The Punisher #4 — Regular Hood cover — Dark Reign trade dress

The Punisher #1 (1987) collection

The Punisher #4 — Regular Hood cover — Dark Reign trade dress

Regular Hood cover — Dark Reign trade dress

The Punisher #4 — Regular Hood cover — Dark Reign trade dress. Mike McKone restages Klaus Janson’s 1987 fire-escape composition, replacing the window gunmen with the Hood. GCD identifies cover pencils/inks by McKone and colors by Morry Hollowell; ComicLink’s original-art auction explicitly describes both #4 covers as tributes to the 1987 original.

Cover artist
Mike McKone, Morry Hollowell
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Published
April 15, 2009
Cover characters
Punisher (Frank Castle), The Hood (Parker Robbins) · Additional identities under review
Homage to
The Punisher #1 (1987)
Research status
Verified
Homage type
Direct homage
Catalog ID
CL-PUN87-0001

Edition details

Exclusive
No retailer-exclusive designation
Convention
No convention designation
Print Run
Total print run not publicly confirmed
Format / Finish
Standard cover
Country / Language
US / English

Research notes and sources

Regular Hood composition; distinct from the Norman Osborn variant. Barcode on supplied print thumbnail is 00411. Publisher digital image lacks the bottom barcode and price, preserving the full illustrated composition. No incentive ratio asserted. Interior artist Jerome Opeña and colorist Dan Brown are not the cover artists. Mike McKone restages Klaus Janson’s 1987 fire-escape composition, replacing the window gunmen with the Hood. GCD identifies cover pencils/inks by McKone and colors by Morry Hollowell; ComicLink’s original-art auction explicitly describes both #4 covers as tributes to the 1987 original.

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