Issue 8

Date:  February, 1990
Title:  Hard Choices, Part Two: Devils at the Doorstep
Writer:  Fabian Nicieza
Penciler:  Mark Bagley

Synopsis:  Night Thrasher charges at The Punisher and they begin to fight.  Night Thrasher surprises the Punisher with his moves and tech.  Then the Punisher fires at Thrasher point blank in the head.  The Punisher decides to run and use his resources to find out what he's up against.  An injured Night Thrasher demands that Silhouette and the priest give him answers as to why the Punisher and the Bengal are after them.  Meanwhile in Brazil, the rest of the Warriors and Chord are making their way through the rainforest when they are attacked and defeated by Force of Nature.  It turns out the Force of Nature was hired by Project: Earth.  Speedball volunteers the team to work with Project: Earth when he sees his mother is with them.  In Massachusetts the White Queen is mentally assailing the guard who gave out the access codes to the Hellfire Club's computers in order to find the name of who he gave them to and why.  In Egypt, the mysterious woman is seen putting her plan to use the Scepter of the Ka in motion.  Back in New York, the Punisher is going over the data he has collected on Night Thrasher's armor, but there is one portion of the armor he can't decipher.  Back in the church, the priest tells his experiences of fighting in Vietnam.  During an evacuation a Vietnamese boy tried to hang on to a helicopter as it took off, but the priest kicked him off.  The priest was sentenced to jail time and only became a priest after his release.  The boy, who was thought to be dead, grew up to become the Bengal and now wants his revenge.  In Brazil, the other Warriors have now woken up and discovered that they have been volunteered by Speedball to help Project: Earth.  The leader of Project: Earth, Omar Barrenos, tells them that their disappearance during a violent protest was a hoax planned in order to discredit the developers and to keep them from destroying the rain forest.  Barrenos then tells the Warriors that they plan to attack the developers, the corporations and the Brazilian government.  Back at the church, Silhouette tells Dwayne that she has no idea why the Punisher is after her.  Then the Punisher drives his van through the church walls.  He grabs Silhouette and holds a gun to her head demanding that Thrasher give himself up.    Just then Thrasher appears behind him pointing a gun at him, the object which was hiding in the compartment that the Punisher couldn't figure out. 

Key Events:

	The Warriors battle Force of Nature for the first time.
	The White Queen comes closer to discovering the New Warriors hacked into her computers.
	Meryet furthers the development of her plan to become the Sphinx
	First detailed explanation of Night Thrasher's armor is seen.
	The origin of the Bengal is told.