CATALOG RECORD

The Punisher #3

Marvel · Series began 1986 · March 1986

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Dates

Cover date: March 1986
On sale: December 11, 1985
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #3 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.
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Newsstand edition75¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860286003 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Canadian price edition0.95 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.

Barcode 0714860286003 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Mike Zeckcolors: Phil Zimelman, Bob Sharenscript: Steven Grant, Jim Shooterinks: John Beattyletters: Ken Bruzenak

Stories

Slaughterday · 23 pages
The Trust has a gang of Punisher look-alikes knocking off mobsters. Punisher tries to bring order to the chaos as innocent people are being killed as well.

Publisher’s description

The Trust deploys Punisher doppelgangers to con and kill mobsters. Can Castle trust anyone in this game?

Reprinted in

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)