The Punisher #37

Tim Bradstreet's a terrific artist, his very stylised photo realistic covers very much a trademark. Alas, a little like Adi Granov, his covers sometimes seem a little repetitive. As such, none of his myriad portraits of shadow eyed Frank Castle make the list, as technically good as they all are. Two other Punisher covers, nos 52 (a group of soldiers) and 53 (very, very abstract and bold) nearly made the top 250 (check those other covers out on Comic Vine). However, outside of the Kingpin, it's quite rare to find covers of bald, fat men - not exactly photogenic, are they? So kudos to Bradstreet for going for this strange, downbeat cover featuring, I think, a Russian fella called General Zakharov. From the cover, we have an indication from the medals that this guy has experience and the use of the two henchmen and guns also emphasises threat.

I have ranked this cover no 179 as part of a long term project I am producing on my own blog 'marvel-ous' on blogspot.com re: my favourite marvel comic book covers. Please visit http://dmstarz.blogspot.com and check out the other covers that have made my top 250.