Punisher #9 pg 25 by Whilce Portacio
Artists: Whilce Portacio (Penciller) , Scott Williams (Inker)
47 Comments - 1,215 Views - 23 Likes
Additional Images:
Colored/Published Version
Artwork Details
|
DescriptionMy first piece by both Whilce Portacio and Scott Williams! Pretty cool in that the page is from early in both their careers – 1988. Picked up from Saul Zimmerman this past June at the LA Comic Art Show.Just…Frank doing what he do. To start, using whatever’s available. Here, a katana. Poor chap. I like the flow down the page with the 5 horizontal panels. Reminded me of a scene from an ‘80s action film :) Got Frank taking out one of the bad guys first (dig that musculature on Frank, too!) then getting straight cold with the other. Doling out “punishment” in different ways. The capper was that last panel – again, ‘80s action with the anti-hero stepping out the scene. “There’s one shell left. Waste it on me and I’ll kill you slow”. With the zipatone accented skull against his silhouette. Like I said, COLD! Real “essence of the Punisher” page, I think. I didn’t have this issue as a kid but had the one after, #10, with the Punisher vs. Daredevil. That, along with DD #257 also with Frank vs. DD, I remember distinctly. Maybe a page from #10 one day, but in any case, I'm GOOD with this BAD boy! Social/Sharing |
About the Owner
|
 |
Contact the OwnerUse can use a contact form to send an email to this gallery owner,
|
Comments on this Artwork
You must be logged in to make comments.
JN 80 
Member Since 2016
2 - Posted on 8/13/2021
Great pick up KG. Great panels through out, but that skull shot is great
Chris Snorek
Member Since 2009
3 - Posted on 8/13/2021
It’s tough to comment on your stuff because you basically say everything I would say about a piece in your description. Anyway, agree with you and great addition!
Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan
Member Since 2013
3 - Posted on 8/13/2021
Chris Snorek wrote:
It’s tough to comment on your stuff because you basically say everything I would say about a piece in your description. Anyway, agree with you and great addition!
everything he said!
Michael McIsaac
Member Since 2020
3 - Posted on 8/13/2021
It's incredible that this was in a Comics Code approved book back in 1988! I thought the Code was there to protect our impressionable young minds from such violence! But all kidding aside, I think half the boys in my sixth grade class were reading this book at the time. Baron had the character down cold, and Portacio and Williams were starting to show why they would go on to be two of the biggest comic book artists of the next decade. Great page!
André .
Member Since 2015
3 - Posted on 8/13/2021
Michael McIsaac wrote:
It's incredible that this was in a Comics Code approved book back in 1988! I thought the Code was there to protect our impressionable young minds from such violence! But all kidding aside, I think half the boys in my sixth grade class were reading this book at the time. Baron had the character down cold, and Portacio and Williams were starting to show why they would go on to be two of the biggest comic book artists of the next decade. Great page!
Was thinking the same thing - how was this CCA approved!? Glad it was, tho. Great page
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
2 - Posted on 8/16/2021
Michael McIsaac wrote:
It's incredible that this was in a Comics Code approved book back in 1988! I thought the Code was there to protect our impressionable young minds from such violence! But all kidding aside, I think half the boys in my sixth grade class were reading this book at the time. Baron had the character down cold, and Portacio and Williams were starting to show why they would go on to be two of the biggest comic book artists of the next decade. Great page!
Thanks, Michael, and agree all around! We's all the better for a lax Comics Code - let the creative team shine :)
Jordan Joanou
Member Since 2008
2 - Posted on 8/13/2021
That closeup of the Punisher's emblem in the bottom panel is definitely the money shot. Congrats!!
Kavi H
Member Since 2018
2 - Posted on 8/13/2021
yooo that's a brutal and classic Punisher scene man awesome Whilce great addition
M L
Member Since 2015
2 - Posted on 8/13/2021
Just brutal. So much more powerful in the original black and white too. Congrats!!!
Canada Jones
Member Since 2017
2 - Posted on 8/13/2021
Great Pickup Kahlil! These are getting harder to get these days!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
2 - Posted on 8/13/2021
First, the classic all horizontal panel layout is always so pleasing to the eye and gives the storytelling a cinematic feel, which is precisely why you get that "scene from an ‘80s action film" feeling from it. This method of storytelling, of course, is highly reminiscent of Miller's approach on his first Daredevil run. The unique rendering style is just fabulous and Williams' inking style was as good a symbiotic match for Portacio's pencils as they were for Jim Lee's. Congrats!
