Punisher War Journal | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Ongoing series |
Publication date | 2006 |
No. of issues | 26 + 1 annual |
Main character(s) | Punisher |
Creative team | |
Created by | Matt Fraction |
Written by | Matt Fraction Rick Remender Simon Spurrier |
Artist(s) | Mike Deodato Jr. Ariel Olivetti Howard V. Chaykin Cory Walker Scott Wegener Clint Langley (covers) |
Penciller(s) | Mike Deodato Jr. Ariel Olivetti Howard V. Chaykin Cory Walker Scott Wegener Werther Dell'edera |
Inker(s) | Mike Deodato Jr. Ariel Olivetti Howard V. Chaykin Cory Walker Scott Wegener |
Letterer(s) | Joe Caramagna Rus Wooton |
Colorist(s) | Rainier 'Rain' Beredo Dean V. White Jesus Aburto Shannon Blanchard Edgar Delgado - 'Pato' Ariel Olivetti Dave Stewart |
Editor(s) | Axel Alonso Michael O'Connor Warren Simons Aubrey Sitterson John Denning Jennifer Grünwald Daniel Ketchum Cory Levine Alex Starbuck |
Punisher War Journal or The Punisher War Journal is an American comic book series published from 2006 to 2009 by Marvel Comics featuring the character Frank Castle, also known as the vigilante the Punisher. It is the second series under the title The Punisher War Journal . Unlike the main Punisher series (which was published under Marvel's MAX imprint and was set in a more realistic world) at the time of its publishing the events of this edition of War Journal take place in the main Marvel Universe, Earth-616. [1] The series was mainly written by Matt Fraction and drawn by Howard Chaykin. [2]
The series takes place over the late stages of the infamous Civil War storyline and its following arc The Death of Captain America , following Frank Castle and focuses on his relationship with Steve Rogers, (Captain America), whom he deeply admires despite their fundamental differences and his method of dealing with his death. Following Rogers's assassination at the hands of Crossbones and Dr. Faustus (through a hypnotized Sharon Carter), Castle decides to honor him by killing a white supremacist tarnishing his name using a modified version of Rogers' uniform, while Punisher dons a new uniform of his own with the same inspiration. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The series spawned a spin-off named Punisher in 2009.
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The series consisted of several story-arcs, "How I Won The War" spanning issues 1–3, "The Initiative" spanning issues 6–11, "Hunter/Hunted" spanning issues 13–15, "Jigsaw" for issue 18—23 and "Secret Invasion" lasting from issue 24 to 25. Several short stories between the main storylines are also featured for some issues.
The series holds an average rating of 7.3 by sixty-one professional critics on the review aggregation website Comic Book Roundup. [8] The series was one of the most acclaimed new series of 2007. [9]
Timothy Callahan of Comic Book Resources expressed about the series that the author, Matt Fraction, has alternated between writing a clever, witty looks at the Marvel Universe and serious and severe looks at the screwed-up world in which the character of Frank Castle lives. He also stated that while the tone was not exactly consistent from arc to arc, he did not see that as a drawback at all, because the Punisher in his most general form is not a character that works for interesting in the long term in his opinion. "The Punisher is an inconsistent character, really, if you take into account all of his in-Universe portrayals over the years. He's been a buffoonish killer, a monster, a hero, a lunatic, a patriot, and almost anything you can imagine. Fraction has written him as a strange combination of all of those things, and if he isn't heroic in a traditional sense, at least he has a code he follows. He's a psychopath headlining a book set in the Marvel Universe, and Fraction has made him compelling and somewhat noble, while never going so far as to make Frank Castle admirable." Callahan also praised Chaykin's art. [10] [11] [12]
No. | Title | Cover date | Comic Book Roundup rating | Estimated sales (first month) |
#1 | How I Won the War, Part 1: Bring On the Bad Guys | January 2007 | 6.9 by six professional critics. [13] | 102,720, ranked 9th in North America [14] |
#2 | How I Won the War, Part 2: Dead Soldiers | February 2007 | 7.2 by three professional critics. [15] | 87,966, ranked 14th in North America [16] |
#3 | How I Won the War, Part 3: Mutually Assured Destruction | March 2007 | 6.2 by three professional critics. [17] | 70,139, ranked 21st in North America [18] |
#4 | Small Wake For a Tall Man | April 2007 | 7.5 by two professional critics. [19] | 52,951, ranked 35th in North America [20] |
#5 | NYC Red | May 2007 | 7.8 by two professional critics. [21] | 50,187, ranked 45th in North America [22] |
