The Punisher #78

Survival Part 2" pushes Frank Castle to his limits, and Val Mayerik's cover captures the chaos brilliantly — the Punisher, skull emblem blazing on his chest, braces against a massive snarling beast lunging at him from above while armed soldiers close in through a snowy landscape below. The raw, kinetic energy of the scene — muzzle flare, shell casings mid-air, a creature that dwarfs its human prey — makes this 1993 issue one of the more viscerally gripping covers of the series' run. If you're following Frank Castle's toughest battles, this second chapter of the "Survival" arc looks like essential reading.