Marvel Tales #173

Marvel Tales #173 brings Spider-Man face-to-face with a leopard-spotted, clawed adversary in a breathless high-rise pursuit, the two figures tumbling and lunging across the cover in a dynamic composition straight from Steve Ditko's cover pencils and inks. The title "The Thrill of the Hunt" says it all — this is a chase rendered with real kinetic energy, the cityscape dropping away beneath them as Spidey fights to keep the upper hand. It's a fine 1985 repackaging of a Stan Lee and Steve Ditko collaboration, a treat for anyone who appreciates their distinctive storytelling partnership at its most propulsive.