Issue(s): Marvel Comics Presents #59 (Punisher story only)
Cover Date: Sep 90
Title: "The real thing"
Credits:
Marc McLaurin - Writer
Dan Reed - Penciler
Dan Reed - Inker
Kelly Corvese - Assistant Editor
Terry Kavanagh - Editor

Review/plot:
Finally Marvel Comics Presents turns its attentions to a character that is underexposed in the Marvel line. For those who don't know, the Punisher is a character that was introduced in Amazing Spider-Man back in the 70s, and since then he's appeared very infrequently. He definitely didn't have two ongoing series plus a plethora of graphic novels and guest appearances at the time this book was published.

This story has a criminal boss named Mr. Ling sending a nine year old boy into a warehouse where he knows that the Punisher is hiding out. Ling thinks that the Punisher will kill the boy and be riddled with guilt. But the Punisher doesn't do that.

Then the Punisher has to fight Ling's real goons.

The boy winds up in trouble with Mr. Ling himself.

But we all know how this will end: the Punisher shoots everyone.

Marc McLaurin did have a good angle there with the boy that Mr. Ling assumed would be killed. But he doesn't really go anywhere with it.

Quality Rating: C-

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References: N/A

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A