The Punisher #14

Frank Castle fills the frame in Tim Bradstreet's cover — a close, shadowy portrait of the Punisher gripping a pistol with calm, cold determination, his skull emblem echoed again in the lower corner against a stark red outline. It's a mood-perfect image that captures everything the Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon era does so well: gritty, unflinching, and utterly focused on one relentless man with a mission. Issue #14 of this Marvel Knights run, "Killing La Vida Loca," arrives wrapped in exactly the kind of atmospheric tension fans of this series have come to expect.