PUNISHERMAX (2009)

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON Variant Cover by STEVE DILLON An all-new ongoing series from the acclaimed team of Jason Aaron (WOLVERINE: WEAPON X) and Steve Dillon (PUNISHER: WELCOME BACK FRANK), two guys who were born to tell the exploits of Marvel's most brutal vigilante. Wilson Fisk is a bodyguard for mob boss Don Rigoletto, but he has his eyes on a much bigger prize, and he's gonna use Frank Castle to help him realize his dreams. The biggest story in MAX history begins here, as we witness the birth of the greatest villain the Punisher has ever faced. 32 PGS./Explicit Content $3.99"

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON 'KINGPIN,' PART 2-An all-new ongoing series from the acclaimed team of Jason Aaron (WOLVERINE: WEAPON X) and Steve Dillon (PUNISHER: WELCOME BACK FRANK), two guys who were born to tell the exploits of Marvel's most brutal vigilante. Learn how mob bodyguard Wilson Fisk became the hard-bitten, brutal man he is today, as his plan to become the most powerful crime figure in New York springs into action. The rise of the Kingpin continues, though not if Frank Castle has anything to say about it. 32 PGS./Explicit Content $3.99"

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON 'KINGPIN,' Part 3 Wilson Fisk's plot to become Kingpin of New York finally brings him face to face with Frank Castle, as well as drawing in a 97-year-old, shotgun-toting mob widow and a mysterious hitman known only as The Mennonite. 32 PGS./Explicit Content $3.99 "

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON 'KINGPIN,' PART 4 While Wilson Fisk makes his move on the leading crime families of New York, Frank Castle has problems of his own. Namely the sledgehammer-swinging hitman known as The Mennonite. 32 PGS./Explicit Content $3.99 "

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON 'KINGPIN,' PART 5-Witness the birth of the Kingpin. And witness Frank Castle at his most desperate and brutal. The first arc of PUNISHERMAX concludes with death and murder and more death. 32 PGS./Explicit Content $3.99"

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON 'BULLSEYE,' PART ONE They say he's the deadliest assassin the world has ever known. They say that once he sets his sights on someone, he never misses, no matter what he has to go through to get them. Though his methods may seem unorthodox, even insane, they say he's never failed to kill a single target. No one knows where he comes from or why he does it. No one knows his name. They all just call him Bullseye. And now he's come to New York City, with his sights set on Frank Castle. Let the hunt begin. If you thought our new MAX version of Kingpin was intense, you ain't seen nothing yet. 32 PGS./Explicit Content $3.99"

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON 'BULLSEYE,' PART 2 Frank Castle is reeling, wounded and on the run like never before, all thanks to the psychotic assassin known as Bullseye. What insanely murderous lengths will Bullseye go to in order to bring down his target? And just how far over the edge is Frank willing to slip to stay alive?"

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON 'BULLSEYE,' PART 3 Frank makes a bold choice when he decides to go after a dirty cop on the Kingpin's payroll. Having the psychotic assassin Bullseye hot on his trail is one thing, but can the Punisher hold off the entire NYPD as well? 32 PGS./Explicit Content $3.99"

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON Frank Castle is now Public Enemy #1 in New York City, and nobody's loving it more than Bullseye, the psychotic assassin determined to bring him down. But what happens when Bullseye goes so far that even the Kingpin, Wilson Fisk, wants to shut him down? And how exactly do you pull the plug on the world's most tenacious hitman without becoming a target yourself? 32 PGS./Explicit Content $3.99"

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHSON 'BULLSEYE,' PART 5-Marking the return of Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon's acclaimed PUNISHERMAX this issue finds the Punisher gunning for the Kingpin with the entire NYPD breathing down his neck. The Kingpin is counting on Bullseye to get the Punisher before the Punisher gets him but the assassin has been slowly driving himself crazy trying to figure out the riddle of Frank Castle. 32 PGS./Explicit Content"

