The Punisher War Journal #32

Part two of "The Kamchatkan Konspiracy" puts Frank Castle in a genuinely precarious spot — clinging to a rope on a cliff face, machine gun in hand, while military helicopters strafe the rockside and explosions erupt all around him. Bob Larkin's painted cover captures the Punisher at his most exposed, the tagline asking pointedly whether this is truly the end of his rope. With writer Mike Baron and artist Ron Wagner driving the story, this 1991 Marvel issue promises the kind of high-stakes, globe-spanning action that made Punisher War Journal one of the era's grittier ongoing series.