The Story:
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Holiday One-Shot!
Ready for a little holiday cheer? No? Neither is Frank Castle. He’s more interested in tracking down a mob rat in the witness protection program and punishing him. But to do that, he’s gonna have to face his greatest foe. Hint, he’s fat, dresses in red, and sports a white beard.
Stories from this comic have been reprinted in a collection, Punisher: Very Special Holidays (Trade Paperback), which was released on Nov., 08, 2006 Find it at online retailers or at a comic shop near you:
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Artwork seemed a little like How the Grinch Stole Christmas, with all the smoke curls and skinny faces and long teeth and whatnot.
genuinely a hard core story...but the art was too stylized