Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Born (2003 Punisher) #1-4 and Punisher (2004-2009 7th Series) Max #1-12. Written by Garth Ennis. Art by Darick Robertson, Lewis Larosa and Leandro Fernandez. Cover by Tim Bradstreet. Experience the gritty and uncompromising PUNISHER MAX from the very beginning! When a mob hit killed his beloved wife and children, Frank Castle became the Punisher - an unstoppable one-man army waging war on every piece of criminal scum plaguing New York's streets. But do the Punisher's origins trace back even further? In 1971 Vietnam, Captain Castle's platoon faces a Viet Cong attack - and to survive, he must make a grim choice. Then, Punisher's old partner, Microchip, long thought to be a casualty of Castle's war, resurfaces with a startling offer! Will the Punisher play patsy for the CIA? If not, will they let him walk away? And in a story ripped from the headlines, Castle must take on rival Irish gangs when a bomb goes off in Hell's Kitchen! Softcover, 416 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $34.99.