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON 'Bullseye' Conclusion: Bullseye has been trying to crack the riddle that is the Punisher for a long time now, and he thinks he's finally figured out the answer. And he won't have to wait long to find out if he's right, because the Punisher is out for blood and he's laying siege to the Kingpin's skyscraper. It's the final showdown between the Punisher and Bullseye in the final chapter of the second arc of PunisherMAX. 32 PGS./Explicit Content $3.99"

"Written by Dave Lapham Pencils & Cover by Kyle Baker 'HONEYMOON IN WAIKIKI' They say women change after marriage. They say they stop caring about their looks and stop cooking meals and stop cleaning your socks. They say they change their hair color and their name and start lying about their whereabouts and sleeping with rich men and killing them and making deals to sell state secrets with terrorists and stop wearing perfume. They say all that, but Deadpool never thought it would happen to him. He never thought his new life as a non-killing dad would start out so blissfully and end up like this -- with his wife having all the fun and him at home taking care of a screaming baby, wondering when its batteries will run out. Can Deadpool pull his life back together, save his marriage, and stop the spread of the deadly Liquid X? Probably not, but one out of three ain't bad. 32 PGS./Explicit Content"

"Written by Jason Aaron Penciled by Steve Dillon Cover by DAVE JOHNSON 'Frank' Part One The Punisher's war on crime has come to a dead stop. Locked in a high-security prison, his arms and legs in casts and hooked to life support, Frank Castle is at the mercy of every lowlife in the place, dreaming of being the one who finally put him down. But what troubles Frank aren't the attempts on his life, but the memories shaken loose by Bullseye. Memories of a time when he wasn't yet the Punisher, but a husband and a father 32 PGS./Explicit Content"

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON The untold origin of the Punisher continues. Once upon a time, Frank Castle was just a regular guy, with a steady job and a loving family. A guy just trying to stay out of trouble and make his way. But Nick Fury had other ideas... 32 PGS./Explicit Content"

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON The Punisher is locked in a high-security prison, with every inmate in the place out for his blood. When the convicts begin banding together to stage a full-scale prison riot, how will the Punisher survive when all the hate, rage and violence contained within these walls comes bearing down on him alone? 32 PGS./Explicit Content"

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON Locked in solitary confinement with a prison riot raging around him, the Punisher is closer to death than ever before. But first he must face the ghosts of his past and relive the worst day of his life. What were?the Punisher's final words to his family before they were ripped from him in a hail of bullets? Writer JASON AARON and artist STEVE DILLON bring you the Punisher's origin?as you've never seen it before. With covers by Eisner-?Winner DAVE JOHNSON. 32 PGS./Explicit Content $3.99"

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON In the wake of last issues prison riot, Frank Castle steps into the light of a new day. Broken out of jail and with nothing but the clothes on his back, he sets out after the man responsible, the man who calls himself the Kingpin of Crime. "

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON The Punisher is at his lowest point. Homeless, penniless, gun-less. But none of this changes the fact that he's got his sights aimed squarely on the most powerful man in the country: the Kingpin of Crime. Fearing for his life and paranoid, the Kingpin brings in a new bodyguard, the best money can buy: a hard-as-nails woman going by the name of Elektra. 32 PGS./Explicit Content"

"Written by JASON AARON Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by DAVE JOHNSON The deadly assassin Elektra was hired but the Kingpin to protect him from the wrath of the Punisher. But can she really shield him from what the Punisher is planning, especially when Fisk seems more interested in trying to get her into his bed? 32 PGS./Explicit Content"

"The Punisher begins his final assault on the Kingpin and only one of them is going to walk away alive. But to get to his target the Punisher has to go right through his bodyguard, the vicious Elektra. 32 PGS./Explicit Content"

"• THE FINAL BRUTAL CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE PUNISHER AND THE KINGPIN! • ONLY ONE OF THESE MEN IS GOING TO WALK AWAY ALIVE. • FINAL CHAPTER OF THE HOMELESS ARC."

"• JASON AARON'S and STEVE DILLON'S seminal run on PUNISHERMAX comes to an end! • DO NOT MISS the Punisher story you'd never thought you'd read! 32 PGS./Explicit Content"