Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #16

Part of Marvel's 2018 "Damnation" crossover event, this issue plunges Ben Reilly's world into something decidedly hellish — the cover by Khary Randolph shows the hooded Scarlet Spider and a bald, green-clad figure squaring off in the foreground, lampost in hand, while a second Spider-Man figure leaps dramatically above a glowing Las Vegas hotel backdrop, all of them ringed by shadowy demonic creatures closing in from every side. Peter David, Will Sliney, and Rachelle Rosenberg bring a vivid sense of escalating dread to this chapter, with Rosenberg's deep reds and amber tones giving the scene a genuinely unsettling, infernal glow. If you've been following Ben Reilly's turbulent road, this issue looks like the moment the stakes go somewhere much darker.