About this episode

The episode discusses The Punisher comic and the experience of buying $1300 worth of comic books.

The Punisher [vol 2] #19 (1989) One of Frank’s drug busts goes sideways and he ends up in the Australian outback seeking vengeance for a slain woman that he JUST saved from choking. It’s complicated but Frank does get to eventually ride a camel and wear a fun hat so it’s not so bad. Highlights include: Frank Castle uses the Village Voice to sell drugs the art of the “avalanche divorce” Eastman and Laird visit King’s Cross Gary Oldman runs an Australian tourist office brass-knuckled backhands Marvel tries to fantasy cast the PUNISHER movie and sort of gets it right a lot of Australian slang that we trample over Also, a first-hand account of what it is like to buy $1300 worth of comic books in a single sale. *** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:08:53 *** Promo: INFINITE EARTHS: A GUIDE TO THE DC MULTIVERSE ( https://brickcrisis.com/show/ieg/ ) Continue the conversation with Shawn (@AngryHeroShawn) and Jen (@JenStansfield) on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.com   Also, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYT Download the podcast on Spotify…

People in this episode

Hosts: Shawn Marek, Jen Stansfield

Topics covered

• comic books
• The Punisher
• Australian slang
• drug busts
• comic book collecting
• movie casting

Keywords

• The Punisher
• comic books
• Australian slang
• drug busts
• comic book collecting
• Gary Oldman
• Village Voice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Village Voice

Books & works: The Punisher, The Punisher [vol 2] #19

Places: Australian outback, King’s Cross, Australia

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