PUNISHER SHOWDOWNS: WINTER SOLDIER #1

During the years when Bucky Barnes operated as a mind-controlled sleeper agent, he was deployed on missions chosen for their political consequences. Turning him loose in New York puts him on the same ground as Frank Castle, and the issue asks a straightforward question: which man's target ends up dead. Punisher Showdowns pairs Castle's private war against the guilty with a different figure from the Marvel Universe each time, and this instalment sets two methodical killers against one another. Parental advisory.