Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	August 1991
Cover Price	$2.95
Pages	52
Editing	Kevin Kobasic (Managing); Don Daley

Cover Details - "Crazy from the Heat!"

Characters	Punisher
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Roderick Delgado
Inks	Michael Bair
Letters	Juan Martinez (Logo)

1 page Punisher credits "Title and Credits"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Darren Auck
Inks	Darren Auck
Letters	Juan Martinez (Logo)

2 page Punisher filler "Interior Front and Back Covers"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jimmy Palmiotti
Inks	Jimmy Palmiotti
Colors	Jimmy Palmiotti
Notes	Stylized Punisher skull.

20 page Punisher story "Bombs 'R' Us"

Characters	FEATURE: Punisher; VILLAIN: Colonel De Sade
Synopsis	Punisher takes down a crazy masochist that served with him in Viet Nam.
Genre	superhero
Script	Pat Mills
Pencils	Val Mayerik
Inks	Armando Gil
Colors	Ed Lazellari
Letters	Pat Brosseau

10 page Punisher story "Crossed Purposes"

Characters	FEATURE: Punisher; VILLAINS: The Mob
Synopsis	Punisher's life is saved by the son of a mob boss and he has to decide how to deal with his criminal benefactor.
Genre	superhero
Script	Peter David
Pencils	Mark Texeira
Inks	Michael Bair
Colors	Gregory Wright
Letters	Phil Felix

2 page Punisher advertisement "Guess Where the Punisher is Spending His Summer?"

Characters	Punisher; Kingpin
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Hugh Haynes
Inks	Jimmy Palmiotti
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Ad for the summer's bi-weekly Punisher run.

8 page Punisher story "Independence Day"

Characters	FEATURE: Punisher
Synopsis	Punisher helps a cop take down one of America's most wanted.
Genre	superhero
Script	Dan Slott
Pencils	Mike Harris
Inks	Jimmy Palmiotti
Colors	Joe Rosas
Letters	Bill Oakley

2 page Punisher advertisement "Rules of the Game"

Characters	Punisher; Nick Fury
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jim Lee
Inks	Jim Lee
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Ad for a Jim Lee Punisher/Fury graphic novel that never saw the light of day (Don Daley said in one of the Punisher's letters pages that 18 pages were all that had been completed).

5 page Punisher story "Wish Granted"

Characters	FEATURE: Punisher; VILLAINS: Terrorists
Synopsis	Punisher runs up against a band of young Middle-Eastern terrorists with a death wish.
Genre	superhero
Script	Will Murray
Pencils	Rodney Ramos
Inks	Rodney Ramos
Colors	Santiago Oliveras
Letters	Pat Brosseau

1 page Punisher (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Back Cover"

Characters	Punisher
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Roderick Delgado
Inks	Roderick Delgado
Letters	Typeset