Punisher

The manga takes place in a vastly larger timeframe than the movie and involves a far wider array of characters and subplots. Through the breadth of the work, Otomo explicates themes of social isolation, corruption and power.

The manga originally began publication in 1982 in Japan's Young Magazine and finally concluded in July 1990. The collected manga totaled over 2000 pages and was released in 6 volumes by Kodansha. In 1988, it was published for the first time in the U.S. by Epic Comics, a division of [COLOR=#FF9D03 ! important][COLOR=#FF9D03 ! important]Marvel [COLOR=#FF9D03 ! important]Comics[/color][/color][/color].