Dates
- Cover date
- April 1989
- On sale
- December 20, 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #18 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 07148602860404
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Whilce Portacio, Marc Siryinks: Scott Williams, Marc Siryscript: Mike Baron, Marc Sirycolors: John Wellingtonletters: Ken Bruzenak
Stories
- Face Off · 23 pages
Super hacker, Jeremy, contacts Micro and tells him that he is tired of working for the Kingpin and wants to switch sides. They set a meet but Jeremy is killed by his young rival, George, as he leaves. The Punisher, Microchip and Vernon infiltrate the Kingpin's tower but have to make an uneasy truce with him to walk away with their lives.
Characters
LoganOroro MunroePiotr RasputinKurt WagnerAnna MarieFrank CastlePunisherAlex SummersWilson FiskKingpinAlison BlaireLongshotDavid LiebermanMicrochipVernon BrooksBoardJeremy WilsonGeorge Wong
Reprinted in
The Punisher Magazine (1989), Essential Punisher (2004), Punisher Epic Collection (2018)