UPDATE: Get a load of this non-text version of one of the covers to The Platoon.
After a few years of delays, Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov’s long awaited newest Punisher Max story The Platoon is now on the verge of being released finally!
This tells of Frank’s first tour in Vietnam where he makes his first kill ever! He’ll do it all again and again and again for the rest of his tours in ‘Nam. Then he’ll kill more and more when he becomes The Punisher years after the old temporary war ends and a new eternal war begins.
UPDATE #2: The New Punisher Max comic is scheduled to be released in October. Here’s the October solicitation to The Platoon.
PUNISHER: THE PLATOON #1 & 2 (of 6)
GARTH ENNIS (W) • GORAN PARLOV (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY STEVE MCNIVEN (ISSUE #1)
VARIANT COVER BY ANDY BRASE (ISSUE #1)
HOW-TO-DRAW VARIANT COVER BY CHIP ZDARSKY (ISSUE #1)
VARIANT COVER BY SCOTT HEPBURN (ISSUE #2)
By the time the Punisher was born in Vietnam, Frank Castle had already become a dark legend of the battlefield. Stories about him were told in whispers, if at all. Now the legendary Punisher team of Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov (PUNISHER MAX, FURY MAX) brings the first of those stories to light: the tale of Frank Castle’s first command, and his first kill. Don’t miss this epic new series!
32 PGS. (EACH)/MAX/Parental Advisory …$3.99 (EACH)
Sherry Konkus lives in Owosso, MI. She is the proud owner of the Camac Athena EX Concert Grand Harp named “Grover” and Camac Mademoiselle named “Ernie.” She’s also the proud author of The Punisher Harp Zone. Sherry is the one who came up with the idea of portraying The Punisher from Marvel Comics as the punishing harpist who plays the harp in memory of his family who was killed by the mob years ago.