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• Written by Mike Baron, art by Bill Reinhold
• Punisher is surveilling the house of Flaco Maldinaro, a coke distributor for the Medellin cartel
• As he watches a squad of men pull up in a van and break down the door, but it’s not the house of Maldinaro
• Punisher decides to investigate, finding that the men murdered a couple, the Pulowskiis but left their daughter Maggie alive
• Fearing the men will return and kill the girl, Punisher takes Maggie with him
• Microchip discovers that the men who killed the Puloskiis are a covert CIA hit squad led by Colonel Ross Whitaker and working with the Korean CIA
• Whitaker knows his men hit the wrong house and he also knows that a third party was involved
• Microchip finds Whitaker’s using Russian spy intel
• Maggie is watching an episode of Robotech!
• Posing as Father Angus McFee, Frank takes Maggie to the Order of Saint Bianca where he hopes she’ll be hidden and safe
• An air force jet crashes into a hotel, killing 24 people, including a senator
• It’s revealed to be an assassination carried out by Whitaker’s operation
• Whitaker and his men don’t have a lead on Molinaro, but they did retrieve a shipment of his cocaine which they intend to sell
• Whitaker is also set to assassinate another politician
• Punisher infiltrates Whitaker’s base, finding a drug lab and leaving explosives in case he gets captured or killed
• Punisher discovers orders to dry run the political assassination, but before he can do anything further, he is captured and taken to Whitaker
• Punisher attempts to fight Whitaker, but is knocked cold and taken to be tortured
• While being tortured, Frank has flashbacks to his time in the military, and further back when he studied to become a priest
• Punisher convinces his torture he’s with the DEA and that Whitaker is dealing drugs in order to be set free
• Retrieving his explosives, Punisher begins to blow up the base, but Whitaker takes off in a jet
• Punisher steals a jet himself, and the two engage in aerial combat
• Despite Whitaker being a better pilot, Punisher pulls a dirty trick and blows him out of the sky
• Frank returns to the Order of Saint Bianca to find the real Father McFee waiting for him
• Father McFee reveals to Frank that Maggie was placed in the home of the DiPattis, the alias of Flaco Malinaro and his wife, who are looking to adopt her
• Frank’s Body Count - At least 2, likely more (He snaps the neck of the man who tortured him, shoots Whitaker out of the sky.  He also plants explosives in the base, likely killing several more people, but it can’t be said how many)

• Written by Steven Grant, art by Mike Zeck
• Punisher is hiding in the back of a panel van to take down a weapons deal
• Things kick off when the feds arrive unexpectedly
• Punisher blows the truck rather than let the weapons fall into the wrong hands and finishes off the rest of the gang member and dealers
• One of the FBI Agents is still alive, Punisher patches his wounds and drives him to a hospital even though he knows they won’t make it in time
• As they drive, the agent reveals their bust was unauthorized, but they were trying to nail Gorman at Pendleton Base
• Frank remembers Cleve Gorman, a Gunnery Sergeant he clashed with at “Big Nothing” the base he was stationed at before Vietnam
• Before Punisher can question the FBI Agent further, he dies
• Punisher decides to take his identification and pose as Lee Costa to finish his last case
• Gorman thinks he doesn’t have to worry about Punisher as he has dealt with Frank Castle in the past
• Frank, posing as Costa arrives at Pendleton, but Gorman has backup waiting
• Frank is beaten down and taken into the desert where he’ll be executed
• The gang members are meant to blow the car with Frank inside, but he manages to escape before they do and finds a matchbook leading him to brothel
• At the brothel he sleeps with one of the girls and dreams about Maria
• The gang members arrive, and Punisher is waiting to deal with them
• Punisher kills three of the gang members, and the last is killed by a prostitute he was abusing
• Punisher gives the woman some of the money he took from the gang members, wondering if she’ll try to return to a normal life
• Punisher heads to the Ram’s Head in Las Vegas
• Gorman hears about the incident in the brothel and escapes, but Punisher manages to get ahold of his partner Snow
• Once again posing as FBI Agent Costa, Punisher heads to San Joaquin to deal with Khieu Dap, a Cambodian gang leader that Gorman smuggled out of Vietnam
• Punisher takes a guards uniform and fights through Khieu Dap’s men, learning that he and Gorman were smuggling drugs in the bodies of dead soldiers
• After disposing of Khieu Dap, Punisher escapes the prison by blowing a wall
• Gorman has holed up in Big Nothing, the now abandoned army base
• Punisher seemingly makes a frontal assault and is gunned down by Gorman, but it turns out to be Snow, Gorman’s partner in crime dressed as Punisher to serve as a decoy
• Punisher gets the drop on Gorman, shooting him in the shoulder and knee to put him down
• Gorman tosses his weapon and tells Castle to take him in, but Punisher tells Gorman that Castle died with his family and guns him down
• Frank’s Body Count - 15 (He shoots up a gun deal, he takes out 3 gang members at the brothel, he snaps Khieu Dap’s neck, he guns down Gorman at Big Nothing)