#6 | Goin' Out West | June 2007 | 7.8 by two professional critics. [23] | 53,443, ranked 45th in North America [24] |
#7 | Blood and Sand | July 2007 | 5.8 by two professional critics. [25] | 72,848, ranked 27th in North America [26] |
#8 | Sunset | August 2007 | 6.2 by two professional critics. [27] | 61,338, ranked 32nd in North America [28] |
#9 | Duel | September 2007 | 6.8 by three professional critics. [29] | 56,834, ranked 40th in North America [30] |
#10 | Sunset | October 2007 | 5.5 by two professional critics. [31] | 51,300, ranked 47th in North America [32] |
#11 | Heroes and Villains | November 2007 | 7.5 by two professional critics. [33] | 47,205, ranked 43rd in North America [34] |
#12 | World War Frank | December 2007 | 6.9 by three professional critics. [35] | 66,478, ranked 21st in North America [36] |
#13 | Hunter/Hunted, Part 1 | January 2008 | 9.4 by three professional critics. [37] | 41,768, ranked 55th in North America [38] |
#14 | Hunter/Hunted, Part 2 | February 2008 | 9.6 by two professional critics. [39] | 38,447, ranked 63rd in North America [40] |
#15 | Hunter/Hunted, Part 3 | March 2008 | 8.6 by one professional critic. [41] | 35,627, ranked 56th in North America [42] |
#16 | The Survivors Guild | April 2008 | 8.6 by one professional critic. [43] | 32,488, ranked 56th in North America [44] |
#17 | How I Survived The Good Ol' Days | May 2008 | 6.8 by two professional critics. [45] | 31,217, ranked 61st in North America [46] |
#18 | Jigsaw, Part 1 of 6 | June 2008 | 6.9 by two professional critics. [47] | 29,559, ranked 74th in North America [48] |
#19 | Jigsaw, Part 2 of 6 | July 2008 | 6.8 by one professional critic. [49] | 29,898, ranked 75th in North America [50] |
#20 | Jigsaw, Part 3 of 6 | August 2008 | 7.4 by two professional critics. [51] | 27,277, ranked 80th in North America [52] |
#21 | Jigsaw, Part 4 of 6 | September 2008 | 6.4 by three professional critics. [53] | 26,293, ranked 97th in North America [54] |
#22 | Jigsaw, Part 5 of 6 | October 2008 | 7.3 by two professional critics. [55] | 25,542, ranked 99th in North America [56] |
#23 | Jigsaw, Part 6 of 6 | November 2008 | 7.7 by one professional critic. [57] | 27,376, ranked 87th in North America [58] |
#24 | Secret Invasion: Part 1 of 2 | December 2008 | 6.3 by four professional critics. [59] | 31,781, ranked 79th in North America [60] |
#25 | Secret Invasion: Part 2 of 2 | January 2009 | 6.6 by three professional critics. [61] | 29,976, ranked 63rd in North America [62] |
#26 | February 2009 | 8.2 by two professional critics. [63] | 22,420, ranked 121st in North America [64] | |
Title | Between | Pages | Cover date | Release date | Comic Book Roundup rating | Estimated sales (first month) | Rated |
"If I Die Before I Wake" | Issue 25 and 26 | 48 | January 2009 | November 2008 | 7.4, by three professional critics. [65] | 20,713, ranked 103rd in North America [66] | T+ [67] |
Title | Format | Material collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN UPC | Rated |
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Punisher War Journal: Civil War | Hardcover | Punisher War Journal (2007) #1-4 | 144 [68] | April 25, 2007 [69] | 0785123156 978-0785123156 | T+ [lower-alpha 1] |
Punisher War Journal: Goin' Out West | HC | Punisher War Journal (2007) #5-9 | 168 | December 5, 2007 [70] | 978-0-7851-2852-6 | T+ |
Punisher War Journal: Hunter/Hunted | HC | Punisher War Journal (2007) #12-17 | 161 | April 16, 2008 [71] | UPC 5960613021-00111 | T+ |
Punisher War Journal: Jigsaw | HC | Punisher War Journal (2007) #18-23 | 144 | December 17, 2008 [72] | 978-0-7851-3022-2 UPC 5960613022-00111 | PAL [lower-alpha 2] |
Punisher War Journal: Secret Invasion | HC | Punisher War Journal (2007) #24-26 and annual #1 (2007) | 120 | February 18, 2009 [73] | 978-0-7851-3148-9 UPC 5960613148-00111 | PAL |
Punisher War Journal: Civil War | Trade Paperback | Punisher War Journal (2007) #1-4 | 144 [74] | September 6, 2007 [75] | 0785123156 978-0785123156 | T+ |
Punisher War Journal: Goin' Out West | TPB | Punisher War Journal (2007) #5-9 | 168 [76] | March 19, 2008 [77] | 0785126368 978-0785126362 | T+ |
Punisher War Journal: Hunter/Hunted | TPB | Punisher War Journal (2007) #12-17 | 161 | July 16, 2008 [78] | 978-0-7851-2664-5 UPC 5960612664-00111 | PAL |
Punisher War Journal: Jigsaw | TPB | Punisher War Journal (2007) #18-23 | 144 [79] | March 18, 2009 [80] | 0785129642 978-0785129646 | PAL |
Punisher War Journal: Secret Invasion | TPB | Punisher War Journal (2007) #24-26 and annual #1 (2007) | 120 | May 20, 2009 [81] | 978-0-7851-3408-4 UPC 5960613408-00111 | PAL |
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