Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man #4

The finale of Brian Reed's Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man arrives with a cover by Chris Bachalo and Tim Townsend that sets a fittingly grim tone — a massive, hulking figure in a dark Spider-Man suit crouches triumphantly over the New York City skyline, blood-spattered and clutching a severed limb, every inch of him radiating menace rather than heroism. It's a striking visual encapsulation of everything wrong — and thrillingly off — about this twisted take on the wall-crawler. Issue 4 of 4 brings Reed, Bachalo, DiSalvo, and their collaborators' darkly comedic story to its close, and that cover promises the payoff is anything but wholesome.