Punisher #21

Part three of "Up is Down and Black is White" arrives under a Tim Bradstreet cover that puts Frank Castle front and center in near-claustrophobic close-up — scarred, steely-eyed, and gripping his weapon with quiet, purposeful menace. The photorealistic rendering under the Marvel MAX banner captures everything that makes this run compelling: a Frank who looks like he's already calculated every angle of what comes next. Garth Ennis and Leandro Fernández continue their collaboration here, delivering one of 2005's most uncompromising takes on the Punisher.