Punisher #28

Part four of "The Slavers" arrives in this Marvel MAX installment, with Garth Ennis and Leandro Fernández continuing one of the Punisher's most unflinching story arcs. Tim Bradstreet's cover — rendered in his signature painterly realism — shows a gaunt, weathered figure seated at a cluttered desk, studying an open anatomical illustration while gripping a large knife, surrounded by tools, wires, and a cigarette pack in the dim light. The mood is oppressively deliberate, hinting at methodical menace rather than action, perfectly in keeping with the mature, grounded tone that defines this MAX era.