Araña: The Heart of the Spider #7

Issue seven of Marvel's Araña: The Heart of the Spider arrives with a cover by Mark Brooks and Jaime Mendoza that packs an ensemble of characters into one tense, glowing composition. At the center stands Araña herself — spider emblem on her tank top, fists trailing a whip-like line — surrounded by a mustached older man, a cloaked figure channeling crackling energy, a pale dark-haired woman with unsettling orange eyes, and a blue-haired armored figure lurking in the lower corner, all framed by a mysterious spider-marked artifact radiating golden light. With writing by Fiona Kai Avery and art by Francis Portela and Victor Olazaba, this 2005 Marvel Next title clearly has a lot of players in motion, and the cover makes it feel like all of them are converging at once.