#204: October 1973 (w/Gerry Conway) - "The Punisher Strikes Twice!"

Marvel by the Month

Gerry Conway got his start writing comics with a story in DC Comics’ House of Secrets #81 in 1969, when he was just 16 years old. Within three years, he'd written Daredevil, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, The Inhumans, The Black Widow, Thor, Man-Thing, Werewolf by Night, Tomb of Dracula, and Fantastic Four. And in 1972, he became only the second writer after Stan Lee to script The Amazing Spider-Man, where he introduced Hammerhead, Man-Wolf, Tarantula, The Grizzly, Cyclone, The Jackal, and the man we're here to talk about today, The Punisher! (He also killed and then cloned Gwen Stacy, which kept him away from comic book conventions for a decade.)

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Stories Covered in this Episode:

"The Punisher Strikes Twice!" - Amazing Spider-Man #129, written by Gerry Conway, art by Ross Andru, Frank Giacoia, and Dave Hunt, letters by John Costanza, colors by Dave Hunt, ©1973 Marvel Comics

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