Punisher: Red Band # 1 Foil Variant Polybagged

Punisher: Red Band # 1 (September 10, 2025) is the first issue in a five-part, polybagged limited series for mature readers. The story centers on an amnesiac Frank Castle who, after waking up wounded with no memory, inadvertently sparks a massive gang war in New York City. 

The narrative begins with Frank Castle found critically injured and memory-less on a burning boat in the New York City harbor. Though he doesn't know his name, his violent instincts are fully intact. 

• Memory Loss and Instinct: Frank washes ashore and breaks into an elderly woman's apartment to perform crude, self-surgery to remove the bullets. His actions demonstrate a primal adherence to a violent code despite his lack of identity.
• The Gang War: His reappearance and subsequent actions draw the immediate attention of the city's criminal underworld. He disrupts established operations, sparking a power struggle between major crime bosses, including the Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) and Tombstone (Lonnie Lincoln).
• A Force of Nature: The issue portrays Frank less as a calculating vigilante and more as an unstoppable force of nature, moving with brutal efficiency and creating chaos in the vacuum of his memory loss. 

Punisher: Red Band is notable for its explicit content and mature rating: 

• Writer: Benjamin Percy
• Artist: Julius Ohta
• Publisher: Marvel Comics (explicit content imprint)