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Frank Castle

Punisher

1,414 appearancesSince 1974

Frank Castle first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 (1974-02), published by Marvel. 1,414 appearances are indexed across 60 series.

Character history

Key issues

11 issues

The Amazing Spider-Man
#129
first appearance
1974-02-00
Marvel Preview
#2
origin
1975-06-00
The Amazing Spider-Man
#175
origin
1977-12-00
The Punisher
#1
origin retold
1986-01-00
The Punisher
#1
origin retold
1987-02-00
Marvel Tales
#217
origin retold
1988-11-00
Marvel Tales
#222
origin retold
1989-04-00
Classic Punisher
#1
origin retold
1989-12-00
What If...?
#26
death
1991-06-00
Ultimate Marvel Team-Up
#6
origin retold
2001-09-00
Thanos#17Cape Archive2018
Thanos
#17
death
2018-05-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

60 series

The Punisher
1987–1995
78 issues →
The Punisher War Journal
1988–1995
51 issues →
Punisher
2004–2009
28 issues →

The Amazing Spider-Man cover

The Amazing Spider-Man

1963–1998

22 issues →

Marvel Tales cover

Marvel Tales

1966–1994

16 issues →

The Punisher: War Zone cover

The Punisher: War Zone

1992–1995

15 issues →

Marvel Knights cover

Marvel Knights

2000–2001

14 issues →

The Punisher cover

The Punisher

2000–2001

12 issues →

Punisher War Journal cover

Punisher War Journal

2007–2009

12 issues →

The Punisher cover

The Punisher

2014–2015

12 issues →

Punisher cover

Punisher

2022–2023

12 issues →

The Punisher Magazine cover

The Punisher Magazine

1989–1989

11 issues →

Punisher cover

Punisher

1995–1997

11 issues →

Punisher Max cover

Punisher Max

2004–2009

11 issues →

The Punisher cover

The Punisher

2016–2018

10 issues →

Daredevil cover

Daredevil

1964–1998

9 issues →

Marc Spector: Moon Knight cover

Marc Spector: Moon Knight

1989–1994

9 issues →

Punisher cover

Punisher

2009–2010

9 issues →

What If...? cover

What If...?

1989–1998

8 issues →

Marvel Age cover

Marvel Age

1983–1994

7 issues →

The Punisher cover

The Punisher

2001–2004

7 issues →

Punisher: Frank Castle Max cover

Punisher: Frank Castle Max

2009–2009

7 issues →

Spider-Gwen cover

Spider-Gwen

2015–2018

7 issues →

The Punisher Annual cover

The Punisher Annual

1988–1994

6 issues →

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Powerless
2004–2005
6 issues →
Daredevil vs. Punisher
2005–2006
6 issues →
Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection
2013–
6 issues →
Punisher Max: The Complete Collection
2016–2017
6 issues →
Punisher Epic Collection
2018–2021
6 issues →
War of the Realms
2019–2019
6 issues →
Savage Avengers
2019–2022
6 issues →
Get Fury
2024–2024
6 issues →
The Punisher
1986–1986
5 issues →
Daredevil
1998–2011
5 issues →
Moon Knight
2006–2009
5 issues →
Punisher War Journal
2007–2007
5 issues →
Punisher War Journal
2007–2009
5 issues →
Civil War Chronicles
2007–2008
5 issues →
UTOCape Archive 2012
Untold Tales of Punisher Max
2012–2012
5 issues →
Thunderbolts
2013–2014
5 issues →
PNCape Archive 2013
Punisher: Nightmare
2013–2013
5 issues →
PMTCape Archive 2017
Punisher MAX: The Platoon
2017–2018
5 issues →
DVTCape Archive 2017
Deadpool vs. The Punisher
2017–2017
5 issues →
The Punisher
2018–2019
5 issues →
Avengers
2018–2023
5 issues →
CGRCape Archive 2018
Cosmic Ghost Rider
2018–2019
5 issues →
CGRCape Archive 2023
Cosmic Ghost Rider
2023–2023
5 issues →
PRBCape Archive 2025
Punisher: Red Band
2025–2026
5 issues →
D/PCape Archive 2026
Daredevil / Punisher: The Devil's Trigger
2026–2026
5 issues →
PCape Archive 2026
Punisher
2026–
5 issues →
Spider-Man
1990–1998
4 issues →
Ghost Rider
1990–1998
4 issues →
Deadpool
1997–2002
4 issues →
TTTCape Archive 1997
Toyfare: The Toy Magazine
1997–2011
4 issues →
W/PCape Archive 1999
Wolverine / Punisher: Revelation
1999–1999
4 issues →
The Amazing Spider-Man
1999–2014
4 issues →
Punisher
2001–2004
4 issues →
BCape Archive 2003
Born
2003–2003
4 issues →
EPCape Archive 2004
Essential Punisher
2004–2012
4 issues →
Punisher Max
2005–2011
4 issues →