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The man, Jason Hunt, is revealed to be the son of the man who was murdered alongside Castle's family. He explains to Castle what his father told him about his own mob connections on his death bed blaming one Hector Montoya as the ringleader of the killing. Hector Montoya is currently in prison but is about to be released early due to good behaviour. Jason angered by Hector's release vows revenge for his father's death despite Castle's attempts to convince him otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeciding to tail Jason on the day of Hector's release, Castle fights three thugs who were readying to attack Jason who as he said intends to follow and shoot the just released Hector Montoya. Hector who notices Jason's tail equips himself having returned home to his family and sets off after Jason who has decided against attacking Hector. Confronting Jason the two are at a standoff when The Punisher intervenes but Hector managing to drug Castle leaves him for the dead as grabs Jason's wallet (to learn his home address) which he dropped as he scrambled to escape as Hector and Castle fought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe issues closes with Castle loosing consciousness as the three thugs he attacked earlier encircle around the now incapacitated Castle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marvel","offers":[{"title":"NM","offer_id":48262320193784,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1040\/7328\/files\/PunisherWarJournalVol1_02-NMNewsstand.jpg?v=1776720516"},{"product_id":"punisher-war-journal-vol-1-03","title":"Punisher War Journal Vol 1 #03 (NM)","description":"\u003ch2 name=\"toc-0-0\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaredevil pulls Punisher’s fat from the fire after the vigilante gets a deadly dose of Montoya’s poison. But how will Jason Hunt escape the mobster’s grasp? Plus, the origin of Hector Montoya. Who is the mastermind responsible for a trail of death as bloody as it is wide?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 name=\"toc-0-1\"\u003ePlot Summary\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpening where the last issue left off, The Punisher is slowly losing consciousness as he lies drugged, incapacitated on the ground encircled by three thugs he had previously beaten up. Two of the three though manage to injury themselves with Castle's ballistic knife and the third believes he has killed Castle by firing several shots into his chest, not knowing Castle is wearing kevlar body armour which saves his life. Daredevil, who had been previously tailing Castle, rescue's Castle and returns him to his safe house to recover. Both Hector Montoya and Jason Hunt meanwhile have returned home and as Hector mixes together another batch of his deadly chemical drug the police have started to suspect he might be behind a series of mysterious deaths which have been recently occurring to men who Montoya has a history with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMontoya knowing Jason's address from his driving license sets off to murder Hunt in order to ensure both his and his families safety. Castle having recovered somewhat from Hector's drugging heads to Hunt's house to check on him arriving shortly after Hector does. Montoya and Castle begin fighting as the police arrive at the house also. Montoya spilling his own chemical formula on himself attempts to rush home to see his family one more time before his inventible death but is shot down as he runs towards the police. Frank meanwhile returns to his safe house to recover from the various recent encounters he has had with Montoya.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marvel","offers":[{"title":"NM","offer_id":48262345785592,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1040\/7328\/files\/PunisherWarJournalVol1_03-NM.jpg?v=1776720717"},{"product_id":"punisher-war-journal-vol-1-08","title":"Punisher War Journal Vol 1 #08 (NM)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGang leader Damage and his crew of lackeys play Punisher for a fool…and sorely regret the mistake. 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The Punisher and Wolverine are trailing the same poaching ring in Africa- why then are these two fighting each other? With their hair-trigger tempers, this unlikely team-up may be more cause for concern than cause for good!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 name=\"toc-0-1\"\u003ePlot Summary\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCastle stumbles into their secret hideout after breaking up a street gang's attack on a warehouse, much to Microchip's chagrin. In an attempt to get him to relax and take a break from his non-stop war on crime, which is getting out of control (especially as Castle is no longer concerned with his own well-being, physical or otherwise), Microchip presents a vacation idea: leading a dinosaur-hunting expedition into the heart of the Congo. Meanwhile, a nameless capitalist in Texas examines his trophy collection: stuffed animal heads of rare beasts around the world. In the Congo, we see the dinosaurs are alive and well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Madripoor, Wolverine tends bar while the world thinks he is dead. He grows suspicious and antagonist to a newcomer with a cheetah-skin coat, something that offends even this deadly hunter, since he is opposed to big game hunting. After a brief and painful scuffle, Logan learns a major skins exportation business is going on in the Congo, a situation Wolverine finds unacceptable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCastle agrees to assist the Congo expedition, while in another part of his building, the deli owner has visions of a big cat assaulting a gorilla, enticing him to head \"down south.\" Soon Castle's expedition arrives in the Congo, and some native boys take big interest in Castle's big guns. Miscellaneous events are recalled, such as using medicine to heal a native boy, mosquito attacks, torrential downpour, and eventually the expedition begins in earnest. The wife of the expedition leader acts rather suspiciously, and so does the Congo military liaison, but no one seems to notice. The group makes their way into the heart of the jungle, inquiring of the dinosaurs in the villages they encounter. Soon the wife and the general sneak away into the forest and find a group of gorillas, whom they murder. One of the boys who had \"befriended\" Castle asks them where they have been and knows they are lying about not finding any gorillas. A few hours later, the lying pair declare gorillas stole the boy. Castle finds the boy dead and vows vengeance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWolverine has made it into the Congo jungle as well, on the trail of the poachers. Castle discovers the corpses of the dead gorillas and is attacked by an enraged gorilla. Without wanting to, but having no other choice, Castle plunges his hunting knife into the gorilla. Wolverine arrives on the scene and assumes Castle is the poacher he is tracking. 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