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Punisher Summer Special #3
Issue(s): Punisher Summer Special #3
Cover Date: Aug 93
Title: "Dead man coming through / Faster, faster / Idyll"
Credits:
Pat Mills & Tony Skinner / Chuck Dixon / Steven Grant - Writer
Tony Harris / Joe Phillips / Brian Stelfreeze - Penciler
Wade Von Grawbadger / Joe Phillips / Joel Thomas - Inker
Tim Tuohy - Assistant Editor
Don Daley - Editor
Review/plot:
Another Punisher special, and three more generic stories adding to the glut of Punisher stuff that's out there. There's nothing relevant here from a continuity perspective, and nothing interesting in terms of the creative teams. The plot of the first one involves a group of psychos that go into paintball arenas with real bullets...
...and that's the longest story with the most substance. The third story is the most interesting from a creative standpoint, in the sense that there's no dialogue.
Due to the rose imagery, i thought briefly about Wild Rose Kugel, a character that the Punisher has met a couple of times. But this has nothing to do with that.
There was just no need for so many substance-free Punisher stories even if the market was (temporarily) supporting them.
Quality Rating: D
Historical Significance Rating: 1
Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A
References: N/A
Crossover: N/A
Continuity Insert? N
My Reprint: N/A
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Comments
What happened in the second story?
Don't know why, but that comment really cracked me up. :)
And we don't even get the Punisher in a bikini...
@Jon Dubya: You would need to look in the Marvel Swimsuit Specials to find something like that :P
https://rebotica.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/punisher-swimsuit-edition.jpg
D09: I don't know the answer, but I'm guessing the Punisher kills some bad dudes.
You would think so. But, he actually goes out for some ice cream with his closest friends, just to blow off some steam. ;)
Sorry D09, i thought the review made it clear that the stories were inconsequential and not worth reviewing. In the second story, the Punisher kills some carjackers. The hooks are: 1) He was on his way to bust a kiddie porn ring, and he was actually working with a kiddie porn "customer" to give him intel on the dealers. But he couldn't stand the customer and wound up shooting him, figuring he'll crack the ring some other way. Then he sees the carjacking, and winds up chasing them all over town with the dead kiddie porn customer in his car. 2) The Punisher thinks that the carjakers have a kid in the car with them, but it turns out to just be a talking doll.
D09, don't make poor fnord do extra work on a Punisher Summer Special, for God's sake. Show some humanity.
Sorry, I was just curious about what happened in that second story, didn't mean any harm.
It's fine D09 :-)
