Marvel Tales #252

Marvel Tales #252 brings a genuinely thrilling showdown to the cover, with a six-armed Spider-Man and the pale, red-eyed Morbius the Living Vampire locked in fierce combat against a swirling yellow-green vortex — rendered with sharp, dynamic energy by cover artist Marshall Rogers. The cover's own tagline calls it "the Spidey Saga YOU demanded to see," and with that eerie supernatural menace glaring up from the bottom corner, it's easy to see why fans clamored for this one. A great 1991 snapshot of Marvel's reprint line at its most engaging.