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Savage Action #1 (Nov. 1980):
“Death Sentence”
by Gerry Conway, Tony DeZuniga

Savage Action #1

Title: “Death Sentence”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1980

Publisher: Marvel UK
Written by: Gerry Conway
Art by: Tony DeZuniga

Number of Pages: 32


9 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
The Punisher The Punisher (Frank Castle)
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: S Catholic (former seminarian)
Code Red; Marvel Knights...  Marvel 1,893
Lt. Mike Hauley villain
  United States Marine Corps
[former Marine alongside Frank Castle; later an assassin]
Marvel 1
Mark Christianson villain
  [led private army International Industrial Alliance (IIA)] Marvel 1
Stan Witts supporting character
  NYPD
[investigated death of Punisher's family]
Marvel 5
Frank David Castle villain
CBR Scale: S Catholic
[son of Punisher] Marvel 4
Maria Elizabeth Castle villain
CBR Scale: S Catholic
[wife of Punisher] Marvel 4
Bruno Costa villain
  Mafia Marvel 6
Forrest Hunt villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
[Castle family was killed for seeing his mob execution] Marvel 3
Lisa Barbara Castle supporting character
CBR Scale: I Catholic
[Punisher's daughter; killed by mobsters] Marvel 4

This comic was reprinted from pages 1-19 of: Marvel Preview #2 (July 1975): "Death Sentence". (Only a portion of the original comic was reprinted in this publication.)