Issue(s): Punisher #31, Punisher #32
Cover Date: Mar-Apr 90
Title: "Crankin'" / "Speedy solution"
Credits:
Mike Baron - Writer
William Reinhold - Breakdowns
Mark Farmer - Finishes
Rob Tokar - Assistant Editor
Don Daley - Editor

Review/plot:
The Punisher goes undercover as a meth cook in a motorcycle gang that have taken over a town in Arizona.

The drug in question is referred to as methamphetamine, crystal meth, and speed, but mostly as "crank" in this story.

The head of the motorcycle gang is a Hopi and a radical environmentalist who funds his cause with drug money.

There's nothing shown to indicate that he's a hypocrite about his cause (except, obviously, the fact that he's a drug dealer and also drug user) but despite the fact that the Punisher starts to like the guy, he keeps saying that the environmental cause is just a front to disguise the fact that the guy is a thug. There's no finality to that theme (it's a moot point when the guy gets so high that he becomes a violent psychopath), and most of the issues are occupied with fights with a rival motorcycle gang...

...and a dispute between the gang leader's girlfriend's (separated) husband.

Punisher uses misdirection taught to him by Hatsu Yakamoto when the husband gets the drop on him.

...oh, did you want a conclusion to this plot summary? The Punisher kills everyone; that's how it ends.

Quality Rating: B

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References: N/A

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A