Issue Details

Issue	#21
Published	November 1993
Cover Price	1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Don Daley; Tim Tuohy (assistant)

Cover Details - "Return Fire!"

Characters	Punisher [Frank Castle]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Hoang Nguyen (signed)
Inks	Hoang Nguyen (signed)
Notes	Cover credits note "After Tex" as the cover is an homage to Mark Texiera's cover to Wolverine (Marvel, 1988 series) #67.

22 page Punisher story "2 Mean 2 Die!"

Characters	Punisher [Frank Castle]; Microchip [Linus Lieberman]; D.X. [Dennis Xavier Hanrahan]; Maria Castle (wife, flashback); Lisa Castle (daughter, flashback); Frank Castle (son, flashback); Tony the Banker (dies); Pretty Legs [Patricia Gambello]
Synopsis	Frank runs into an old friend from Vietnam, Dennis Xavier.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Larry Hama
Pencils	Hoang Nguyen
Inks	Hoang Nguyen
Colors	Kevin Tinsley
Letters	John Workman

1 page Bullpen Bulletins; Tom Talks; The Bull's Eye promo (ad from the publisher) "Bullpen Bulletins; Tom Talks; The Bull's Eye [November 1993]"

Characters	Tom Brevoort; Mark Gruenwald
Script	Tom DeFalco; Rick Parker
Pencils	Rick Parker
Inks	Rick Parker
Letters	Rick Parker; typeset
Notes	Tom DeFalco talks about why Marvel puts out so many titles each month. The Bull's Eye comic strip. Miscellaneous Marvel news items. Partial checklist for Marvel comics dated November 1993.

1 page War Correspondence letters page "War Correspondence"

Script	Don Daley; Tim Tuohy
Pencils	Hoang Nguyen (signed)
Inks	Hoang Nguyen (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters from readers - Norman Tamondong, Jody L. Halyk, Brian Slack, Matt Ferrell and Nick Barnes - and responses from Don Daley and Tim Tuohy. Preview of cover to THE PUNISHER: WAR ZONE #22.