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
2 - Posted on 8/16/2021
Ruben DaCollector wrote:
First, the classic all horizontal panel layout is always so pleasing to the eye and gives the storytelling a cinematic feel, which is precisely why you get that "scene from an ‘80s action film" feeling from it. This method of storytelling, of course, is highly reminiscent of Miller's approach on his first Daredevil run. The unique rendering style is just fabulous and Williams' inking style was as good a symbiotic match for Portacio's pencils as they were for Jim Lee's. Congrats!
Good point on Miller DD! Didn't make that connection initially, maybe because I found that run a lot later. But totally see it, as well as that "cinematic" influence. Portacio/Williams definitely doin' their thang here! Thanks, Ruben!
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
2 - Posted on 8/13/2021
I'm going to have to issue Marvel some fines on behalf of the comics code authorit....."Spuuurrraaaakkgg"!!!!!!!!!
<choke>...
<sob>...
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
2 - Posted on 8/16/2021
Marcus Wai wrote:
I'm going to have to issue Marvel some fines on behalf of the comics code authorit....."Spuuurrraaaakkgg"!!!!!!!!!
LOL!! Spoke too soon :)
James S
Member Since 2017
2 - Posted on 8/13/2021
Brutal! And I love the logo shot to complete the page!
Scott Williams
Member Since 2004
4 - Posted on 8/13/2021
Memorable page! One of the bloodiest pages we got away with. Always tried to push the violence envelope, but Marvel (and the code) always pushed back. This one was a victory!
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 8/16/2021
Scott Williams wrote:
Memorable page! One of the bloodiest pages we got away with. Always tried to push the violence envelope, but Marvel (and the code) always pushed back. This one was a victory!
I'm sure you and Whilce had some healthy tension with editorial, Scott :) I'm picturing you 2 high fiving with this win! Thanks for the comment - really happy with this first OA add by you, as well as Whilce!
Johnny M
Member Since 2014
Forum Moderator
2 - Posted on 8/13/2021
Great description and great page! Ruthless!
Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006
2 - Posted on 8/14/2021
I read your description carefully. As this is a bad boy you may need to punish them !
David Askani’Son
Member Since 2012
Forum Moderator
2 - Posted on 8/14/2021
Dayammmmmm that's some slicey dicey action! Great get and amazing piece bud!!!
Steve N. Comic/Fantasy Art
Member Since 2017
2 - Posted on 8/14/2021
The physicality of this page just oozes character. The Punisher powerfully doling out punishment. The expressions on the faces of the SOBs who aren't long for this world. And that Death's Head...
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
2 - Posted on 8/16/2021
Steve N. Comic/Fantasy Art wrote:
The physicality of this page just oozes character. The Punisher powerfully doling out punishment. The expressions on the faces of the SOBs who aren't long for this world. And that Death's Head...
Egzzactly, Steve! All of that was the lure. Flipped through a lot of art that Sunday and this one kept calling me back :)
Dave W
Member Since 2006
2 - Posted on 8/14/2021
Yeah, this is perfect Frank, doing tropical Frank things. Such a great page, glad it found you. Congratulations!
Paul P Spiderversity
Member Since 2011
2 - Posted on 8/14/2021
Perfect page--the kind that feels complete in and of itself. So much story and action, with a satisfying ending. And yeah, look at the Punisher's musculature in the first panel! Some very gritty and explicit imagery, but this aint a Spider-Man comic book. It's the PUNISHER!!
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 8/16/2021
Paul P Spiderversity wrote:
Perfect page--the kind that feels complete in and of itself. So much story and action, with a satisfying ending. And yeah, look at the Punisher's musculature in the first panel! Some very gritty and explicit imagery, but this aint a Spider-Man comic book. It's the PUNISHER!!
That's right - you know we love some Spidey, Paul, but Pete and Frank definitely play some different...roles in the Marvel Universe :) And we like it that way. Totally agree with this page feeling "complete in and of itself" - don't think I had thought that explicitly but definitely was implicit in its appeal!
Jimmy Cawley
Member Since 2015
2 - Posted on 8/15/2021
KG, the best at what he does - collect sweet pages
J H
Member Since 2019
2 - Posted on 8/16/2021
Oh, yeah, now that is a Punisher page. A katana to the throat, and then he doesn't even deign to take out the main baddie. You're already dead, dude, just shoot yourself. Heh, love it. And those last two panels are...killer. :rimshot: :) Great pick-up, Kahlil. Big congrats!
