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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 historyThe 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
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