Dates
- Cover date
- August 1988
- On sale
- April 19, 1988
- Pages
- 68
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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
Also part of: Saga of the High Evolutionary, Evolutionary War
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.
Publisher’s description
Look out! Here come the High Evolutionary's Eliminators! They're under orders to destroy all the drug fields in South America - and they've got more than enough power to do it! You'd think the Punisher would be overjoyed! But these "allies" could be more dangerous than even his greatest enemy! The Punisher must decide - should he join them, or try to stop them! Plus: More secrets of the High Evolutionary are revealed!
Characters
Reprinted in
Punisher Epic Collection (2018), Evolutionary War Omnibus (2011), The Punisher Magazine (1989), Essential Punisher (2004)