Klaws of the Panther #3

The penultimate chapter of this 2011 Marvel limited series arrives with a striking Michael Del Mundo cover that pulls three figures into a tense urban tableau — a white-furred Black Panther lunges forward with predatory intensity, Spider-Man crouches watchfully above on a rooftop ledge, and a third figure is pinned beneath the Panther's grip against a graffiti-splashed surface. Jonathan Maberry's story, "Music of the Spheres," is brought to life interiorly by artists Gianluca Gugliotta and Pepe Larraz with colors by José Villarrubia, promising the same kinetic energy Del Mundo captures so vividly on the cover. With one issue still to go, the stakes feel as sharp as those klaws.