PunisherMax #1 Sells Out & Returns With New Printing!

Second Printing announcements are usually pretty standard, they usually contain a little blurb on how awesome the comic is, then a bunch of pull-quotes from well-known reviewers, and then the information on how to order the second printing variant.

With this announcement for PunisherMax #1 however, Marvel got a bit inventive, and wrote the whole thing in the style of one of Frank’s War Journals! I applaud this inventiveness, give us more like this!

BTW: PunisherMax #1 is astoundingly good. It’s a hundred times better than the current Marvel U version of the Punisher, and quite definitely the best Punisher story since Garth Ennis left the title. Jason Aaron is knocking out some amazing work right now, so if you didn’t pick this up the first time, make sure to grab a copy of the second printing.

From the press release:

PunisherMax #1 Sells Out & Returns With New Printing!

From Frank Castle’s War Journal:

Marvel announced that PunisherMax #1 sold out at Diamond (though copies may be available at the retail level). So what? You know how low crime rates have been since I came to town? I’m not taking any breaks, neither should the criminals. The PunisherMax #1 Second Printing Variant should help them out…maybe. But even I’ll admit they’ve got some heavy hitters on this one. That Jason Aaron kid might be a little young, but he’s got skills, I’ll give him that. And Steve Dillon (you say iconic, I say battle-tested)…I think I can trust him after 70 plus issues. He’s got a variant of his original cover in the works–the new one’s black and white, my kind of color scheme.

The Rigoletto Family’s got a new bodyguard. He’s not just another schlub with a taste for the big time though. No, Wilson Fisk may just have what it takes to make himself Kingpin. That’s if I don’t take him out first.

I strongly urge (don’t make me repeat myself) that retailers check their orders on PunisherMax. I don’t think I should have to explain myself but the press think it’s good enough. And the people who listen to those reporters think it’s even better. Fisk has got his heart set on moving up but it’s about time that I put him down in the PunisherMax #1 Second Printing Variant!

PUNISHERMAX #1 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (OCT098089)
Written by JASON AARON
Penciled by STEVE DILLON
Cover by STEVE DILLON
Explicit Content …$3.99
FOC—12/03/09, On-Sale—12/23/09 (23 Dec 2009)