Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #23

Spider-Man trades in his red-and-blue for the sleek black costume on this striking Paolo Rivera cover, showing the wall-crawler mid-leap against a moody crimson sky with a city skyline below — tense, purposeful, and undeniably cool. Part of Marvel's 2007 "Back in Black" banner, this issue brings together writer Peter David with artist Todd Nauck, inker Robert Campanella, and colorist John Kalisz for "Fighting Words." If you've been following Spider-Man's darker turn this year, issue #23 looks like a compelling place to be.