The Punisher #10

Part two of "Taxi Wars" arrives in this Marvel Knights series, with a cover by Tim Bradstreet that puts Frank Castle's cold intensity front and center — his scarred, impassive face looming over a wide-eyed man whose head he grips with chilling control. The stark black-and-white checkered background throws the raw physicality of the confrontation into sharp relief, perfectly capturing the no-nonsense brutality that defines this corner of the Marvel universe. Written by Tom Peyer with interior art by Manuel Gutierrez, this 2002 issue promises the kind of grim, street-level tension the Punisher does best.