Jason Hussa
Member Since 2017
2 - Posted on 8/19/2021
Oh, man, K!! My mom would have LOVED this one back in the day! An incredible testament to / showcase of everything that's wrong about comics! "But Mom," I'd say, "what about the sex? What about the drugs?" But she would hear none of it... She would just go on and on about comics at that age... ;) Incredible pick up, K. I know this was "just another Tuesday" for the Punisher, but how crazy was it to hit this page as a kid? Brutal. And totally historic in the context of the talent producing the page: not an easy score, getting such a strong example of Whilce and Scott together in this era... Lots of fun inking, zipatone, paint touches; these gents were testing their wings (just as the readers were all pushing their boundaries, too :) ), A terrific takeaway from LA, and I know how excited you were to land it! Congrats, pal!
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
2 - Posted on 8/19/2021
Jason Hussa wrote:
Oh, man, K!! My mom would have LOVED this one back in the day! An incredible testament to / showcase of everything that's wrong about comics! "But Mom," I'd say, "what about the sex? What about the drugs?" But she would hear none of it... She would just go on and on about comics at that age... ;) Incredible pick up, K. I know this was "just another Tuesday" for the Punisher, but how crazy was it to hit this page as a kid? Brutal. And totally historic in the context of the talent producing the page: not an easy score, getting such a strong example of Whilce and Scott together in this era... Lots of fun inking, zipatone, paint touches; these gents were testing their wings (just as the readers were all pushing their boundaries, too :) ), A terrific takeaway from LA, and I know how excited you were to land it! Congrats, pal!
Lol! It's funny how blasphemous to moms and pops this could be for comics but at the same time there'd be no issue watching Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Seagal, etc, movies from the time, with the same images, many worse, in live action! And yeah, probably a little more on the violent bent than my usual pick ups, but this is CASTLE! Thanks, J!
Anthony Bryan
Member Since 2014
2 - Posted on 8/19/2021
Great stuff as usual! I was just regretting not getting a Portacio/Williams Punisher page the other day. They were good together!
A K
Member Since 2017
2 - Posted on 8/20/2021
Whilce's work is always arresting but this page....just amazing! The storytelling is perfect and it tells you all you need to know about Frank Castle.
Daryl R
Member Since 2015
2 - Posted on 8/21/2021
Oh man! This page is just so good on every level! Bloody... brutal... everything you want in a good Punisher page! Congrats!
Jordan Joanou
Member Since 2008
2 - Posted on 8/28/2021
That bottom panel closeup is so simple, yet so powerful.
Ellis M
Member Since 2012
2 - Posted on 8/29/2021
Damn dude! That's a great early Portacio! What a treasure!
Neon Dragon
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 7/28/2022
The gore and story is phenomenal and just when you think it can't get any better, that last panel ends the page! This is an amazing piece! Major congrats!
Jeremy Radisich
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 8/13/2022
Truly shocking that they were able to get this published. As a teen reader in the late 80s, there were comics--like this one--that felt edgy, challenging, and a little scary in a good way. Kind of like getting into a R-rated movie, I always felt a little tougher after reading these early issues of the Punisher series!
Rafael Via
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 11/9/2022
Looking at the first 3 panels only, we get a glimpse of what Whilce would become. Horror style like in Wetworks. great page!
Latest Updates
All |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Auctions ADVERTISEMENT
 |
Auctions
| John Buscema and Ernie Chan Conan the Barbarian #1 |
Auctions
 |
JOHN ROMITA AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #71 COVER (SOLD FOR $220K!) |
Auctions
 |
Humberto Ramos - Edge of Spider-Verse #3 Variant Cover |
Hakes Auctions
 |
SUPERMAN VOL. 2 #65 COMIC BOOK COVER ORIGINAL ART BY DAN JURGENS. |
Subscribe to the YouTube Channel.. FREE!
Splash Page Comic Art
17 Accepting Commissions
Commission an Artist
For Sale Updates
Classified Updates |
|
Rene Dorenbos9/6/2025 5:20:00 AM |
|
Monty B9/5/2025 3:53:00 PM |
|
Saxa Luna Galianan9/5/2025 1:01:00 PM |
|
Will Gabri-El9/5/2025 12:25:00 PM |
|
Michele M9/5/2025 12:05:00 PM |
|
Keith Veronese9/5/2025 11:09:00 AM |
|
Dealer Updates |
|
Coollines Artwork9/5/2025 9:24:00 PM |
|
Koch Comic Art9/5/2025 7:54:00 PM |
|
Anthony's Comicbook Art9/5/2025 6:43:00 PM |
|
Will's Comic Art Page9/5/2025 12:25:00 PM |
|
Essential Sequential9/5/2025 12:15:00 PM |
|
Achetez de l'Art9/5/2025 12:15:00 PM |
|
|
Become a Premium CAF Gallery Owner & you'll be supporting CAF and also gain access to many services and features not available to standard members.
|