Garth Ennis Era (2000-Present) Following the limited success of the 1998 limited series, the "Marvel Knights" line launched a twelve-issue mini-series in 2000, concluding in 2001. Written by Garth Ennis, the popular writer of violent stories in Preacher and elsewhere, with pencils by Steve Dillon, Preacher's artist, the mini-series was a smash hit. It all but ignored the previous mini-series, focusing on violence and humor -- instead of continuity. Following the smash hit of Ennis's twelve-issue mini-series, an ongoing Punisher series was added to the Marvel Knights line. It began with six issues by the same popular team (Ennis, Dillon, and Palmiotti) that had done the 12-issue limited series. Ennis returned with issue #13 and remained on the title throughout the remainder of its run. Ennis wanted to change the tone of the series, moving it away from humor, and so the series was cancelled, only to be relaunched immediately under Marvel's mature readers MAX imprint.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
1. Ennis's Original Mini-Series
The Punisher (fifth series) #1-12, The Punisher (sixth series) #1-18: Tim Bradstreet cover
Born #1-4, half of Marvel Knights: Double-Shot #1; The Punisher (fifth series) #1-12; The Punisher (sixth series) #1-6, 13-37; The Punisher (seventh series) #1-18; Punisher / Painkiller Jane: Garth Ennis script
The Punisher (fifth series) #1-12, The Punisher (sixth series) #1-7: Steve Dillon pencils; Jimmy Palmiotti inks
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (fifth series) #1	cover-dated April 2000	0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (fifth series) #1 [alternative cover]	Steve Dillon cover	0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (fifth series) #2		0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (fifth series) #2 [alternative cover]	Steve Dillon cover	0
Larger Version Available	Punisher Collected Edition	reprints The Punisher (fifth series) #1-2; has no spine; rushed to press in April 2000 due to the unavailability of the sold-out early issues	0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (fifth series) #3	features a quite nice Daredevil appearance in which Frank Castle forces Daredevil to compromise his morals, effectively destroying him; came packaged with a preview comic featuring art for the then-upcoming launch of (the comic book entitled) Marvel Knights	0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (fifth series) #4		0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (fifth series) #5		0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (fifth series) #6		0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (fifth series) #7		0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (fifth series) #8		0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (fifth series) #9		0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (fifth series) #10		0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (fifth series) #11		0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (fifth series) #12	cover-dated March 2001	0
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	The Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank	collects The Punisher (fifth series) #1-12; Garth Ennis introduction; uses the cover to #1 as its cover; published on Wednesday, 2 May 2001 [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK FROM AMAZON.COM]	1
	The Punisher Volume 1	collects The Punisher (fifth series) #1-12, Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe, and the short story from Marvel Knights: Double-Shot #1; oversized hardcover; cover-dated June 2002	0
Larger Version Available	Punisher / Painkiller Jane	features Painkiller Jane, insane, in love with Punisher; art equally split between Joe Jusko and Dave Ross; Joe Jusko cover; cover-dated November 2000	0
2. Ennis's Marvel Knights Ongoing Series
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (sixth series) #1	The Russian returns (with breasts) and throws Punisher off the Empire State Building; cover-dated August 2001	0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (sixth series) #2	Punisher uses Spider-Man as a human shield	0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (sixth series) #2 [alternative cover]	Steve Dillon cover	0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (sixth series) #3	Punisher goes to Grand Nixon Island	0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (sixth series) #4		0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (sixth series) #5	the Punisher breaks into the White House and threatens Bush	0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (sixth series) #6	features Punisher back in New York City, without explanation, after being dropped in New Zealand	0
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (sixth series) #7	Steve Dillon story; silent issue; includes Dillon's notes (not actually a script as such); includes a one-page pin-up with text (by Garth Ennis) on 11 September 2001 (in the style of Heroes); cover-dated February 2002	0
	The Punisher: Army of One	collects The Punisher (sixth series) #1-7, including the one-page back-up in #7; uses as its cover that of The Punisher (sixth series) #6; published on Wednesday, 20 February 2002 [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	1
Larger Version Available	The Punisher (sixth series) #8	Ron Zimmerman script; Mike Lilly pencils; Rodney Ramos inks	0
The Punisher (sixth series) #9, 11: no writing or art data entered
	The Punisher (sixth series) #9		0
The Punisher (sixth series) #10, 12: Tom Peyer script; Manuel Gutierrez art
	The Punisher (sixth series) #10	"This Makes It Personal!"; Frank investigates murdered cab drivers; cover-dated May 2002	1
	The Punisher (sixth series) #11		0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #12	"Yo! There Shall Be an Ending!"; Frank kills those responsible for the cab murders; cover-dated July 2002	1
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Marvel Knights: Double-Shot #1	features two stories, one of Punisher (entitled "Roots" and featuring Punisher torturing a mobster in a dentist's chair) with a Garth Ennis script (and with pencils by Joe Quesada and inks by Danny Miki), the other of Daredevil (featuring a still-sighted Kingpin who feels bad about and is mocked for being fat) entirely by Rob Haynes; Glenn Fabry cover; originally supposed to carry a December 2001 cover date (October publication), but resolicited with a June 2002 cover-date; published on Thursday, 4 April 2002	1
