Je suis Spider-Man #[nn]

A striking French-language Marvel collection from Panini France, this 2014 volume announces itself boldly with "Je suis Spider-Man" — and Alex Ross makes that title feel earned. Ross's painted cover zooms into the eye of Spider-Man's mask, where reflections of a fair-haired woman and a leering Green Goblin peer back from within the lens, instantly conveying the human stakes and menace lurking behind the hero's facade. It's a quietly powerful composition — Ross handling pencils, inks, and colors himself — that distills the core of Spider-Man's world into a single, haunting image.