The Punisher #7

Part of Marvel Knights' celebrated "Nuff Said" silent-issue event, this 2002 installment gives Frank Castle's unflinching war on crime room to breathe without a single word of dialogue. Tim Bradstreet's cover does exactly what he does best — a scarred, stone-faced Punisher looms in close-up, his skull emblem front and center, surrounded by a near-wallpaper backdrop of rifles, handguns, shotguns, and scattered shells that communicates his world more efficiently than any caption box could. With Steve Dillon and Jimmy Palmiotti bringing their sharp sensibilities to the interior, this is a tightly crafted chapter in the Marvel Knights run that trusts its visuals completely.