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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published November 1987
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 36
Editing Carl Potts; Marc McLaurin (Assistant)

Cover Details

Characters Punisher; Lagodney
Genre superhero
Pencils Klaus Janson
Inks Klaus Janson
Colors Klaus Janson
Letters Typeset

22 page Punisher story "The Rev"

Characters Punisher; GUESTS: Microchip (1st); Microchip Junior (1st); Ray White; Vickie White; VILLAIN: Reverend Sammy Smith; Byron Gresham; Keena; Lagodney
Synopsis The Punisher has Microchip provide him with a false background so he can infiltrate the Church of the Saved, a cult headed by enigmatic and magnetic leader, Reverend Sammy Smith; When the Punisher is sent out with Smith's men to take incriminating evidence from a crazed reporter, Punisher is shot in the chest and comes close to dying; Reverend Smith uses mysterious powers to heal Frank; The Punisher obtains the video tape that Smith was after and discovers that it contains evidence that the good reverend is a cold blooded murderer.
Genre superhero
Script Mike Baron
Pencils Klaus Janson
Inks Klaus Janson
Colors Klaus Janson
Letters Ken Bruzenak
Notes Although later comics firmly established Microchip's name as Linus Leiberman, in this, his first appearance, his name is given as Lowell Bartholomew Ori; The story also states that Microchip has been working with the Punisher for 10 years as of the events of this issue.