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Hi all! I have a set of X-Men Krakoa Era books that I’m looking to offload today. Essentially this is all the Hickman stuff plus some extras. Included in this lot is:

HOX/POX OHC

X-Men Hickman Omnibus

X of Swords OHC

Hellfire Gala OHC

Inferno OHC

X Lives/X Deaths of Wolverine

All books are used and read, but in good shape barring some moderate shelf wear. I’m happy to provide more pics if requested. Inferno also has a remainder dot on the bottom. All books come with Demco dust jacket covers. I’m not splitting the lot currently.

As for what I want, well I could always use some cash money, $250 shipped takes the lot. I’ll also look at trade lists, I’m not looking for anything specific, maybe JLI or Silver Age Flash Omnis, but I’m happy to look at lists.

• Written by Mike Baron, art by Russ Heath
• Punisher and his ally the whistleblower Herman Wiese are cornered by the nuclear submarine, The Percival
• Punisher pretends to be a KGB officer attempting to defect to the United States in order to get aboard The Percival
• He tells Wiese to print out the documentation they’ll need to take down Chief Officer Robert Morse and his corrupt allies, and to set their own sub, The Piranha to self-destruct
• Punisher doesn’t know that Morse has an agent aboard the Percival whose job is to make sure he and Wiese don’t make it back to shore
• Punisher takes the sailors meant to retrieve him out and locks them in The Piranha while he and Wiese head to The Percival
• With the men hostage, Punisher convinces the Captain of the Percival to allow Wiese to transmit his information about Morse’s corruption
• Morse manages to get the signal jammed, and decides The Percival and its crew may be expendable
• When a second sub arrives to destroy The Percival, Punisher manages to convince the Captain to work with him by aiming nuclear warheads at Morse’s home
• With the threat of a nuclear strike, the President of the United States steps in and relieves Morse and his allies of command, and orders the second submarine to stand down
• Punisher and Wiese tell the Captain to take them back to the Piranha, causing it to self-destruct once they’re in the water so they can avoid being arrested by the Navy
• Frank’s Body Count - 0! (“I’m a Patriot, Captain.”)

• Written by Mike Baron, art by Russ Heath
• Police and protesters clash over a nuclear submarine, The Percival, that is suspected of wasting taxpayer dollars in its construction
• Punisher decides to get in touch with a government whistleblower to investigate the matter
• The informant, Herman Wiese, is being assaulted when Punisher arrives to deal with them
• Wiese tells Punisher that Chief Officer Robert Morse defrauded the government, using substandard parts to build the submarine while raking in the money
• Morse learns that Wiese escaped his men and contacts the CIA to track down Punisher
• Frank and Wiese break into a military base to retrieve his notes hidden aboard a top secret sub, The Piranha 
• When their escape is blocked off, Punisher decides to steal the sub
• Punisher and Wiese can escape into open water, but they need to expose Morse
• Punisher decides to call out Morse using The Piranha’s broadcasting system
• Morse and his allies send The Percival to deal with Punisher and Wiese
• Featuring an ad for a new “Nightmare on Elm Street” series!
• Frank’s Body Count - 3 (He runs over one of Wiese’s assaulters and shoots two more)

• Written by Carl Potts, art by Jim Lee and Klaus Janson
• Punisher is back to battling street gangs in Manhattan
• Ronny, the last member of Damage’s gang has been staying off the streets, but with a sick sister he believe his only options is to start dealing drugs again
• Punisher takes out a drug dealer using his dog to carry the drugs, but spares the dog
• Punisher infiltrates a drug den hidden under an apartment building to clear out the dealers and users, but leave the legitimate tenants
• Punisher comes across Ronny, but the cops arrive to arrest him before Punisher takes him out
• Microchip tells Punisher that Ron was eligible to take a boot camp style course which would let him out of prison after only six months
• Microchip believes that Punisher should let Ron go if he can be rehabilitated, but Punisher said he already gave him one chance and he wasted it, he won’t get another
• Despite Microchip's efforts to sabotage the Battle Van, Punisher arrives in time to shoot Ron as he is getting ready to head to Texas for the next step in his rehab
• Punisher decides at the last moment to spare Ron again, wondering if he can be rehabilitated and if he’s getting soft
• Meanwhile, a group of police shoot a gang member who turns out to be an undercover cop
• Their scheme is to scare the other criminals straight, but instead hardens the resolve of the gangs, leading to more violence
• Frank’s Body Count - 13 (he shoots up several gang members over the course of the issue, he also bashes one with a board full of nails)

