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The Punisher War Journal
	; Punisher War Journal #5 (May 2007); Cover art by Ariel Olivetti.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics;
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing while in publication.
Publication date	(vol. 1) Nov. 1988 – July 1995; (vol. 2) January 2007 – January 2009
Number of issues	(vol. 1) 80; (vol. 2) 26
Main character(s)	Punisher

The Punisher War Journal is the title of two Marvel comic book series featuring the character Frank Castle a.k.a The Punisher. The first volume, published from 1988 to 1995, was spun-off of a self-titled series featuring the vigilante's exploits.

The second volume, published between 2007 and 2009 by writer Matt Fraction, placed the character firmly in the ongoing Marvel Universe inhabited by super heroes like the Avengers and Spider-Man, and super-villains like Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil. This was reflected in the series by tying into the ongoing events of the Civil War^[1], World War Hulk^[2], and Secret Invasion.^[3]

[edit] Publication history

The first volume of The Punisher War Journal ran 80 issues, cover-dated November 1988 to July 1995. Originally written and pencilled by Carl Potts, and inked by Jim Lee, who soon became series penciler, it changed creative team withn issue #25 (Dec. 1990) to writer Mike Baron and penciler-inker Mark Texeira. Chuck Dixon (credited as "Charles Dixon") took over as writer with #38 (Jan. 1992), continuing with it to the final issue except for #65-74 (April 1994 - Jan. 1995), written by Steven Grant. Others associated with the title include multi-issue pencilers Tod Smith, Ron Wagner, John Hebert, Hugh Haynes, Melvin Rubi, and penciler-inker Gary Kwapisz.

The series was relaunched the following decade, titled simply Punisher War Journal, beginning with a new #1 (Jan. 2007). The initial creative team was writer Matt Fraction and artist Ariel Olivetti, with subsequent artists including Cory Walker, Scott Wegener and Howard Chaykin. Later, writer Rick Remender joined as a co-writer until the title cancellation to make room for a new ongoing volume of Punisher.

[edit] Issues

Punisher War Journal Vol. 1 #1-80
Punisher War Journal Annual Vol. 1 #1-2
Punisher War Journal Vol. 2 #1-26
Punisher War Journal Annual Vol. 2 #1

[edit] Collected Edtions

Punisher War Journal Classic Vol. 1 (Punisher War Journal Vol. 1 #1-8)
Punisher War Journal Vol. 1: Civil War (Punisher War Journal Vol. 2 #1-4)
Punisher War Journal Vol. 2: Going Out West (Punisher War Journal Vol. 2 #5-11)
Punisher War Journal Vol. 3: Hunter Hunted (Punisher War Journal Vol. 2 #12-17)
Punisher War Journal Vol. 4: Jigsaw (Punisher War Journal Vol. 2 #18-23)
Punisher War Journal Vol. 5: Secret Invasion (Punisher War Journal Vol. 2 #24-26, Annual #1)

[edit] See also

List of The Punisher comics

[edit] References

^ Fraction, Matt (w). Punisher War Journal 2 (1) (January 2007), Marvel Comics
^ Fraction, Matt (w). Punisher War Journal 2 (12) (January 2008), Marvel Comics
^ Fraction, Matt (w). Punisher War Journal 2 (25) (January 2009), Marvel Comics

[edit] External links

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[Issue1-0] Fraction, Matt (w). Punisher War Journal 2 (1) (January 2007), Marvel Comics

[Issue12-1] Fraction, Matt (w). Punisher War Journal 2 (12) (January 2008), Marvel Comics

[Issue25-2] Fraction, Matt (w). Punisher War Journal 2 (25) (January 2009), Marvel Comics

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