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The Punisher: One-Shots
The Punisher: Die Hard in the Big Easy #1
Toussaint Murrow has Frank Castle in the palm of his hands. Literally. Meet Mortician in his first EVER appearance!
48 pages, Perfect Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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John Wagner
1,369 books190 followersJohn Wagner is a comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy. Alongside Pat Mills, Wagner was responsible for revitalising British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has continued to be a leading light in British comics ever since. He is best known for his work on 2000 AD, for which he created Judge Dredd. He is noted for his taut, violent thrillers and his black humour. Among his pseudonyms are The best known are John Howard, T.B. Grover, Mike Stott, Keef Ripley, Rick Clark and Brian Skuter. (Wikipedia)
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May 9, 2026
3.5 stars
"Death by chicken gumbo - what a dumb way to go." -- a rare witty quip by our vigilante Frank 'The Punisher' Castle, after observing an villainous hired goon get crushed by boxes of canned soup
The Punisher heads on down south to bayou country on the trail of a narcotics cartel in this early 1990's one-shot subtitled Die Hard in the Big Easy. The chief fixer in this narrative is a corpulent and corrupt cigar-smoking politician in a white summer suit - paging Central Casting!😆 - who is angling to obtain a senate seat, but the menacing 'big bad' is a voodoo priest named Baron Cemetery. (In his appearance and name he quasi-resembles the nefarious Baron Samadi - as played by actor/dancer Geoffrey Holder - in that similarly NOLA-set cinematic 007 adventure Live and Let Die.) Featuring local color, such as a paddle steamer on the Mississippi River, and a few moments of suspense, like our title character having to escape from a buried coffin, it was a brisk and violent little tale.
"Death by chicken gumbo - what a dumb way to go." -- a rare witty quip by our vigilante Frank 'The Punisher' Castle, after observing an villainous hired goon get crushed by boxes of canned soup
The Punisher heads on down south to bayou country on the trail of a narcotics cartel in this early 1990's one-shot subtitled Die Hard in the Big Easy. The chief fixer in this narrative is a corpulent and corrupt cigar-smoking politician in a white summer suit - paging Central Casting!😆 - who is angling to obtain a senate seat, but the menacing 'big bad' is a voodoo priest named Baron Cemetery. (In his appearance and name he quasi-resembles the nefarious Baron Samadi - as played by actor/dancer Geoffrey Holder - in that similarly NOLA-set cinematic 007 adventure Live and Let Die.) Featuring local color, such as a paddle steamer on the Mississippi River, and a few moments of suspense, like our title character having to escape from a buried coffin, it was a brisk and violent little tale.
March 3, 2019
Short, sweet and fun.
Ever seen the James Bond film “Live and Let Die?” This is like that... but with zero romance, and with Frank Castle instead of 007.
It’s your typical, blood thirsty Punisher adventure. The art is really good 90s era artwork. I liked it alot. The story is straightforward and full of those badass Castle moments we love.
The paper and ink is pretty oldschool. It’s not exactly newsprint... but it’s still cheap paper. Normally that bugs me when I get a graphic novel, but it was fine here.
I’ve never heard of this book. I’m glad I stumbled upon it. It was a quick, rewarding little read.
Ever seen the James Bond film “Live and Let Die?” This is like that... but with zero romance, and with Frank Castle instead of 007.
It’s your typical, blood thirsty Punisher adventure. The art is really good 90s era artwork. I liked it alot. The story is straightforward and full of those badass Castle moments we love.
The paper and ink is pretty oldschool. It’s not exactly newsprint... but it’s still cheap paper. Normally that bugs me when I get a graphic novel, but it was fine here.
I’ve never heard of this book. I’m glad I stumbled upon it. It was a quick, rewarding little read.
August 16, 2023
una tiene q dejar salir a su gringa interior para leer esto
April 9, 2024
Classic Punisher. Good artwork. Funky story.
September 3, 2024
Fantastic story and art work, all the wicked cool things that you would expect from punisher and punisher story. probably will read it again and again in the future.
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