The Punisher (sixth series) #13-14, 18-23: Steve Dillon art
	The Punisher (sixth series) #13	"A Good Clean Fight"; Frank rescues mobster Thomas Casino; cover-dated August 2002	0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #14	"Killing La Vida Loca"; Frank kills Thomas Casino and the other mobsters he assembles	0
The Punisher (sixth series) #15: Darick Robertson pencils; Nelson inks
	The Punisher (sixth series) #15	"The Exclusive"; Frank give a reporter an interview, then kills him	0
The Punisher (sixth series) #16-17: Darick Robertson art
	The Punisher (sixth series) #16	"Vertical Challenge"; Frank beats up Wolverine while confronting midget mobsters	0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #17	"Aim Low"; killing the midget mobsters, Frank runs over and literally flattens Wolverine (great fun!)	0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #18	"Downtown"; Frank visits Belfast and hates both sides of the conflict; cover-dated December 2002	1
	The Punisher: Business as Usual	collects The Punisher (sixth series) #13-18 [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	1
	The Punisher Volume 2	collects The Punisher (sixth series) #1-7, 13-18; oversized hardcover	0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #19	Joan (from Ennis's original mini-series) appears; introduces Joan's dog Frankie	0
The Punisher (sixth series) #20-22: "Brotherhood" storyline, focusing on two New York City cops
	The Punisher (sixth series) #20		0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #21		0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #22	the cops redeem themselves and die in the process; Frank admires cops	0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #23	Frank encounters a giant squid while pursuing someone who escaped a hit; published on Wednesday, 19 March 2003	0
The Punisher (sixth series) #24-27: Tom Mandrake art
The Punisher (sixth series) #24-26: "Hidden" storyline
	The Punisher (sixth series) #24	Frank chases criminals into the subways, where he encounters the homicidal homeless	0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #25		0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #26		0
	The Punisher Vol. 4: Full Auto	collects The Punisher (sixth series) #20-26	0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #27	Elektra appears and Frank asks her out	0
	The Punisher Volume 3	collects The Punisher (sixth series) #19-27; oversized hardcover	1
The Punisher (sixth series) #28-37: no art or cover data entered
	The Punisher (sixth series) #28		0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #29		0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #30		0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #31		0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #32		0
	The Punisher Vol. 5: Streets of Laredo	collects The Punisher (sixth series) #19, 27-32	0
The Punisher (sixth series) #33-37: "Confederacy of Dunces" storyline
	The Punisher (sixth series) #33		0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #34		0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #35		0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #36		0
	The Punisher (sixth series) #37	last issue?	0
	The Punisher Vol. 6: Confederacy of Dunces	collects The Punisher (sixth series) #33-37	0
3. Ennis's MAX Ongoing Series
Born #1-4: Darick Robertson pencils; Tom Palmer inks; Wieslaw Walkuski covers; occurs in 1971 at Firebase Valley Forge near Cambodia
	Born #1	establishes the characters and the run-down nature of the base; cover-dated June 2003	0
	Born #2	Frank shoots a wounded V.C. woman rather than let her be raped, then drowns the soldier that tried to rape her	0
	Born #3	a V.C. onslaught against the base begins	0
	Born #4	Frank survives the onslaught and returns home; cover-dated September 2003	0
	Born [hardcover]	collects Born #1-4; includes Wieslaw Walkuski cover sketches, Garth Ennis's proposal, Darick Robertson afterword and sketches, and photo reference Robertson used; oversized hardcover [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK FROM AMAZON.COM]	1
	Born [softcover]	softcover; published after the hardcover	0
The Punisher (seventh series) #1-18: no art or cover data entered
The Punisher (seventh series) #1-6: "In the Beginning" storyline
	The Punisher (seventh series) #1		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #2		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #3		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #4		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #5		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #6		0
	The Punisher MAX Vol. 1: In the Beginning	collects The Punisher (seventh series) #1-6	1
	The Punisher (seventh series) #7		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #8		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #9		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #10		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #11		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #12		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #13		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #14		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #15		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #16		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #17		0
	The Punisher (seventh series) #18		0
MISCELLANEOUS
Punisher: The Movie Adaptation #1-3, Wolverine / Punisher #1-5: Peter Milligan script; no art or cover data entered
	Punisher: The Movie Adaptation #1		0
	Punisher: The Movie Adaptation #2		0
	Punisher: The Movie Adaptation #3	final issue	0
	Punisher: The Movie	collects Punisher: The Movie Adaptation #1-3 plus Punisher's first appearance from Amazing Spider-Man (first series) #129 and The Punisher (fifth series) #1	0
	Wolverine / Punisher #1		0
	Wolverine / Punisher #2		0
	Wolverine / Punisher #3		0
	Wolverine / Punisher #4		0
	Wolverine / Punisher #5	last issue	0

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