• Written by Carl Potts, art by Jim Lee and Scott Williams
• Frank and Microchip are attending a military training exercise demonstration in West Germany while on the trail of Sniper
• Sniper has been infiltrating military bases and stealing state secrets
• Frank thinks back to his last encounter with Sniper, and how each time he escaped more people would die
• Sniper realizes that Punisher and Microchip are in Germany when they attempt to hack the same system
• Disguised as an officer, Sniper murders his way through a French army base and steals a fully armed Apache Helicopter
• Frank and Microchip speculate that Sniper will attempt to fly over the training exercise and escape into East Germany
• Disguised as Captain Siry (Microchip) and Lt. Wohl (Frank), they order the tanks to switch to live ammo and prepare for the rogue Apache
• Despite preparing, Sniper tears through the waiting tanks and nearly escapes into East Germany when Punisher taunts him over the radio
• Sniper lays the same trap for Punisher he did for another tank, but Punisher sees through it
• Punisher manages to shoot up Sniper’s Apache, but he flees over the border where the army can’t chase him and crashes
• Luckily Microchip managed to survive the assault, he and Frank assume that Sniper was killed in the crash
• Frank’s Body Count - 1? (The Apache is taken down, and Sniper is assumed dead, but I’m going to guess he’ll come back)

• Written by Mike Baron, art by Erik Larsen and Al Williamson
• While Punisher and Katheryn Yakamoto wait, The Shadowmasters have infiltrated the Eternal Sunshine base
• Posing as the aid to Congressman Hargreaves, Phillip manages to plant explosives in the bathroom
• Punisher and Katheryn go in guns blazing, but one of the guards manages to toss a grenade back, injuring Punisher
• Punisher and his allies infiltrate the records room and plant the explosives
• Iris Green and a sniper attack them as they escape
• Katheryn berates Yuriko for not killing Iris Green
• The Eternal Sunshine compound is destroyed, but Iris Green escapes to contact Congressman Hargreaves
• Katheryn and Yuriko continue to argue, but Frank doesn’t get an answer as to why
• Prof. Yakamoto once again asks Frank to represent him in America and reveals it was him that trained Iris Green
• While they speak Prof. Yakamoto is killed by an arrow
• Punisher returns fire, killing one of the assassins, but the other escapes
• With Prof. Yakamoto dead, Frank takes charge, deciding to go to America and take out Iris Green and Congressman Hargreaves
• The Shadowmasters part ways, staying in Japan to keep up the fight
• Iris Green and Congressman Hargreaves meet in Topeka, Kansas where she reveals that The Punisher will be coming after them
• Using clearance they took from the compound, Frank and Katheryn attend an Eternal Sunshine party and come face to face with Iris Green and Congressman Hargreaves
• Iris Green takes Frank aside and offers him a chance to become allies, when he refuses, she attacks
• Hargreaves and Katheryn arrive and join the fight, but Punisher warns Katheryn not shoot because of volatile jet fuel
• Hargreaves attempts to call for security, but they’ve been dealt with by The Shadowmasters!
• While Katheryn and Iris Green fight atop the experimental jet, Hargreaves opens fire
• Punisher grabs Katheryn to escape, and she shoots the jet fuel to deal with Iris Green and Congressman Hargreaves
• Katheryn and Punisher use the “folding-in” trick to escape the explosion
• Punisher tells Katheryn he still can’t represent her father in America
• Katheryn and The Shadowmasters disappear, leaving Punisher alone in the wreckage
• Frank’s Body Count - 7 (He kills at least 6 while infiltrating the Eternal Sunshine compound and puts an arrow through one of of Prof. Yakamoto’s assassins)

