Black Widow: Pale Little Spider #3

The concluding chapter of Greg Rucka and Igor Kordey's "Pale Little Spider" arrives with a deeply unsettling cover by Greg Horn: Black Widow, in her black suit and handcuffed to a chair, sits before a masked, uniformed figure who points a rod at a chalkboard bearing the words "I will obey the teacher... I want to be teacher's pet" — skull doodles completing the grim lesson. Published under Marvel's MAX imprint in 2002, this Parental Advisory title earns its explicit-content label with a cover that frames Natasha as captive student in a genuinely sinister classroom power dynamic. It's a striking, tension-laden image that sets an appropriately dark tone for the series finale.