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$3.99 US GARTH ENNIS JACEN BURROWS GUILLERMO ORTEGO NOLAN WOODARD

COMICS 1 1 5 0 0 2 0 4 0 9 0 6 0 6 9 5 7 WHEN HIS FAMILY WAS KILLED IN A HAIL OF MOBSTER BULLETS, FRANK CASTLE DIED, AND OUT OF THE ASHES WAS BORN THE VIGILANTE KNOWN AS THE PUNISHER. WAGING A RELENTLESS WAR AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME, THE PUNISHER HAS PUSHED COUNTLESS HARD MEN INTO THEIR GRAVES AND OTHERS TO THE BRINK.

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WHILE TARGETING MOBSTER KONSTANTIN PRONCHENKO, FRANK CASTLE MET VALERY STEPANOVICH. YEARS AGO IN AFGHANISTAN, STEPANOVICH AND THE REST OF HIS COMPANY WERE SOLD OUT TO THE ENEMY BY A COMMANDING OFFICER: PRONCHENKO. STEPANOVICH WATCHED HIS FRIENDS DIE SLOWLY, HORRIFICALLY. HE’S SINCE HARRIED PRONCHENKO ACROSS TWO CONTINENTS. IN NEW YORK, BOTH STEPANOVICH AND CASTLE NOTICED PRONCHENKO’S CRIMINAL DEALINGS BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT, AND THAT HE WAS MOVING INTO LEGITIMATE BUSINESS.

WITH RESPECTABLE METHODS AND MOTIVATIONS, STEPANOVICH MADE A GOOD SECOND FOR CASTLE. THEY CAPTURED PRONCHENKO’S WIFE, ZINAIDA SEBROVNA, AND LEARNED THAT UNLIKE HIS PREVIOUS DEAD AND MISSING WIVES, SEBROVNA HADN’T GIVEN HER HUSBAND ANY SONS, BUT SHE HAD ORCHESTRATED HIS RECENT TRANSFORMATION. SHE ALSO CONCEALED A TRACKER IN HER THIGH LONG ENOUGH THAT CASTLE AND STEPANOVICH ONLY NARROWLY ESCAPED GARTH ENNIS WRITER PRONCHENKO’SHER MEN IN WITH TOW. JACEN BURROWS PENCILS GUILLERMO ORTEGO INKS NOLAN WOODARD COLORS ROB STEEN LETTERING

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