Creator: Val Mayerik
Yes, he created Howard the Duck. He also did some great work on Man-Thing and other horror books, as well as many non-Marvel fantasy projects. Web site.
PUNISHER SUMMER SPECIAL #1 (1991)
In 1992, Marvel published the first of four Punisher Summer Specials, because after all he only was in two regular ongoings and had only three or four one-shots or graphic novels that year. So he needed more exposure.
Lots of good names were attached to the project: Peter David, Pat Mills, Val Mayerik, Jim Palmiotti, Dan Slott…But it was really just mindless (and mind-numbing) violence with nothing to redeem it.
Except the Barbed Wire Gun.