Comics - "The Punisher"

seanmc42

Hey - I know this is a somewhat older crowd, but anyone follow this comic hero?
He's a vigalante with a BIG arsenal. I'm just starting out, so I'm
looking for recommendations on issues to look out for....
Thanks, gents (and ladies).

nemesisenforcer

I haven't followed it for years, but look for the issues from the mid to late '80s when the writing and art team were on a serious Dirty Harry kick. His combat annuals are pretty good.

"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."

ElMuertoMonkey

Sean,

Check out any of the items that Garth Ennis wrote.

The Punisher has had three series in recent years, all by Ennis - a limited series, a "normal" Marvel series, and a Marvel MAX series (basically Marvel comics, but with swearing and nudity).

If you're into back issues, the early Punisher War Journal by Carl Potts and Jim Lee were pretty decent (a little hokey at times, though) and the early Punisher War Zone items by Chuck Austen and John Romita Jr. were pretty good (LOTS of action, guns, and stuff blowing up).

The current Punisher series typically runs in six-issue story arcs. "In the Beginning", the first six issues of the Punisher MAX series is really good and is out in trade paperback now. That is the one I recommend most of all.

Hope this helped.

diznuff

There are a few issues out there with the punnisher and ghost rider as a tag team duo of sorts. I remember reading them as a kid. good issues.

It's better to have it and not need it, Than to need it and not have it.

Iconoclast

I have the first edition somewhere in near mint condition . . . don't know why I even had it . . . something I picked up out of a trash can, I think. Probably worth some money nowadays. Didn't realize it was still being published . . . mine must be a good twenty years old and I stopped reading comics long before that.

"There is nothing lower than the human race - except the french." (Mark Twain)

sheepdip

Saw the movie last night.

dongizmo

quote:Originally posted by sheepdip
Saw the movie last night.

We provided the machinery props for the movie, the drill press & other stuff.
Our thank you is the last line in the credits.[:D]
Don

Gizmo

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wipala

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Hey - I know this is a somewhat older crowd, but anyone follow this comic hero?
He's a vigalante with a BIG arsenal. I'm just starting out, so I'm
looking for recommendations on issues to look out for....
Thanks, gents (and ladies).



"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil."
- Max Lerner

MaCT

I've got his mini-series that came out after his first appearance in Spiderman and his #1-100 something. I loved the Punisher as a kid. I still have them kicking around here somewhere {I just moved again} but my favorite issues were the ones where he was in Alasa {I think} and basically surviving off the land and stalking some dude and another 7 part series where he runs arlling a bunch of guys {Like every issue}. I'll have to dig em up to be sure but they were my favorites by memory.