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The Punisher: War Zone (1992) #31-36
The Punisher: River Of Blood
The Punisher faces the Russian mob on its home turf, and the legendary Joe Kubert is there to lend his distinctive style to every explosive detail! Out of his element and outgunned, can the scourge of the American underworld hold his own in Mother Russia? Collects The War Zone #31-36.
144 pages, Paperback
First published December 7, 2005
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About the author
Chuck Dixon
3,437 books1,054 followersCharles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s.
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
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March 21, 2018
I've always liked the Punisher, in that pissed-off, 8th-grader who wants to hurt the bullies sort of way. Nothing terribly deep about the character, but he can be cathartic at the right age. He's probably not the right character which with to tackle the thorny subject of the Bosnian War, but Dixon and Kubert did a credible job telling a solid action-adventure story with a hint of political backdrop.
Kubert's art isn't his best work - his figures are rugged and the settings authentic, but he played up the action to the detriment of the storytelling once or twice. The fact that the lettering was horrible didn't help the art, however.
Kubert's art isn't his best work - his figures are rugged and the settings authentic, but he played up the action to the detriment of the storytelling once or twice. The fact that the lettering was horrible didn't help the art, however.
April 14, 2016
Frank Castle es mou com peix a l'aigua en ambients bèl·lics. En aquesta història viatja de Nova York a l'Usbekistán per acabar a la guerra de Bòsnia, acompanyat d'una espècie de Castigador Cosac, darrere de dos paios que pretenen vendre una bomba nuclear als serbis.
La guerra de Bòsnia ja ens queda tan lluny que corprèn que hi hagi vinyetes que semblin extretes directament de qualsevol informatiu d'avui dia.
El pitjor de la història són aquests dos dolents tibetanofunkies que inspiren poc respecte.
La guerra de Bòsnia ja ens queda tan lluny que corprèn que hi hagi vinyetes que semblin extretes directament de qualsevol informatiu d'avui dia.
El pitjor de la història són aquests dos dolents tibetanofunkies que inspiren poc respecte.
June 24, 2014
My first exposure to this character in many, many years. While I'm sure there are much better Punisher graphic novels, I enjoyed this one a lot. I was drawn to it by the Joe Kubert art, and Joe did not disappoint. I love his rough, old school approach. The story is pretty simple, but told with lots of action and a fast pace. Good gritty stuff.
October 18, 2007
This was okay up until Frank said, "You can't get anywhere just shooting everybody." Um, you're The Punisher.
November 17, 2011
Not the most layered, subtle Punisher story but quality art, good inner monologue writing.
June 13, 2015
A classic War Zone arc. Nice story set in Eastern Europe with Punisher almost out o his element. If you love Punisher you can't hate a classic 90's story arc like this.
May 4, 2016
Nice little punisher story to start the morning.
June 2, 2010
Why do I waste my time with the Punisher?
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July 21, 2017Ho letto dal 17 al 19 il numero 3 di The punisher e dal 15 al 21 il numero 4. Entrambi contengono due storie dal diario di guerra di Frank Castle e la storia 'Ferite aperte' ambientata in una Sarajevo distrutta e corrotta durante la guerra di Jugoslavia
December 7, 2017
Chuck Dixon lo hace de nuevo, esta vez tenemos a Punisher luchando en el Sarajevo de la guerra de los Balcanes contra un par de traficantes que quieren reducir la ciudad a escombros con una bomba nuclear. Impresionante el arte de Joe Kubert. Probablemente la mejor saga de Punisher, o una de las mejores sin duda
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