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Issue: The Punisher #4
Publication Date: November 1987
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Issues: #4 of 104 Issues (166 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 08/11/1987
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07148602860411
Price: $0.95 CAD
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
2 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Carl Potts (Editor); Marc McLaurin (Assistant Editor); Tom DeFalco (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Klaus Janson (signed)
Inker(s): Klaus Janson (signed)
Colorist(s): Klaus Janson
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Punisher
Character(s): Punisher; Lagodney
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Pages: 1
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The Rev

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Baron
Penciller(s): Klaus Janson
Inker(s): Klaus Janson
Colorist(s): Klaus Janson
Letterer(s): Ken Bruzenak
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Punisher
Character(s): Punisher; GUESTS: Microchip (first appearance); Microchip Junior (first appearance); Ray White; Vickie White; VILLAIN: Reverend Sammy Smith; Byron Gresham; Keena; Lagodney
Synopsis: The Punisher has Microchip provide him with a false background so he can infiltrate the Church of the Saved, a cult headed by enigmatic and magnetic leader, Reverend Sammy Smith. When the Punisher is sent out with Smith's men to take incriminating evidence from a crazed reporter, Punisher is shot in the chest and comes close to dying. Reverend Smith uses mysterious powers to heal Frank. The Punisher obtains the video tape that Smith was after and discovers that it contains evidence that the good reverend is a cold blooded murderer.
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Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Although later comics firmly established Microchip's name as Linus Leiberman, in this, his first appearance, his name is given as Lowell Bartholomew Ori; The story also states that Microchip has been working with the Punisher for 10 years as of the events of this issue.

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