Punisher #2

Part two of Garth Ennis's "In the Beginning" arc finds Frank Castle in a quiet but unsettling pose on Tim Bradstreet's cover — arms raised behind his head, weapons holstered, as a red web-like pattern spreads across his chest against a wall plastered with faded urban posters. There's a controlled tension to the image, Frank's cold, unflinching gaze suggesting a man who is never truly unarmed. Lewis LaRosa and Tom Palmer bring the interior pages to life under Marvel's MAX imprint, where Ennis's unfiltered, mature-readers take on the Punisher continues to push the character into raw, compelling territory.