All this year I'll be posting Punisher comics. Most of them will be from the pre-Ennis era, but some will be from the Ennis era as well. Expect at least 1 storytime per week.
The past several days I've been storytiming The Punisher's chapters in "events" that Marvel used to publish in their Annuals back during the late-80s and early 90s.
Today's storytime is the same... yet different. We're going to read the next Punisher Annual, but this time it's just a regular Annual, with the jumbo-sized page count and the multi-story format and what have you, and doesn't tie-in to any "event".
It starts off with a cover story by Pat Mills of 2000AD fame, then continues with backup features written by Steven Grant (who wrote The Punisher's original miniseries, among 20-odd other issues) and Chuck Dixon (who's of course done more work on the character than anybody other than Garth Ennis [and MAYBE Mike Baron]). There's also some pin-up art, which is always cool.
You can read all of the "event era Annuals" here:
"The Evolutionary War": "Atlantis Attacks": "Lifeform": "The Von Strucker Gambit": "The System Bytes": PUNISHER ANNUAL #6
Sup Forums still does story times? Cool. I've been away for quite some time but i've been feeling like doing some storytimes lately. I wasn't sure that was still a thing here.
Jackson Edwards
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Nathaniel Foster
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Gavin Lee
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Isaac Gray
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Luis Gutierrez
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Levi Brown
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Eli Collins
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Wyatt Howard
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Elijah Butler
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Noah King
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Liam White
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Luis Davis
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Anthony Bennett
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Joseph Russell
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Ayden Carter
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Gabriel Cox
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Ethan Myers
Looks like there's not much interest in storytimes though. Back in my day storytimes used to be fun social events with people talking about and commenting on the pages.
Caleb Nguyen
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Samuel Cox
I think part of the problem is that comics aren't nearly as popular as they were even a few years ago. Sup Forums is mostly a cartoon board now, whereas it used to be mostly a comics board. There just aren't as many comics readers on the board as there used to be.
Tyler White
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Oliver Bennett
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Kayden Miller
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Ian Walker
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Hudson Green
And that's that.
Noah Bell
For a second I thought that was Thanos in the thumbnail
Grayson Lee
You mean /ctv/ - Capeshit TV and Movies
Lincoln Cox
bumping to read
Chase Russell
Just count the threads in the catalog. It's like 50% cartoons, 20% adaptations, 10% off-topic, 10% WEBcomics, and 10% comic BOOKS.
Isaiah Roberts
New fav page
Elijah Green
The Punisher just produces so many amazing pages.
David Collins
>it's the punisher! >I don't care
When did the Punisher get to the point where criminals stated wetting themselves whenever they heard the name anyway?
Mason Phillips
Love the blond with the big tits on the cover.
Jordan Brooks
bumping for others
Connor Gomez
Who the fuck is this dude with his fucking robot suit bullshit?
Ayden Reed
>just rolls up on some guy's boat party in full costume
How could he have possibly thought he WOULDN'T get kicked out?
Hudson Miller
>The Punisher in a Don Johnson Miami Vice suit
This is hilarious.
Cameron Adams
Anybody remember that Punisher/Spidey crossover where they were stopping a plan to replace the gold standard for economic whatever with drugs? That shit blew my mind when I was in the 6th grade and taking D.A.R.E. Pretty sure it was an issue of amazing, but may have had a Punisher counterpart as well.
Cameron Price
Is this one of the great troll moments in all the history of comics?
Dominic Cruz
>just rips the shirt
Why though? Just unbutton it like a normal person.
Cameron Smith
Bullpen Bulletins was such a weird fucking thing, yet almost always amusing anyway. Marvel used to be such a fun company.
Isaiah Gomez
What in the fuck?!
Evan Hall
>terminator2.jpg
Mason Harris
New favorite frank-face.
Wyatt Ortiz
wow this page is intense
Lucas Ramirez
>puts on shades then walks away from a burning vehicle
Kevin Long
Cover story was OK. 2nd story was slightly better. 3rd story was slightly better than that.
All in all a decent issue.
Jaxon Peterson
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Anthony Clark
Not bad art.
Dominic Gomez
What is even up with this page?
Gabriel Reed
This is OK. At least it tells some kind of story.
Eli Long
Of all the characters that The Punisher has multiple team-ups with, the one I will never understand is Black Widow. How are they supposed to make sense together?
Christopher Bailey
I still stick around for storytimes, though admittedly mostly for the Spiderman, Punisher and America Threads
Nolan Peterson
It varies. it seemed they were most scared of him in the early 90s.
Grayson Johnson
This is the best of all the pin-ups. Tells a story and looks badass.
Michael Murphy
lol
Asher Hernandez
what in the fuck
James Diaz
bumping for others
Gabriel Wilson
Thanks OP
Zachary Hill
I bust my ass working 50+ hours a week. Most of the time when I find these OP is gone. But it is still a good way to kill a few hours while I drain enough rum into my gut to take the day away enough to sleep. I enjoyed every one of OPs threads this year even if they are archived when I find them.
