Captain America #241

Two Marvel heavyweights collide on this January 1980 cover, where a gun-toting Punisher looms over a crouching, seemingly off-balance Captain America against a gritty rooftop skyline — the tagline "Powerless Before the Punisher!" making clear that Steve Rogers is on the back foot. The cover art by Frank Miller and inker Bob McLeod crackles with tension, each figure rendered with confident, sharp linework that captures both heroes at their most formidable. Inside, writer Mike W. Barr and artists Frank Springer and Pablo Marcos bring their own energy to "Fear Grows in Brooklyn!" — a title that promises the story is every bit as charged as that stunning cover.