The Punisher #41

Labeled as a special "I ♥ NY" issue, this 1990 entry in Marvel's The Punisher series captures Frank Castle mid-combat in full skull-emblazoned black, hurling an adversary through the air while armed figures close in around him — including a gun-toting woman in the background and a red-haired woman observing the chaos below. Bill Reinhold's cover pencils and inks deliver a kinetic, crowd-pleasing composition that suits the New York-themed celebration perfectly. With Mike Baron scripting and a full art team that includes John Nyberg, José Marzán Jr., Tony DeZuniga, and M. Ritter on inks, this is a well-crafted chapter in one of Marvel's grittier ongoing series of the era.