Appearing in "The Power Broker Resolution!"
Featured Characters:
- Punisher (Frank Castle) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Syndicate (Only in flashback)
- Costa Family (First appearance)
- Leon Kolsky (First appearance) (Unnamed) (Only in flashback)
- Matt Skinner (First appearance) (Unnamed) (Only in flashback)
- Byron Hannigan (First appearance) (Unnamed) (Only in flashback)
- Bruno Costa (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Luis Allegre (First appearance) (Unnamed) (Only in flashback)
- Costa Family (First appearance)
- International Industrial Alliance (First appearance)
- Mr. Kingsley (First appearance)
- Mark Christianson (First and only known appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Mike Hauley (First and only known appearance; dies)
- FBI
- Andy Morganstern (First appearance)
- Inspector Dave Hamilton (First appearance)
- James Jefferson Holt (First and only known appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
- Grundy (informant) (First and only known appearance; dies)
- Maria Castle (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Frank Castle, Jr. (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Lisa Castle (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Forrest Hunt (First appearance) (Unnamed) (Only in flashback)
- Mike Hauley's daughter (First appearance)
- Tommy Hauley (First appearance)
- Mike Hauley's wife (First appearance)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- Financial District
- Central Park (Only in flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Illinois
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "The Power Broker Resolution!"
In downtown Manhattan, the Punisher prevents a political assassination by shooting the assassin hiding on a neighboring rooftop. Interrogating the injured man, Punisher realizes he is an old Army buddy named Mike Hauley. Hauley alludes to other military companions who have become assassins as well, but before the Punisher can learn more, a passing helicopter drops a bomb on the rooftop, killing Hauley and narrowly missing the Punisher. Punisher resolves to visit Hauley’s family outside Chicago. Meanwhile, the detective assigned to the case, Dave Hamilton, recounts two previous assassinations recently carried out by ex-military men who were both killed soon after.
The Punisher visits a contact in Chicago but is fired upon by a sniper as he leaves, killing his contact in the crossfire. When the Punisher catches up to him the sniper tries to use a weapon hidden in his watch but it electrocutes himself instead. Meanwhile Hamilton and his partner dig into the Punisher’s past, learning that he was a highly-decorated Marine who was visiting his family on leave, only to witness them all gunned down by the mafia when they accidentally stumbled upon a mafia execution. Driven mad, he began a one-man war on the mafia, adopting the name bestowed upon him by the newspapers—the Punisher.
With no leads, Punisher visits Hauley’s widow and children outside Chicago. Hauley’s widow blames the Punisher for her husband’s death, but when her house is blown up, the Punisher saves both her and her children, and she tells him that her husband had been working for a man named Mark Christanson. Infiltrating Christanson’s mansion by disguising himself as one of his personal hired guard, Punisher learns that Christanson has developed a high-tech laser cannon and intends to overthrow the US Government with his private army. When he is discovered, Punisher fights his way through Christanson’s men and uses a bomb to blow up an underground generator, destroying Christanson’s personal force field the entire mansion as well.
Scanning the news reports later, Punisher watches Detective Hamilton vow to bring him to justice.
Appearing in "The Messiah in the Saddle Resolution"
Marvel Super Action #1
(originally printed as Accounts Settled... Accounts Due!)
Featured Characters:
- Punisher (Frank Castle) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- NYPD (Only in flashback)
- Detective John Laviano (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Numerous unnamed others (Only in flashback)
- Mechanic (Reiss) (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- Syndicate (Main story and flashback)
- Audrey (First and only known appearance; dies) (Main story and behind the scenes in flashback)
- Leon Kolsky (Name first revealed) (Death) (Only in flashback)
- Matt Skinner (Name first revealed) (Death) (Only in flashback)
- Byron Hannigan (Name first revealed) (Death) (Only in flashback)
- Bruno Costa (Death) (Only in flashback)
- Luis Allegre (Name first revealed) (Death) (Only in flashback)
- Frank Costa (First and only known appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Joey Charisma (Only appearance; corpse in flashback only)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked) (Main story and recap)
- Frank Castle, Jr. (Death in recap)
- Maria Castle (Death in recap)
- Lisa Castle (Death in recap)
- Forrest Hunt (Only in recap) (Unnamed)
- U.S. Marine Corps (Mentioned) (Main story and flashback)
- Jesus Christ (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
- FBI (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Madre de Dios (Mary of Nazareth) (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
- Bruno Costa's son and daughter (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Rose Costa (First and only known appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Andrew Jackson (Referenced)
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Charles Bronson (Mentioned) (Topical Reference) (Only in flashback)
- Leon Kolsky's wife (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Jolly Green Giant (Mentioned) (Topical Reference) (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Brooklyn (Only in flashback)
- Bay Ridge (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Red Grotto Restaurant (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Bay Ridge (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Punisher's rental apartment
- Manhattan (Only in recap)
- Central Park (Only in recap)
- Queens (Only in flashback)
- Brooklyn (Only in flashback)
- Catskill Mountains (Only in flashback)
- Playtime Club (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Monticello (Referenced)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Lake Erie (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- New Jersey (Only in flashback)
- Newark (Only in flashback)
- Florida (Only in flashback)
- Punta Verde (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Everglades (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Maryland (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- Gulf of Mexico (Only in flashback)
- Vietnam (Referenced)
- Huế, Thừa Thiên–Huế Province (Mentioned)
- Quảng Trị Province (Referenced)
- Khe Sanh (Mentioned)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Heaven (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Punisher's Suit and Arsenal (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "The Messiah in the Saddle Resolution"
Marvel Super Action #1
(originally printed as Accounts Settled... Accounts Due!)
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "War Toy"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Lawrence Wilder
- his wife
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "War Toy"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Good Lord!"
Marvel Preview #1
(originally printed as Man-Gods from Beyond the Stars)
Featured Characters:
- Recorder Heralx
- Commander Raaman
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Aide Norg
Other Characters:
- prehistoric humans
- chieftain
- his daughte
- shaman (Death)
Races and Species:
Synopsis for "Good Lord!"
Marvel Preview #1
(originally printed as Man-Gods from Beyond the Stars)
- Synopsis not yet written
