The Punisher Magazine

    (Marvel, 1989-1990)
™ and ©1990 Marvel Entertainment Group

Although he first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #129, the Punisher began to come into his own in the black-and-white pages of Marvel Preview. By 1989, the skull-chested vigilante was one of Marvel’s most popular characters. It was fitting then, that Marvel decided to reprint some of his earliest adventures from Punisher (Ltd. Series), Punisher, and The Punisher War Journal in this black-and-white magazine.

If anything, these uncolored pages are truer to the spirit of a sole vigilante fighting for vengeance against the criminal element than the regular, color Punisher titles. In a venue free of gratuitous encounters with super-hero types, we get to see Frank Castle use both cunning and gunplay to achieve his aims.
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  • 1
    #1
    Sep 1989
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Steven Grant  ·  A: Mike Zeck
    Reprints Punisher (Ltd. Series) #1; B&W
    2 copies from $6.00
  • 1/NS
    #1 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Mark Texeira
    Sep 1989
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Steven Grant  ·  A: Mike Zeck
    Reprints Punisher (Ltd. Series) #1; B&W
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Oct 1989
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Steven Grant  ·  A: Mike Zeck
    Reprints Punisher (Ltd. Series) #2 and 3; B&W
    2 copies from $6.98
  • 2/NS
    #2 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Steve Rude
    Oct 1989
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Steven Grant  ·  A: Mike Zeck
    Reprints Punisher (Ltd. Series) #2 and 3; B&W
    No copies available
  • 3
    #3
    Nov 1989
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Steven Grant, Mary Jo Duffy  ·  A: Mike Zeck, Mike Vosburg
    Reprints Punisher (Ltd. Series) #4 and 5; B&W
    No copies available
  • 3/NS
    #3 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by James Sherman
    Nov 1989
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Steven Grant, Mary Jo Duffy  ·  A: Mike Zeck, Mike Vosburg
    Reprints Punisher (Ltd. Series) #4 and 5; B&W
    No copies available
  • 4
    #4
    Dec 1989
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Klaus Janson
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #1 and 2; B&W
    No copies available
  • 4/NS
    #4 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Joe Chiodo
    Dec 1989
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Klaus Janson
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #1 and 2; B&W
    No copies available
  • 5
    #5
    Dec 1989
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Klaus Janson
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #4 and 5; B&W
    1 copy for $7.98
  • 5/NS
    #5 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by James Sherman
    Dec 1989
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Klaus Janson
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #4 and 5; B&W
    No copies available
  • 6
    #6
    Jan 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Dave Ross
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #6 and 7; B&W
    3 copies from $7.00
  • 6/NS
    #6 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Joe Jusko
    Jan 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Dave Ross
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #6 and 7; B&W
    No copies available
  • 7
    #7
    Feb 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Whilce Portacio
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #8-9; B&W
    3 copies from $1.67
  • 7/NS
    #7 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Joe Chiodo
    Feb 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Whilce Portacio
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #8-9; B&W
    No copies available
  • 8
    #8
    Mar 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron, Ann Nocenti  ·  A: Whilce Portacio, John Romita Jr.
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #10 and Daredevil #257; B&W
    1 copy for $3.25
  • 8/NS
    #8 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Joe Jusko
    Mar 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron, Ann Nocenti  ·  A: Whilce Portacio, John Romita Jr.
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #10 and Daredevil #257; B&W
    No copies available
  • 9
    #9
    Apr 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Whilce Portacio
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #12 and 13; B&W
    2 copies from $7.00
  • 9/NS
    #9 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by James Sherman
    Apr 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Whilce Portacio
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #12 and 13; B&W
    No copies available
  • 10
    #10
    May 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Whilce Portacio
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #11 and 14; B&W
    No copies available
  • 10/NS
    #10 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Joe Jusko
    May 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Whilce Portacio
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #11 and 14; B&W
    No copies available
  • 11
    #11
    Jun 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Whilce Portacio
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) 15 and 16; B&W
    2 copies from $16.00
  • 11/NS
    #11 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by James Sherman
    Jun 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Whilce Portacio
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) 15 and 16; B&W
    No copies available
  • 12
    #12
    Jul 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Whilce Portacio
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #17 and 18; B&W
    No copies available
  • 12/NS
    #12 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Joe Jusko
    Jul 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Whilce Portacio
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #17 and 18; B&W
    No copies available
  • 13
    #13
    Aug 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Larry Stroman, Shea Anton Pensa
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #19 and 20; B&W
    No copies available
  • 13/NS
    #13 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Bob Larkin
    Aug 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Mike Baron  ·  A: Larry Stroman, Shea Anton Pensa
    Reprints Punisher (2nd Series) #19 and 20; B&W
    No copies available
  • 14
    #14
    Sep 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Carl Potts, Roger Salick  ·  A: Carl Potts, Mike Vosburg
    Reprints Punisher War Journal #1 and story from Punisher (2nd Series) Annual #1; B&W
    No copies available
  • 14/NS
    #14 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Jim Lee
    Sep 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Carl Potts, Roger Salick  ·  A: Carl Potts, Mike Vosburg
    Reprints Punisher War Journal #1 and story from Punisher (2nd Series) Annual #1; B&W
    No copies available
  • 15
    #15
    Oct 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Carl Potts, Roger Salick  ·  A: Carl Potts, Tod Smith
    Reprints Punisher War Journal #2 and story from Punisher (2nd Series) Annual #2; B&W
    No copies available
  • 15/NS
    #15 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Joe Jusko
    Oct 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Carl Potts, Roger Salick  ·  A: Carl Potts, Tod Smith
    Reprints Punisher War Journal #2 and story from Punisher (2nd Series) Annual #2; B&W
    No copies available
  • 16
    #16
    Nov 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Carl Potts  ·  A: Carl Potts
    Reprints Punisher War Journal #3 and 8; B&W
    1 copy for $29.99
  • 16/NS
    #16 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Joe Chiodo
    Nov 1990
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Carl Potts  ·  A: Carl Potts
    Reprints Punisher War Journal #3 and 8; B&W
    No copies available