• Written by Mike Baron, art by Erik Larsen and Scott Williams
• Frank has traveled to Japan to meet the legendary Hatsu Yakamoto
• While climbing the mountain on which he is to meet Prof. Yakamoto, he is attacked by a man with a sword
• Prof. Yakamoto arrives and chases the man off, speculating he was a member of the Eternal Sunshine
• Prof Yakamoto reveals to Frank that he wants to establish his own ninja school in the west, and wants Frank to be his representative!
• Frank turns him down…or maybe he’s wondering when he grew fangs
• Prof. Yakamoto introduces Frank to three of his students, Phillip, Yuriko, and Manzo, The Shadowmasters
• Frank previously helped them fight off armored assassins in Punisher War Journal #9
• They are attacked by more members of the Eternal Sunshine
• Punisher, Prof Yakamoto, and The Shadowmasters repel the attack, receiving surprise assistance from Katheryn Yakamoto
• Despite his protests, Punisher is now part of the battle against the Eternal Sunshine
• The Shadowmasters reveal that they have intercepted a representative of Abe Hargreaves, a congressman from Kansas and another of Sully’s students
• Phillip will replace the representative to infiltrate the Eternal Sunshine’s compound
• While Katheryn and Punisher do reconnaissance, Katheryn reveals that Eternal Sunshine was behind the armored assassins who attacked The Shadowmasters in New York
• Before she can continue, Punisher sees the leader of the Eternal Sunshine base…Iris Green!
• Frank’s Body Count - 0! (“I had an advantage, my nine millimeter”)

• Written by Carl Potts, art by Jim Lee
• The Punisher meets The Black Widow!
• Daredevil has asked Black Widow to check in on the people who own the shop under Punisher’s safe house
• While in route she stops a pair of thugs attempting to break into an old woman’s apartment
• The Shadowmasters are attempting to flee from more Sunrise Society Assassins when The Punisher arrives
• Using the battle van, Punisher is able to take down the assassin, who also looks like Yuriko’s father
• A third assassin arrives and destroys the Battle Van, temporarily taking Punisher out of the fight
• While Manzo and Philip draw the assassin away, grandfather Rikichi delves into the minds of Yuriko and Frank who are both unconscious
• Black Widow arrives to see the situation is far worse than Daredevil informed her of
• While in a trance, Rikichi sees the parallels between Yuriko and her history with the Sunrise Society and Frank’s war with crime
• Punisher and Yuriko awake and take down one one of the Sunrise Society assassins
• Black Widow finally acts, taking down the last of the assassins
• The Shadowmasters flee, telling Punisher they will meet again
• Black Widow and Punisher don’t exactly click, and she also takes her leave
• Frank’s Body Count - 1 (he takes down a Sunrise Society assassin with the battle van, he also gets an assist, giving Yuriko the grenade she uses to take down another)

• Written by Carly Potts, art by Jim Lee
• A gang member named Damage has started to target innocent civilians in Frank’s neighborhood
• Punisher grills a local gang member named Ronny for information on Damage
• Punisher spares Ronny when Ronny’s grandmother shows up
• It is revealed that the family who owns the shop under Punisher’s safe house are The Shadowmasters
• While meeting with Manzo, they are attacked by The Sunrise Society
• Despite a warning from the Punisher, Ronny informs Damage that he’s in the area
• Damage and his crew go after Punisher’s van, intending to strip it for parts, but the van has its own automatic defenses
• Meanwhile, Punisher attacks Damage’s hideout where the rest of Damage’s gang is waiting to ambush him…
• …which doesn’t go well for them
• The Battle Van’s automatic defenses prove to be too much for Damage’s gang
• Damage finally makes it into the van where he is caught by mechanical tentacles
• Punisher returns to find Damage alive, but severely injured
• He decides to spare him as prison will be much worse for Damage in his diminished state
• Meanwhile, The Shadowmasters defeat the Sunrise Society’s assassin, only to discover he looks like Yuriko’s father
• Frank’s Body Count - 11 (He wipes out Damage’s gang at the hideout.  The battle van also takes out a number, but Punisher spares Damage himself to face justice in prison)

A QUICK EXPLANATION: Hi all, this has been a weird weekend, but I’m finally back home. So again, I apologize for the off timing of my posts and not responding to people like I try to do. The other thing is that I had intended to have Punisher #24 today, but partway into the book they referenced events from Punisher War Journal #10. So I made an executive decision to shuffle my reading order around a bit. That’s why today you’re getting Punisher Annual #1, then next couple of days we’ll go back to War Journal, and then we’ll pick up the last couple of Erik Larsen Punisher issues later in the week. Sorry if that’s confusing, I was trying to avoid stuff jumping around. Thank you to everyone that has continued to read my project, I love reading your comments and appreciate constructive feedback! On to the book!

