Catwoman #48

Catwoman #48 delivers one of 1997's most viscerally unsettling covers, with Selina Kyle screaming in horror as dozens of enormous spiders swarm across her purple costume against a blood-red backdrop — the cover tagline "Selina joins S.P.I.D.E.R. Bad move." saying everything you need to know. Jim Balent's cover art (pencils and inks) wrings maximum dread from the image, turning a simple concept into something genuinely skin-crawling. With Doug Moench scripting "Trapped in the Web of Morella," this issue promises exactly the kind of pulpy, high-stakes trouble that makes Catwoman such a compelling read.