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CATALOG RECORD

The Punisher War Journal #1

Marvel · Series began 1988 · November 1988

Dates

Cover date
November 1988
On sale
July 5, 1988
Pages
36

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 07148601031911

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Carl Potts, Jim Leeinks: Scott Williams, Jim Leescript: Carl Potts, Don Daley, Gregory Wrightcolors: John Wellingtonletters: Jim Novak

Stories

  • An Eye for an Eye Chapter One Sunday in the Park · 28 pages

    Punisher guns down some bad guys and remembers the anniversary of his family's death in Central Park.

  • Punishing Profiles · 1 pages

    Don Daley gives a quick bio of the creators of this issue.

Characters

Matt MurdockFrank CastlePunisherMicrochipDavid LiebermanMaria CastleLisa CastleFrank Castle Jr.Hector Montoya

Reprinted in

The Punisher Magazine (1989), Punisher: An Eye for an Eye (1991), Punisher War Journal Classic (2008), Punisher War Journal by Carl Potts and Jim Lee (2016), True Believers: Marvel Knights 20th Anniversary - Punisher War Journal by Potts & Lee (2018), Punisher: Shadowmasters (2018)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.