The Punisher Annual, Issue #1 isn't created by the famed team of Becky Cloonan and the late Steve Dillon, who by the way, died of a ruptured appendix, so it seems. Instead, we have writer Gerry Conway, artist Felix Ruiz, and color artist Lee Loughridge, all solid hands. Like most Annual issues, the artwork and story is a little bit different. This issue takes place on Halloween, and it's a one-off story about a Punisher bloodbath.
The shift of the narrative voice from the Punisher's point of view to the point of view of Mamdouh, a second-generation cop following the Punisher is somewhat unnerving. I was pleasantly surprised at the smaller amount of advertising this Marvel title had. It's a riotous story, very typical of the Punisher and very good. I bought the Variant Edition.
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