Ben Reilly: Spider-Man #2

Part two of "The Humanity Agenda" arrives with a cover by Steve Skroce that puts Ben Reilly's Spider-Man in the thick of serious trouble — web-shooters firing, he twists acrobatically through an explosion of rubble while a massive, green-skinned, rocky-fisted villain looms beneath him with a ferocious snarl. J. M. DeMatteis and David Baldeón continue their five-part story with this issue, and the energy on display promises the kind of kinetic, high-stakes tension that makes superhero comics genuinely fun. If you've been following Ben Reilly's adventures, this dust-filled, hard-hitting chapter looks like exactly the escalation you'd hope for.