran through The Punisher Annual (Marvel, 1988 series) #3 [Part 1], Daredevil Annual (Marvel, 1967 series) #6 [Part 2], The Incredible Hulk Annual (Marvel, 1976 series) #16 [Part 3], and Silver Surfer Annual (Marvel, 1988 series) #3 [Part 4].
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
in Lifeform Part 1 of Four
Punisher / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- crime; superhero
- Characters
- Lifeform [George Prufrock]; Punisher [Frank Castle]
![Cover Thumbnail for The Punisher Annual (1988 series) #3 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1413/w100/1413797.jpg?-8541121349100039781)
Contents:
table of contents / 1 page
- Pencils
- Neil Hansen (illustration)
- Inks
- Neil Hansen (illustration)
- Colors
- Pat Redding
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Lifeform
Indexer Notes
Illustration is taken from page 18 of The Progamma Strain! story.
The Progamma Strain!
Punisher / comic story / 25 pages
- Script
- Mike Baron (credited)
- Pencils
- Neil Hansen (credited)
- Inks
- Neil Hansen (credited)
- Colors
- Pat Redding (credited)
- Letters
- Rick Parker (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Progamma, a New York-based biotechnology company specializing in products...
- Genre
- crime; superhero
- Characters
- Lifeform [George Prufrock] (villain, first appearance, death); Punisher [Frank Castle]; Jethro Prufrock (death); Martha Prufrock; Simba (death); A.I.M.
- Synopsis
- When the son of a presidential candidate is transformed into a monster while working on a mission for AIM, the Punisher gets involved and learns of a biological weapons conspiracy.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Lifeform continues in Daredevil Annual (Marvel 1967 series) #6.
Punisher's Fighting Techniques
Punisher / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Roger Salick (credited)
- Pencils
- Mark Texeira (credited)
- Inks
- Mark Texeira (credited)
- Colors
- Heidi Goodhue (credited)
- Letters
- Chris Eliopoulos (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My war against crime often forces me into hand-to-hand combat...
- Genre
- crime; superhero
- Characters
- Punisher [Frank Castle]; Eric Hels (death); Lars Hels (death); Tomasini
- Synopsis
- The Punisher demonstrates some of his more deadly fighting techniques.
Punisher's Arsenal
Punisher / character profile / 4 pages
- Genre
- superhero; crime
Indexer Notes
Equipment pages.
Forewarned or Foretold?
Punisher / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Gregory Wright (credited)
- Pencils
- Lee Sullivan (credited)
- Inks
- Kim DeMulder (credited)
- Colors
- Evan Skolnick (credited)
- Letters
- Rick Parker (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come, Punisher. You follow. New home. Like old. Same pain. Same death.
- Genre
- crime; superhero
- Characters
- Kingpin [Wilson Fisk] (antagonist) (in a dream); Punisher [Frank Castle] (also in a dream)
- Synopsis
- Frank has a nightmare about decending into Hell only to find the Kingpin waiting for him.
Philanthropy
Microchip / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Mike Baron (credited)
- Pencils
- Mark Texeira (credited) (breakdowns)
- Inks
- Dwayne Turner (credited) (finishes)
- Colors
- Brad Vancata (credited)
- Letters
- Rick Parker (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You have reached a number. It is a wrong number. Goodbye... beep!
- Genre
- crime; superhero
- Characters
- Microchip [David Lieberman]; Mrs. Rosen; Roger Boelter; Linda; Mr. Bontrager
- Synopsis
- Micro takes down a crooked con man running a fake charity.
- Reprints
in 
in Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Lifeform Part 1 of Four
Punisher -
1.
Contents:
-
2.
The Progamma Strain!
Punisher -
3.
Punisher's Fighting Techniques
Punisher -
4.
Punisher's Arsenal
Punisher -
5.
Forewarned or Foretold?
Punisher -
6.
Philanthropy
Microchip
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