The Punisher is exclusively a comic book.
=== Revivals ===A 12-issue miniseries by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, again titled The Punisher (April 2000  March 2001), under the Marvel Knights imprint, revived the character's popularity
== Publication history ===== First appearance ===The Punisher was conceived by Gerry Conway, then-writer of The Amazing Spider-Man, and was inspired by The Executioner, a popular book series created by author Don Pendleton, in which a Vietnam veteran, Mack Bolan, becomes a serial killer of criminals after the Mafia-related deaths of his family

