Dates
- Cover date
- August 1988
- On sale
- April 19, 1988
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #1 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 07148602191985
This edition’s page
Story arc: The Evolutionary War
This is part 8 of 13. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Silver Surfer Annual (1988) #1
- X-Men Annual (1970) #12
- Web of Spider-Man Annual (1985) #4
- The New Mutants Annual (1984) #4
- The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (1979) #8
- The Avengers Annual (1967) #17
- X-Factor Annual (1986) #3
- The Punisher Annual (1988) #1
- Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #21
- The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #22
- The West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) #3
- Silver Surfer Epic Collection (2014) #4
- Silver Surfer: Return to the Spaceways Omnibus (2024) #nn
Creators
Stories
- Evolutionary Jihad · 30 pages
Punisher is in Bogata to take down a drug lord but ends up fighting with him against men in Eliminator power suits.
- 3 Hearts · 15 pages
The widow of Microchip's old friend has remarried a Jim Nugent, who is revealed to be an assassin. When Felicia leaves him, Nugent tries to kill her. Microchip intervenes.
- The High Evolutionary Chapter Two: Pet Project · 6 pages
Wyndham joins with the Drews and scouts out a remote retreat for his genetic experiments.
Characters
Reprinted in
Punisher Epic Collection (2018), Evolutionary War Omnibus (2011), The Punisher Magazine (1989), Essential Punisher (2004)