Goran Parlov

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) bring the first of those stories to light: the tale of Frank Castle's first command, and his first kill. COLLECTING: PUNISHER: THE PLATOON 1-6

Seventeenth-century Japan is a land in upheaval. A land of wandering Ronins and beautiful Geisha. Into this strange and violent world come five of Marvel's greatest heroes as you've never seen them before: Pyslocke, Punisher, Deadpool--and Hulk.

The complete saga complete in one volume! Story Johnson, a hundred-year-old semi-deranged amnesiac pulp fiction-writer returns home from 25 years MIA in Vietnam. All Story wants is to recover his missing time and catch up with some legendary, larger-than-life Johnson Family members. Trouble is, a lot of cousins have "disappeared," and those that are left have put the blame on him.

Forty years ago, Duke McQueen saved an alien world from destruction. Back on earth, nobody believed his story. Now his kids are grown, his wife has passed on, and life has little to offer. Until the day a strange boy from the world he once saved makes an appearance, coaxing Duke to join him on one last adventure. Can Duke handle the leap from has-been to hero?