Punisher #26

Part two of "The Slavers" arc arrives with a cover that fills the frame with a close, unsettling portrait of a stone-faced man in a military-style cap, his aviator lenses each etched with a crossed-out skull — a quietly menacing visual that Tim Bradstreet makes feel almost photographic. Garth Ennis, Leandro Fernández, and Scott Koblish continue their mature-readers run under the Marvel MAX banner, and the restrained dread of this cover sets the tone perfectly for what promises to be one of the run's more serious storylines.