WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Arnold Ansen (Marvel, from Punisher) — first appearance
- Roky Vance (Marvel, from Punisher) — first appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- May 1988
- On sale
- January 5, 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #8 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602860405
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Creators
Stories
- The Ghost of Wall Street · 22 pages
Punisher uses former Wall Street broker turned homeless, Quentin O'Toole, to help him get information on Arnold Ansen's unscrupulous Billionaire Boys Club. In return, Frank agrees to look into a rash of homeless murders. Punisher begins to uncover stock market manipulation & a deal with the Japanese being carried out by Ansen & his right-hand man, Roky. Sijo assaulting Frank, gets the drop on him. Jr. comes to the rescue with a taser but gets badly wounded by Sijo. As Punisher takes out a gang who are rolling a bum, the real homeless killer, Roky, is getting his kicks by carving up O'Toole.
Characters
Reprinted in
The Punisher Magazine (1989), Essential Punisher (2004), Punisher Epic Collection (2018)