I’m coming. All of you out there, I’m coming. Those who do evil to others-the killers, the rapists, psychos, sadists-take heed. You will come to know me well.
But don’t make the same mistake Sandoval did. Don’t call me Castle. Frank Castle is dead.
Call me the Punisher.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks to:
Gerry Conway and Ross Andru for bringing the Punisher to life.
Jonathan Hensleigh and Michael Tolkin for reimagining Frank Castle’s story in a pedal-to-the-metal screenplay.
The good people at Artisan, in particular Paul David, Amorette Jones, and Steven Komarnitsky.
Keith Clayton and Steve Saffel, my editors at Ballantine/ Del Rey.
Nancy Delia, the Ballantine production editor.
Nora Reichard, the fastest, most thorough copyeditor in the east, west, north, and south.
Ms. Richie C. herself.
And, of course, Stan Lee, without whom neither comic, film, novelization, or the MMS itself would exist.
For those who enjoyed this particular iteration of Frank Castle, see: www.punishermovie.com.
Finally, thanks to my family for enduring the “punishment” right along with me.
A Del Rey® Book
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Copyright © 2004 by Artisan Entertainment.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
The movie “The Punisher” © 2004 Artisan Entertainment. All rights reserved.
Punisher, the character: TM & © 2004 Marvel Characters, Inc.
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eISBN : 978-0-307-41733-6
