Marvel Tales #188

Part of Marvel's 1986 Collector's Item Classic reprint line, this issue of Marvel Tales brings together Spider-Man and one of his most persistent aerial foes — the Vulture — in a story titled "The Wings of the Vulture!" written by Stan Lee with art by John Romita. The cover, illustrated and inked by John Romita, captures the confrontation beautifully: a massive, green-winged Vulture dominates the cityscape as Spider-Man swings in from a skyscraper wall below, the busy Manhattan streets stretching dizzily far beneath them both. It's a dynamic, vertigo-inducing image that captures exactly why this wall-crawler versus bird-of-prey rivalry holds up so well.