About the Punisher Max Graphic Novel Complete Collection Volume 1

(W) Garth Ennis (A) Various (CA) Tim Bradstreet. Experience the gritty and uncompromising PUNISHER MAX from the very beginning! When a mob hit killed his beloved wife and children, Frank Castle became the Punisher an unstoppable one-man army waging war on every piece of criminal scum plaguing New Yorks streets. But do the Punishers origins trace back even further? In 1971 Vietnam, Captain Castles platoon faces a Viet Cong attack and to survive, he must make a grim choice. Then, Punishers old partner, Microchip, long thought to be a casualty of Castles war, resurfaces with a startling offer! Will the Punisher play patsy for the CIA? If not, will they let him walk away? And in a story ripped from the headlines, Castle must take on rival Irish gangs when a bomb goes off in Hells Kitchen! Collecting BORN #1-4 and PUNISHER (2004) #1-12. Explicit Content