(2005)

Marvel, 2005 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
15.99 USD; 25.75 CAD
Pages
148
On-sale Date
2005-11-30
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
ISBN
0-7851-1542-0 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9780785115427 51999
Editing
Don Daley (credited) (editor); Jeff Youngquist (credited) (senior editor, special projects); Jennifer Grünwald (credited) (assistant editor); Michael Short (credited) (assistant editor); Justin F. Gabrie (credited as Justin Gabrie) (assistant editor); Joe Quesada (credited) (editor in chief)
Color
color
Paper Stock
glossy
Binding
squarebound
Publishing Format
collected edition

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
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Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Punisher [Frank Castle]
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River of Blood Part One: Scorched Earth (Table of Contents: 1)

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Script
Chuck Dixon (credited)
Pencils
Joe Kubert (credited)
Inks
Joe Kubert (credited)
Colors
Joe Rosas (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Microchip [David Lieberman]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Mickey Fondozzi (guest appearance): Dragunov (guest appearance); Vikady (villain); Taz (villain)
Synopsis
The Punisher begins investigating a pair of Russians who are trying to import cheap heroin into New York.
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River of Blood Part Two: Comrades (Table of Contents: 2)

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Chuck Dixon (credited)
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Joe Kubert (credited)
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Joe Kubert (credited)
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Joe Rosas (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A nice little shootout over in Jersey.
Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Microchip [David Lieberman]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Dragunov; Vikady (villain); Taz (villain); The Mob (villain)
Synopsis
The Punisher finds himself fighting alongside the giant Russian Dragunov against a room full of mob goons. Trying to find out more information about his new ally, he visits a Russian bar and drops Dragunov's name which gets him knocked out and tied up by the Russian mob.
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River of Blood Part Three: Capital Crimes (Table of Contents: 3)

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Chuck Dixon (credited)
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Joe Kubert (credited)
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Joe Kubert (credited)
Colors
Joe Rosas (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Microchip [David Lieberman]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Dragunov (guest); Vikady (villain); Taz (villain)
Synopsis
Dragunov saves Frank from the Russian mob who are about to modify his kneecap with a cordless drill. The Punisher and Dragunov begin to hunt the Russian drug dealers Vikady and Taz and, when they discover the pair are planning to fly back to Russia, decide to follow.
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River of Blood Part Four: Dead Men's Eyes (Table of Contents: 4)

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Chuck Dixon (credited)
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Joe Kubert (credited)
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Joe Kubert (credited)
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Joe Rosas (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Microchip [David Lieberman]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Dragunov (guest); Svetlana (guest); Vikady (villain); Taz (villain)
Synopsis
The Punisher and Dragunov travel around Russia trying to track down Vikady. Dragunov tells Frank why he hates the villain so much. Microchip discovers that Vikady has moved up from heroin dealer to weapons dealer and he has nuclear material he is trying to peddle.
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River of Blood Part Five: Open Wounds (Table of Contents: 5)

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Chuck Dixon (credited)
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Joe Kubert (credited)
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Joe Kubert (credited)
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Joe Rosas (credited)
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Jim Novak (credited)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Microchip [David Lieberman]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Dragunov (guest); Vikady (villain); Taz (villain)
Synopsis
The Punisher and Dragunov chase Vikady to Sarajevo to try and keep the villain from selling a nuclear weapon to the war torn country. With Vikady in their sights, U.N. troops intervene and keep the Punisher from taking him out.
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River of Blood Part Six: Children of the Gun (Table of Contents: 6)

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Chuck Dixon (credited)
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Joe Kubert (credited)
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Joe Kubert (credited)
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Joe Rosas (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Microchip [David Lieberman]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Dragunov (guest, death); Vikady (villain, death); Taz (villain, death)
Synopsis
The Punisher and Dragunov have to evade U.N. forces as they try to chase down Vikady and Taz who are driving a nuclear bomb through Sarajevo. Dragunov gives his life to take out Taz but the Punisher doesn't dare shoot Vikady because he is holding a detonator that will cause nuclear disaster in the war-torn country if it is set off.
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River of Blood Part 1 of 6 (Table of Contents: 7)

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Joe Kubert
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Punisher [Frank Castle]
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River of Blood Part 2 of 6 (Table of Contents: 8)

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Joe Kubert (signed)
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Joe Kubert (signed)
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Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Punisher [Frank Castle]; Dragunov; Vikady; Taz
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River of Blood: Capital Crimes Part 3 of 6 (Table of Contents: 9)

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Joe Kubert
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Joe Kubert
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Joe Kubert; John Marks
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Punisher [Frank Castle]
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River of Blood Part 4 of 6 (Table of Contents: 10)

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Joe Kubert
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River of Blood: Open Wounds Part 5 of 6 (Table of Contents: 11)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
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  2. 1. River of Blood Part One: Scorched Earth
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  3. 2. River of Blood Part Two: Comrades
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  4. 3. River of Blood Part Three: Capital Crimes
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  5. 4. River of Blood Part Four: Dead Men's Eyes
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  6. 5. River of Blood Part Five: Open Wounds
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  7. 6. River of Blood Part Six: Children of the Gun
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  8. 7. River of Blood Part 1 of 6
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  9. 8. River of Blood Part 2 of 6
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  10. 9. River of Blood: Capital Crimes Part 3 of 6
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  11. 10. River of Blood Part 4 of 6
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  12. 11. River of Blood: Open Wounds Part 5 of 6
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  13. 12. The Conclusion to River of Blood
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