Punisher Max: The Complete Collection #3

Frank Castle stares down the reader with a pistol leveled straight at the lens, his skull emblem and long black coat rendered in Tim Bradstreet's signature gritty, shadowy style against a rain-slicked urban backdrop. This 2016 Marvel collection gathers Garth Ennis's unflinching MAX-era storytelling, with Goran Parlov on art and Giulia Brusco's muted, atmospheric colors bringing the "Barracuda" arc to life. If you appreciate crime comics with genuine teeth, this volume makes a compelling case for why the Punisher MAX run endures.