“Knight Fight” - Written by Mike Baron, art by Bill Reinhold

While passing a pet store, Marc Spector witnesses a strange man eating a gerbil

He trails the man to an old mansion, now run owned by “Save Our Society” a non-profit that works with recovering drug addicts

Meanwhile, Punisher is on the trail of Ralph Newton, a drug addict who steals social security checks and killed a woman by pushing her down a flight of stairs

Punisher learns from a drug dealer that Newtown has gone to the “Save Our Society” Clinic to get clean

While Punisher is staking out the clinic, Moon Knight arrives

It turns out the man that Moon Knight was chasing was actually Ralph Newton, he and Punisher decide to team up

Punisher spots Newton giving another man a shot and tries to take him down

Punisher and Moon Knight are attacked by men who act like snakes

Moon Knight takes out most of the attackers while Punisher deals with Newton

They find the address of the mansion that Moon Knight had seen previously

Back at Moon Knight’s War Room, Frenchie reveals that Viper, former head of Hydra, is loose, sprung by Dr. Tyrone of “Save Our Society”

At the mansion Viper, sorry, Madame Viper is overseeing her latest converts

Punisher and Moon Knight arrive, but Madame Viper is ready and drugs Punisher, causing him to go wild

Madame Viper turns her doctor into a snake man, allowing him to hold off Moon Knight long enough for her to escape

Moon Knight finds that Punisher has slaughtered the snake men, but manages hypnotize him and knock him out

Punisher awakens in Marc Spector’s home two days later, having recovered

He thanks Spector and offers to team up again in the future

Frank’s Body Count - 16 (he guns down a junkie while looking for Newton, he guns down Newton, he takes out several snake men while drugged)

“Dark Seeker” - Written by Roger Salick, art by Tod Smith and John Beatty
A Microchip solo story!

Microchip has built a new helmet for the Punisher, he needs to get to the docks to send it to him

Deciding he has time for a bite to eat, he stops at Pham’s, a Vietnamese restaurant owned by some old acquaintances

While waiting for his food, two men arrive and assault Pham for protection money

Microchip tries to intervene, but gets knocked out for his efforts

Hue, Pham’s wife (I think), tells Microchip that Pham was taken by “The Cannibal”

She tells how she and Pham were smuggled out of Vietnam on the boat of Tran De Thong, a former member of the army and his crew

Hue tells of how Tran De Thong turned to cannibalism when their boat broke down, killing and eating 3 before their boat washed ashore, and Pham would have been next

Hue can save Pham if she offers herself to The Cannibal, but Microchip has a better idea

Microchip enters The Cannibals hideout pretending to have the money Pham owes, then Hue cuts the power from outside

Using the helmet he made for Punisher and a bulletproof briefcase, Microchip begins taking out The Cannibal’s men

The Cannibal and one of his men try to escape by boat, but Microchip shoots the driver

Finally he tranquilizes The Cannibal so he’ll fall into the ocean and drown

Chip’s Body Count - 5 (he shoots most of the men, and lets Tran drown)

“Punisher’s FIghting Techniques” - Written by Roger Salick, art by Jim Lee and Scott Williams
We get a crash course in Punisher’s fighting techniques!

Using Shorin Ryu, he fends off Saz, an attacker at Ryker’s Island,

Using Chin-na he takes down drug dealer Harvey Moy

At a bar he breaks a pool cue in two to take down Big Mike for attempting to assault a woman

In a battle with serial killer James Metzger, he uses Hwarangdo to take him down

Finally, using some good old fashioned ninjitsu, he takes down career criminal Leroy “Tiger” Tibbs

Frank’s Body Count - 4 (Saz gets his head smashed on concrete, Harvey gets his spine flattened, Metzger gets to fall on his own sword, “Tiger” Tibbs suffers a broken freakkn’ neck)

“Saga of the Serpent Crown Part 6: Heirs Apparent” - Written by Peter Sanderson, art by Mark Bagley and Keith Williams
Uatu tells of how the Serpent’s Crown came to be in the possession of Thoth-Amon

Conan The Barbarian appearance!

