The Punisher

A short-lived German-language series from Egmont Ehapa, The Punisher (1991–1993) ran for just four issues, bringing Frank Castle’s grim, one-man war on crime to a European audience. The series was shaped by a trio of writers—Georg Tempel, Chris Henderson, and Gregory Wright—and illustrated by a rotating team of artists including Mike Zeck, Tod Smith, and Whilce Portacio, each lending their own visual grit to the vigilante’s violent crusade. Though brief, it stands as a notable international expansion of the Punisher mythos during the character’s peak popularity in the early 1990s.