CATALOG RECORD

The Punisher War Journal #12

Marvel · Series began 1988 · December 1989

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Dates

Cover date: December 1989
On sale: September 26, 1989
In stores: September 26, 1989
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #12 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.
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07148601031913
This edition’s page

Story arc: Acts of Vengeance

This is part 1 of 51. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Jim Lee, Eliot R. Browninks: Jim Lee, Al Milgrom, Don Hudson, Eliot R. Brownscript: Carl Potts, Stan Lee, Margaret Clark, Eliot R. Browncolors: Gregory Wrightletters: Jim Novak

Stories

Contrast in Sin · 22 pages
An incautious Punisher is trapped and about to be killed by the psychotic killer Bushwacker who, while still in the employ of the Marauders, is hired by the Kingpin to eliminate Castle for destroying his drug shipments.

Publisher’s description

An 'Acts Of Vengeance' crossover! The Punisher takes on the Bushwacker --- and both discover some disturbing things about the other!

Characters

Frank CastlePunisherWilson FiskKingpinDavid LiebermanMicrochipCarl BurbankBushwackerMaria CastleDoctor DoomJason HuntMarilyn RogersSimon Winston

Reprinted in

Acts of Vengeance Crossovers Omnibus (2011), Punisher War Journal by Carl Potts and Jim Lee (2016), Acts of Vengeance: Marvel Universe (2020)