Bullets and Bracelets

In this 1996 Marvel one-shot, writer John Ostrander and artist Gary Frank deliver a tense, character-driven crime story. The issue pits two of the Marvel Universe's most formidable women—a super-soldier and a master assassin—against each other in a gritty, grounded confrontation that explores their contrasting codes of honor. A sharp, standalone thriller from the mid-90s that showcases Ostrander's knack for moral complexity and Frank's detailed, expressive storytelling.