Punisher (5th Series)  PUN5   (Marvel, 2000-2001) ™ and © 2000 Marvel Characters, Inc.

At one time the Punisher had three on-going monthly titles, The Punisher, The Punisher War Journal and The Punisher War Zone, as well as myriad specials and crossovers. The character was practically a sub-imprint. But over-exposure eventually accomplished what the mob could not and the Punisher was gone. After a strange attempt to revitalize the vigilante via a quasi-religious direction [The Punisher (4th Series)], failed in 1999, Marvel called upon Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon of Preacher fame to breathe new life into the Punisher franchise.

Utilizing the amalgam of brutal violence and absurd characters often found in Preacher, Ennis took a back-to-basics approach. Frank Castle is a lone, fierce killing machine with a price on his head from Mafia queen, Ma Gnucci, whose encounters with the Punisher mirror those of Herr Starr in Preacher. Additionally three Punisher admirers attempt to emulate him. Payback, a blue-collar killer whose targets are big business types; Elite, an upper class snob who kills those who would lower his property values, and The Holy, a priest who absolves the sinners who confess to him with a very extreme penance. However this trio’s hero worship does not impress Frank Castle.

— George Haberberger

		Notes	Writer	Artist
	Punisher (5th Series) #1 Date: 4/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $3.75 14 copies available from $1.19		Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #1 Variation A Date: 4/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.99 No copies available	White background on cover	Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #1 Variation B Date: 4/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.99 No copies available		Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #1 Dynamic Forces Date: 4/1/2000 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $84.00 1 copy available for $85.00	Dynamic Forces Exclusive Chrome Cover	Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #1 Special Cover Date: 4/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $7.50 3 copies available from $5.00	White background on cover	Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #2 Date: 5/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $3.25 12 copies available from $2.00		Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #2 Special Cover Date: 5/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $6.50 2 copies available from $6.00	White background on cover	Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #3 Date: 6/1/2000 Cover Price: $3.99 NM Guide: $3.75 15 copies available from $2.00	Polybagged with Marvel Knights/Marvel Boy Genesis Edition; Versus Daredevil	Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #4 Date: 7/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.25 18 copies available from $1.00	Versus Ma Gnucci; Punisher cripples Ma Gnucci	Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #5 Date: 8/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 15 copies available from $1.00		Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #6 Date: 9/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.99 13 copies available from $1.50	Versus Ma Gnucci army	Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #7 Date: 10/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.75 15 copies available from $1.00		Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #8 Date: 11/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.75 16 copies available from $1.25	1st Appearance of The Russian	Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #9 Date: 12/1/2000 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 14 copies available from $1.00		Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #10 Date: 1/1/2001 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.50 13 copies available from $1.00	Versus Russian	Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #11 Date: 2/1/2001 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $2.99 11 copies available from $2.50	1st Appearance of The Vigilante Squad; Death of The Russian	Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) #12 Date: 3/1/2001 Cover Price: $2.99 NM Guide: $3.25 10 copies available from $2.50	Death of Ma Gnucci	Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) Book #1 Date: 6/1/2000 Cover Price: $5.95 NM Guide: $5.75 4 copies available from $3.75	Collects Punisher (5th Series) #1-2	Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) Deluxe Set #1 Date: 4/1/2001 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $16.00 1 copy available for $5.00	Collects Punisher (5th Series) #1-12	Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon
	Punisher (5th Series) Deluxe Set #1 Hardcover Date: Cover Price: $24.99 NM Guide: $24.99 No copies available	Hardcover; Collects Punisher (5th Series) #1-12; Indicia reads“First printing"; ca. 2008	Garth Ennis	Steve Dillon