Darkhawk #9

The cover of Darkhawk #9 (November 1991) makes the team-up promise impossible to miss: the Punisher dominates the foreground in his skull-emblazoned black costume, armed and intense, while Darkhawk surges forward in his sleek dark armor below him, both figures radiating a sense of hard-edged momentum. Mike Manley's cover art captures a satisfying contrast between the two vigilantes — one a grim street-level warrior, the other a winged armored hero — framed by bursts of orange and gold that give the whole image a kinetic charge. With the story titled "Honor Among Psychotics," this 1991 Marvel chapter looks like exactly the kind of gritty, high-energy crossover fans of either character would want to pick up.