Thoth-Amon has manipulated his way onto the throne of Zingara

While being crowned, Thoth-Amon’s betrayed ally Villagro takes the Serpent’s Crown

Conan arrives to fight Thoth-Amon

Villagro is killed, but burns out the Serpent’s Crown, leaving Thoth Amon no choice but to flee Conan

Uatu reveals that eventually Conan would ascend the throne of Aquillonia and kill Thoth- Amon and the serpent men

He also tells how after the fall of Stygia, Set traveled to Egypt to find new followers

Written by Mike Baron, art by Erik Larsen and Scott Williams

Unarmed and with no cover, Punisher is being hunted by Scully and his ninja training instructors

Punisher decides to go after Wayne, the unarmed expect first

After a short fight, Punisher grills Wayne for information, finding out that Scully has information about several mercenaries

For his cooperation, Punisher spares Wayne, but severs his hamstring to take him out of the fight

Punisher goes after Daryl, the weapons man next

He finds another one of the students shot dead, and later witnesses another student shot down

While trying to flank Daryl, Punisher encounters Saracen, another of the students

Saracen is a member of the Free Armenian Army, he infiltrated the camp to find the assassin who killed one of their leaders with poison, they decide to team up

Punisher retrieves a gun left in the field and manages to keep Daryl and Scully from shooting Saracen

Turns out Wayne isn’t out of the fight as he managed to drag himself to a truck and tries to run Punisher down

Daryl hits the truck while trying to shoot Punisher, causing it to explode, killing Wayne

The smoke gives Punisher cover, and he takes out Daryl

Punisher finds a wounded Saracen, and is confronted by Scully and his dog

Scully has the upper hand, but Katherine Yakamoto arrives and takes down Scully

Punisher escapes with Saracen and finds that Katherine left him Iris Green’s file and an invitation to meet Hatsu Yakamoto

Frank’s Body Count - 2 (He shoots Daryl, and takes out Scully’s dog.  Daryl kills Wayne and Katherine takes out Scully)

Written by Mike Baron, art by Erik Larsen and Scott Williams

Frank has traveled to Kansas on the trail of Iris Green and the Ninja Training Camp she attended

The camp is run by a man named Chet Scully who wants to test Frank before he’ll let him in

While getting off the bus, Frank remembers the shootout he had with Colonel Fryer’s men the last time he was in Kansas, back in issue #3

While at the bar where he’s supposed to meet Scully, Frank, going by the name D’Amato, is accosted by three men

He pulls a gun on them, only for them to reveal they are Scully and two of his instructors, and D’Amato passed the test

While in his room, D’Amato realizes he’s not alone and sees a woman in black

D’Amato learns the trainees will be sorted into two teams who will compete against each other for grades at the end of the course

D’Amato learns that Scully’s wife runs a ninja school for women, and tells Scully he may be pulling a job that involves jewels

While on a training exercise, Punisher breaks into Scully’s house and finds Iris Green’s information

He is also confronted by the woman in black, Katherine, the daughter of Hatsu Yakamoto

Scully has been claiming to have the blessing of Yakamoto, but Katherine says they’ve never met, and she is here to teach them a lesson

Katherine disappears as Scully’s men arrive

Punisher manages to elude the men, burning down Scully’s house as a distraction

Frank’s Body Count - 0! (“Maybe I’m a dangerous fool.”)

• Written by Mike Baron, art by Erik Larsen and Scott Williams
• Frank is in Philadelphia at a boxing gym
• He accepts an offer to spar with a top prospect, B.J. Johnson, $300 for three rounds
• The fighter’s manager is Les Daniels, a gangster
• Frank decides to push Johnson and gets knocked around for his efforts
• Johnson is a good sport about it and offers to buy Frank a drink over the objections of Daniels
• While at the bar, Frank meets Johnson’s lady friend, Iris, and floats the idea that Daniels might make more if Johnson loses the fight
• Back in New Jersey, Frank and Microchip think that Daniels will have Iris poison Johnson so that he loses his fight, allowing Daniels to bet against his own fighter and win big
• Frank tries an old trick to make Johnson too sick to fight, but fails, and Daniels bars him from the gym
• The Punisher decides to go after Iris, but she’s ready for him, poisoning him and leaving him to watch the fight
• Unable to move, Punisher watches as Johnson is given a drink, then drops in the next round
• Punisher recovers just enough to get an anti-toxin out of his belt
• Daniels shows up to finish Punisher off, but Punisher manages to turn the tables and injects him with his own poison
• Frank calls the hospital to tell the doctors what to look for, hoping to save Johnson’s life
• Before he leaves the apartment, he finds a flyer for a ninja training school, a place that Microchip had said Iris had received training
• Frank’s Body count - 1 (he takes out Daniels with the poison that had been meant for him)

