The Punisher: War Machine #1

Frank Castle strides through a war-torn cityscape alongside a hulking War Machine armor in Clayton Crain's striking cover for this 2018 trade collecting Matthew Rosenberg and Guiu Vilanova's opening chapter. The pairing of Marvel's grimly determined skull-bearing vigilante with the battlefield-ready armored suit — guns blazing amid crumbling ruins — sets a tone that's equal parts gritty street-level and full-throttle military action. Lee Loughridge's color work gives the rubble-strewn backdrop a dusty, cinematic weight that makes the whole image feel genuinely compelling.