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9October 1989
$1.50; 2.00 CAD

The Punisher War Journal #9

Marvel · October 1989 · on sale 1989-06-13

First appearance: Lisa CastleFirst appearance: Frank Castle Jr.First appearance: Shigeru Ezaki1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Punisher War Journal (Marvel, 1988 series)
Issue
#9
Publication date
October 1989
Key date
1989-10-00
On-sale date
1989-06-13
Indicia publisher
Marvel Entertainment Group Inc.
Price
$1.50; 2.00 CAD
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Lisa Castle - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Frank Castle Jr. - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Shigeru Ezaki - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Dreamtime With the Black Widow!cover1pencils: Jim Lee; inks: Jim LeeFrank Castle, Punisher
1-credits, title page1pencils: ? (half-skull design); inks: ? (half-skull design); letters: typeset
2Guilt Tripcomic story22script: Carl Potts; pencils: Jim Lee; inks: Jim Lee; colors: Gregory Wright; letters: Jim NovakBlack Widow, Frank Castle, Frank Castle Jr. First, Lisa Castle First, Maria Castle, Shigeru Ezaki First, Yuriko Ezaki, Manzo, Punisher, Phillip Richards, Rikichi, Natasha Romanoff
4-in-house column1script: Stan Lee, Kelly P. Corvese
7Punisher's Arsenalcharacter profile1script: Eliot R. Brown; pencils: Eliot R. Brown; inks: Eliot R. Brown; letters: Eliot R. Brown
8Marvel Comics Subscriptionpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? (promo copy); letters: typeset
9-letters page1pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
10Forged in Hatred. Raised in Hope.promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jim Lee; inks: Jim Lee

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 07148601031910

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Punisher War Journal by Carl Potts and Jim Lee #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-90107-3		2016On eBay ›
Punisher: Shadowmasters #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-91202-4		2018On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #89 of 80#10 ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q114890103 (Frank Castle Jr.), first-appearance property (CC0)

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