The Punisher MAX: The Complete Collection, Volume One collects a whopping 18 issues: Born, Issue #1 through Issue #6, and Punisher, Issue #1 through Issue #12. The book is really three arcs. Born is the story of Frank Castle in his third tour of duty as a Vietnam War captain at Firebase Valley Forge, 1971. "In the Beginning" takes place 32 years later, when he is at war with the Mafia while being recruited by the C.I.A. "Kitchen Irish" takes place after that, when he takes on the I.R.A., who have an agent in New York City.
I read 14 of the issues last night and four this morning, which is a lot for me these days. I've been reading single-issue comics, usually one or two - maybe three - a day, concentrating most of my reading efforts on audiobooks and novels. What changed that was how awesome The Punisher MAX is from start to finish. There are to be four more collections in this series, which ran from 2003 to 2008. Volume Four comes out just after Christmas, and Volume Five comes out in February.
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