Dates
- Cover date
- January 1986
- On sale
- October 8, 1985
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$1.25 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$1.25 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860286001 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.50 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.50 CAD.
Barcode 0714860286001 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Circle of Blood! · 40 pages
The Punisher is in prison and runs up against Jigsaw. Punisher takes place in a prison break-out but prevents the criminals from escaping. The warden, who is a member of The Trust, promises to free the Punisher if he will fight for them.
Reprinted in
The Punisher (1987), The Punisher: Circle of Blood (1988), The Punisher Magazine (1989), Essential Punisher (2004), Punisher: Circle of Blood (2008), Punisher: Circle of Blood (2011), Marvel Firsts: The 1980s (2013), Punisher: Back to the War Omnibus (2017), True Believers: Marvel Knights 20th Anniversary - Punisher by Grant & Zeck (2018), Punisher Epic Collection (2018)