• Written by Carl Potts, art by Jim Lee
• Frank manages to survive an encounter with a crocodile
• He believes that Wolverine is the poacher, and responsible for the death of the boy, Jean, last issue 
• Wolverine is hunting the rest of Punisher’s expedition when he is bitten by a snake
• Meanwhile the owner of the shop from back in New York has traveled to Texas, having seen a vision
• The old man discovers a business man in a mansion, and a trophy room with an empty plaque for the Mokele Mbembe
• Prof. Wyeth and his team reach a village where the locals are uncooperative, but Norma learns of the Mokele Mbembe and grabs Corp Ebambe to track it down
• Wolverine sees Norma and Corp. Ebambe next to the Mokele Mbembe and goes to attack them, but Punisher arrives just in time to stop him
• Punisher and Wolverine fight, Wolverine manages to slice Punisher’s gun…which then somehow still fires
• Norma orders Corp. Ebambe to shoot Punisher and Wolverine, but the fighting spooks the Mokele Mbembe
• Prof. Wyeth and the others arrive, Corp. Ebembe is shot by one of his superiors for poaching, but he and Norma chase the Mokele Mbembe into the swamp
• Punisher shoots Norma to prevent her from harming the Mokele Mbembe, while Wolverine hunts down Corp. Ebembe
• Norma reveals with her dying breath that she was working for a big game hunter in Texas and only using Prof. Wyeth
• Wolverine leaves Ebembe for dead, but Punisher doesn’t think that’s enough, wrapping the poached leopard skin around him to make him a target for other wild animals
• When Frank returns to New York he intends to track down the Texan, only to find the plaque and a note that it’s been taken care of, presumably by the old shopkeeper
• Frank’s Body Count - 3 (he kills a crocodile that attempts to make a meal of him, and then shoots Norma, and makes sure that Ebembe gets his just reward)

• Written by Carl Potts, art by Jim Lee
• First confrontation between Punisher and Wolverine!
• Microchip urges Frank to take a break from his war
• Meanwhile there is a big game hunter who wants to add the legendary Mokele Mbembe to his trophies
• In Madripoor Wolverine intercepts a man transporting illegal furs and learns of Major Kinami
• Microchip wants Frank to escort an old friend of his, Professor Richard Wyeth, on an expedition to the Congo Basin where he is searching for a dinosaur (sauropod)
• During an interlude we learn that the shopkeepers who live in Frank’s building are not longer being harassed thanks to Daredevil
• Using the name Chuck Fort, Frank accompanies Prof. Wyeth and his team to Africa where they first administer medical aid to a local village
• While searching for the sauropod, the expedition learns of a troop of gorillas, the group splits so that Wyeth and Fort (Frank) can continue to track the sauropod
• Wyeth’s wife, Norma, and Corp Ebambe find the gorillas and slaughter them
• Norma and Corp. Ebambe claim they were attacked by the gorillas who killed a local boy
• Wolverine has arrived in Africa, having learned from Major Kinami that the local military is involved in the poaching of animals
• Frank discovers the slaughtered gorillas and deduces that the local boy was killed for knowing too much, but before he can use this information, he is attacked by a Silverback!
• Frank has no choice but to kill the Silverback, not realizing that Wolverine witnesses the fight and believes he is a poacher
• Wolverine and Frank engage in a short fight that ends with Frank in the water, and Wolverine out to find the rest of his crew
• Frank’s Body Count - Humans? 0.  Animals? 2 (he shoots a black mamba snake that is about to bite a villager, and he has no choice but to kill the Gorilla who attacks him, though he really doesn’t want to)

