Punisher

Garth Ennis and a rotating team of artists—Steve Dillon, Darick Robertson, and John McCrea—redefined the Punisher for a new era in this six-issue Marvel series from 2001 to 2004. Stripping Frank Castle of his usual supporting cast, the story pits him against a grotesque underworld of mobsters and oddballs like Ma Gnucci and Spacker Dave, while a tense encounter with Matt Murdock's Daredevil underscores the vigilante's brutal methods. A gritty, blackly comic take that cemented the character's modern identity.