Punisher MAX: The Platoon Vol 1 4

Punisher MAX: The Platoon #4
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Art by: Goran Parlov and Giada Marchisio
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Art by: Goran Parlov and Giada Marchisio
Release Date	December 27, 2017
Cover Date	February, 2018
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Axel Alonso
Rating	MAX: Explicit Content (18 and up)
Original Price	$3.99

1. "4: Absolute Consequences"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Garth Ennis
Penciler(s)	Goran Parlov
Inker(s)	Goran Parlov
Colorist(s)	Jordie Bellaire
Letterer(s)	Rob Steen
Editor(s)	Nick Lowe Kathleen Wisneski

 To the N.V.A., a combat loss is a combat loss. Doesn't matter if it's a bullet or the syph. 

—Second Lieutenant Frank Castle

Appearing in "4: Absolute Consequences"

Featured Characters:

• U.S. Marine Corps (Only in flashback)
  • Sergeant Dryden (Main story and flashback)
  • Second Lieutenant Frank Castle (Only in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• U.S. Marine Corps (Only in flashback)
  • Molland (Main story and flashback)
  • Corpsman Capa (Main story and flashback)
  • Corporal Bago (Only in flashback)
  • Chief Warrant Officer Gleed (Only in flashback)
  • Fish (Main story and flashback)
  • Numerous unnamed soldiers (Only in flashback)
• Michael Goodwin (Behind the scenes)

Antagonists:

• Việt Cộng (Only in flashback)
  • Commander Ly Quang (Only in flashback)
• N.V.A. (People's Army of Vietnam) (Only in flashback)
  • Captain Nguyen Van Cuong (Only in flashback)
  • Colonel Letrong Giap (Only in flashback)
  • Unnamed soldiers (Only in flashback)
• U.S. Army (Only in flashback)
  • 5th Special Forces Group (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Tiger Force (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

• Numerous unnamed Vietnamese (Only in flashback)
• ARVN (Mentioned)
• Maria Castle (Photo) (Only in flashback)
• Lisa Castle (Photo) (Only in flashback)
• Dryden's fiancée (Only in flashback)
• Major Ormskirk (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• Eyeball (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• Cooley (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• Walter Cronkite (Mentioned) (Topical Reference) (Only in flashback)
• Ly Linh (Mentioned) (Deceased) (Only in flashback)
• Ly Quang's mother (Mentioned) (Deceased) (Only in flashback)
• Ly Quang's father (Mentioned) (Deceased) (Only in flashback)
• Imperial Japanese Army (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• Armée de Terre (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Angels (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth-200111 (Main story and flashback)
  • Earth (Main story and flashback)
    • Vietnam (Only in flashback)
      • South Vietnam (Only in flashback)
        • Quang Tri Province (Only in flashback)
          • Khe Sanh (Mentioned)
          • Khe Sanh Combat Base (Mentioned)
          • Lang Vei Special Forces Camp (Mentioned)
          • Hill 861 (Mentioned)
        • Saigon (Mentioned)
        • Huế, Thừa Thiên–Huế Province (Mentioned)
        • Quảng Ngãi Province (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
          • Sông Vệ Valley (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
          • Mỹ Lai (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
      • Hanoi (Mentioned)
    • United States of America
      • New York (Photo)
        • New York City (Photo)
          • Brooklyn (Photo)
            • Flatbush (Photo)
            • Bedford-Stuyvesant (Mentioned)
• Hell (Invoked)

Items:

• Type 56 assault rifles (Only in flashback)

Vehicles:

• Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• PT-76s (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)

Events:

• Vietnam War (Only in flashback)

Synopsis for "4: Absolute Consequences"

• Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

• Frank Castle arranges for his platoon to spend some R&R in Saigon, but that can’t be all Frank has planned there, can it?

• If NVA General Letrong Giap’s plans succeed, Frank and his crew may not have a base to return to…

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