• Written by Mike Baron, art by Shea Anton Pensa and Gerry Talaoc, cover by Whilce Portacio and Ron Randall
• The Punisher is in Las Vegas looking to stop the assassin, Belzer, from taking out a witness in a case against organized crime in Nevada
• Punisher is accosted by a pair of thugs who think he’ll be an easy score, but he turns the tables on them and decides to use them to gather some information for him
• Knowing that the witness, Otis Offenbach, testifies the next day, Punisher infiltrates the casino where he is under guard to try and intercept Belzer
• While there he spots the two men from earlier going after a couple who won big
• Punisher stops them and grills them for information, they point him in the direction of a man named Magnus at the Alhambra
• The two thugs turn on Frank, and he takes them out
• At the Alhambra Punisher discovers that Magnus is a private detective who is also after Belzer, he’s been told that Belzer looks like Frank
• Punisher returns to the casino, but he’s too late to stop the bomb from going off and killing Offenbach
• Punisher realizes that Belzer is a woman who hit on him earlier, chasing her through the casino
• Belzer takes a hostage, and it is revealed she is actually a man in disguise
• Punisher asks how Belzer knew he was going to be there, to throw off the detective by give him his own description
• Belzer says he made up the description and demands that Punisher toss down his gun
• The Punisher tosses one of his guns, but quickly draws a second and shoots Belzer dead
• With Offenbach dead, the case falls apart and Punisher wonders if he actually killed the real Belzer
• Frank’s Body Count - 3 (He shoots the two men who were supposed to get him info, but betray him, and then he shoots Belzer between the eyes)

• Written by Terry Austin, art by Whilce Portacio and Mark Badges
• While home sick, Alex, Jack, and Katie Power learn that author Jessie Wilcox Jones is being questioned by police for the disappearance of $100,000
• Having previously saved Jones from kidnappers, Katie and Jack decide to take action
• Katie has contact information for The Punisher that he gave to her when they met in “Strange Tales #14”
• Meanwhile Jack contacts Dakota North!
• Both Punisher and Dakota agree to look into the matter
• Dakota learns that the two men, Larry and Moe Horwitz, who previously kidnapped Miss Jones had another brother, Jerome, who may have had access to the money
• The Punisher and Katie have already tracked down a fourth brother, Samuel, at his bar
• Dakota and Jack show up just in time to keep Punisher from being attacked from behind
• Sam admits to the group that Jerome has the money
• Dakota wants to try the subtle approach, posing as one of Larry and Moe’s “lady friends” to try and trick a confession out of Jerome
• When that doesn’t work, Punisher barges in guns blazing to force a confession
• …that also fails
• While Dakota and Punisher debate their next course of action, Jack and Katie hatch a scheme of their own
• With the help of Miss Jones, they put Goo Gams all over Jerome's house to drive him crazy
• Jerome begs to confess to the crime, but Katie wants him PUNISHED, leading to Frank holding him down while Katie gives him a spanking…what am I reading?
• With the case solved, Punisher, Dakota North, and the Powers part ways
• Miss Jones thanks Katie and Jack, giving Katie a new book and giving Jack a kiss on the cheek
• Jack is hiding his real prize however, one of Dakota North’s handkerchiefs!  
• The back cover has an ad for Punisher vs. Wolverine in the pages of Punisher War Journal!
• Frank’s Body Count - (“Dear War Journal: Today I played patty-cake with two little kids and a trigger happy dame…”)

• Written by Mike Baron, art by Larry Stroman and Randy Emberlin, cover by Larry Stroman and Stan Drake
• The Punisher has been setting up fake drug deals as Mr. Yousoufian to kill off the buyers and take their money
• While setting up another deal, Punisher is alerted to a woman choking by her daughter
• He saves her just in time for Mr. Roque to arrive
• Mr. Roque takes the woman hostage, shoots Punisher, then kills the woman and flees
• Punisher discovers that Mr. Roque is actually Spider Roque, a native of Australia who is responsible for at least 11 murders
• Learning that Spider has fled the country, Punisher travels to Sydney to find him
• There is a nod to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird as Punisher is using the alias Eastman, and his contact in Australia is named Laird
• Punisher rents a camel and makes his way to Cooterman’s Creek, an old opal mine where Spider is reportedly hiding
• Spider is holed up with two accomplices, Punisher takes the direct approach
• Punisher takes out one of the accomplices, but Spider flanks him, and then kills his other ally
• Spider manages to lure Punisher over a board that drops him into a mine shaft
• Spider is convinced that Punisher has been sent by villagers from Vietnam who want him dead for atrocities during the war
• Punisher plays into this, offering Spider an opal he supposedly got from the villagers, but in reality it’s a capsule with a highly poisonous spider inside
• Punisher finds Spider’s cash, and upon return to the States he tells Microchip to use the money to get the daughter of the woman Spider killed into a good home
• First look at Dolph Lundgren as The Punisher!
• Frank’s Body Count - 3 (He shoots a drug dealer named Kenton, he shoots one of Spider’s accomplices, he tricks Spider into being bitten by a deadly spider)