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Key facts
- 1st appearance of Arnold Ansen
- 1st appearance of Roky Vance
This is the regular first-print edition (Cover A). Collect the 1 variant cover on their own pages.
Punisher uses former Wall Street broker turned homeless, Quentin O'Toole, to help him get information on Arnold Ansen's unscrupulous Billionaire Boys Club. In return, Frank agrees to look into a rash of homeless murders. Punisher begins to uncover stock market manipulation & a deal with the Japanese being carried out by Ansen & his right-hand man, Roky. Sijo assaulting Frank, gets the drop on him. Jr. comes to the rescue with a taser but gets badly wounded by Sijo. As Punisher takes out a gang who are rolling a bum, the real homeless killer, Roky, is getting his kicks by carving up O'Toole.
Cover date
May 1, 1988
On sale date
January 5, 1988
Pages
36
Cover price
$1.00 / CA$1.25 / £0.50
Story arc
War In Bagalia
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Editor
Tom DeFalco
Credits
Writer
Penciller
Inker
Colorist
Letterer
Cover Artist
Characters
Arnold Ansen (1st appearance); Roky Vance (1st appearance); David Lieberman; Frank Castle; Louis Frohike; Microchip; Microchip Junior; Mr. Takegura (villain); Punisher; Quentin O'Toole (death); Sijo Kanaka
