The series that started the Punisher's road to solo success! Having escaped prison and started a gang war, the Punisher's fighting both sides of the law - but his deadliest enemy may be a conspiracy playing one side against the other! Can he figure out who to trust, who to use and who to kill?

Collecting Punisher (1987) #11-25 And Punisher Annual #1-2. Delivering justice from New York to Japan! Gary Saunders is on death row — but the law doesn’t move fast enough for the Punisher! The kids at Malcolm Shabazz High School had better behave for their new substitute teacher: Mr. Castle! But how does that lead to Frank trying to topple the Kingpin? He’s determined to take down Wilson Fisk once and for all — and it’s all building to a brutal face-off! Then, Frank heads to Las Vegas in search of an assassin! A knockout round in the boxing ring leads to an encounter with the ninja Shadowmasters, and he’ll team up with Moon Knight when Atlantis Attacks — but what is the Punisher’s part in the Evolutionary War? Plus: Frank takes on a war journal’s worth of drug dealers, mobsters and criminals!

The Punisher goes solo! After years making life complicated for Spider-Man, Daredevil and more, the Marvel Universe's deadliest vigilante fires his way into his own series - beginning behind bars! Find out exactly who Frank Castle is as he makes his way back out of prison - and renews his bloody war on crime! Gangsters, drug dealers and other lowlifes beware! These are the formative solo adventures that defined the world of the Punisher - establishing his alliance with Microchip, rivalry with Jigsaw and more! From taking on terrorists to massacring the mob to attacking an assassins guild, the Punisher's mission never ends - but when he crosses paths with the Man Without Fear, will their renewed grudge match turn deadly? Collecting: Punisher (1986) #1-5, Punisher (1987) #1-10, Daredevil (1964) #257 and Marvel Graphic Novel: Punisher - Assassin's Guild

Collects Punisher (1987) #35-48, Punisher Annual (1988) #4, Punisher: No Escape (1990) #1, Punisher: The Prize (1990) #1. When Jigsaw strikes, the Punisher must pick up the pieces! Frank Castle’s disfigured archfoe returns — and this time, he’s allied with the Reverend Sammy Smith! The preacher has history with Frank — but he’s turned away from God in favor of something more diabolical. And he’s out to heal America his way — whether the nation wants it or not! Then, the Punisher takes on arms dealers, drug traffickers and the mob — and goes undercover as a cab driver on the hunt for a killer! And Frank Castle signs up for a brand-new war! Plus, the hired gun Paladin and the former Captain America, USAgent, target the Punisher! And Frank joins the hunt for one of the most prized weapons in the Marvel Universe!

Collects Punisher (1987) #26-34, Punisher Annual (1988) #3, Classic Punisher (1989) #1, Epic Graphic Novel: Punisher - Return to Big Nothing (1989), Marvel Graphic Novel: Punisher - Intruder (1989), Punisher: Kingdom Gone (1990). Don’t call him Big Nothing! In an acclaimed graphic novel, the Punisher has a run-in with an old sergeant that takes him back to his Vietnam days — but now they’re on opposite sides! Then a fed-up Frank Castle targets corporate corruption — with a nuclear submarine! But when super villains wreak havoc with “Acts of Vengeance,” the Punisher takes on a very unfamiliar foe: Doctor Doom! Frank gives his confession, hears a murderer’s sins and goes undercover to end a motorcycle gang’s reign of terror — but he’ll need a high-tech solution to battle the cyborg Reavers! Plus: Money launderers, drug pushers and a murderous secret society are punished in Frank’s relentless war on crime!

The Punisher faces the Russian mob on its home turf. Out of his element and outgunned, can the scourge of the American underworld hold his own in Mother Russia?

The Punisher hits Europe! When Frank Castle heads to London in pursuit of the assassin Snakebite, he fi nds a whole continent of trouble - and also his biggest fan: the British vigilante Outlaw! Their fragile Anglo-American alliance must survive a deadly chase from country to country that will draw in mercenaries from Batroc to the Tarantula! But can the Punisher put a stop to a plot that goes all the way up to the Kingpin himself? And if he returns to America in one piece, Frank will be targeted by the anti-vigilantism task force known as V.I.G.I.L.! Plus: the Punisher in space! The death-dealing Baron Cemetery! And a tense team-up with the Avengers' own Black Widow! COLLECTING: VOL. 7: PUNISHER (1987) 63-75, PUNISHER: G-FORCE, PUNISHER: DIE HARD IN THE BIG EASY, PUNISHER/BLACK WIDOW: SPINNING DOOMSDAY'S WEB