Punisher (1st Series)

    (Marvel, 1986, 2008)
™ and ©1986 Marvel Entertainment Group

Having first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #129, Frank Castle, a.k.a. the Punisher, got his own title at last with the premiere of this five-part limited series. Following up on this title’s popularity, Marvel later introduced several other titles featuring the death-dealing vigilante, including Punisher, Punisher: War Zone, and Punisher War Journal.

The limited series begins when Castle is sentenced to serve out a long term in the Rykers Island maximum security facility. As can be expected, he makes no friends among his fellow inmates, and the resulting violence threatens to tear the prison apart. When Castle stops a mass-jailbreak, the warden recruits him into a secret organization which promises to free the Punisher to do what he does best—fight crime with deadly finality.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jan 1986
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Steven Grant  ·  A: Mike Zeck
    Double-size
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    #2
    Feb 1986
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    W: Steven Grant  ·  A: Mike Zeck
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    #2 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Mike Zeck
    Feb 1986
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    W: Steven Grant  ·  A: Mike Zeck
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    #3
    Mar 1986
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    W: Steven Grant  ·  A: Mike Zeck
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    #4
    Apr 1986
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    W: Steven Grant  ·  A: Mike Zeck
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    #5
    May 1986
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    W: Steven Grant, Mary Jo Duffy  ·  A: Mike Vosburg
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    #5 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Mike Zeck
    May 1986
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    W: Steven Grant, Mary Jo Duffy  ·  A: Mike Vosburg
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  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    Jan 1988
    Cover: $7.95
    W: Steven Grant, Mary Jo Duffy  ·  A: Mike Zeck, Mike Vosburg
    Collects Punisher (1st Series) #1-5
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