Marvel Tales #219

Against a dizzying spiral target riddled with bullet holes, the Punisher looms large in the foreground — armed, grimacing, and all business — while Spider-Man crouches dynamically behind him in a tense, uneasy alliance that the cover tagline "Manhunt in Manhattan" says everything about. Mike Zeck's pencils and inks give both figures a sharp, kinetic energy that perfectly captures the friction between Marvel's most unlikely crime-fighting duo. With the ominous caption "The Carnage Continues!" setting the mood, this January 1989 issue of Marvel Tales delivers a pairing that's hard to look away from.