Dates
- Cover date
- February 1986
- On sale
- November 5, 1985
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #2 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition75¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition75¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860286002 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.95 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.
Barcode 0714860286002 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Story arc: Circle of Blood
This is part 2 of 2. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- The Punisher #1
- The Punisher #2
Creators
Stories
- Back to the War · 24 pages
Punisher kills a Kingpin look-alike, starting a gang war.
Publisher’s description
After barely surviving an explosion, The Punisher gets caught in a gang war after he reveals to the press that he killed the Kingpin.
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), Punisher: Back to the War Omnibus (2017), Punisher Epic Collection (2018)