Marvel Tales #94

Marvel Tales #94 delivers one of the most delightfully unexpected cover scenarios in Spider-Man's history: Aunt May — mild-mannered, sweet Aunt May — leveling a gun at a wall-crawling Spider-Man with a trembling but determined warning to stay back, while a green-costumed figure writhes on the ground below her. John Romita's cover art (pencils and inks both his own) captures the sheer drama of the headline "Aunt May: Assassin?" with terrific energy, framing the confrontation in a golden doorway that makes every element pop. With Gerry Conway's story billed as "The Last Battle!," this 1978 reprint package offers a genuinely gripping premise wrapped in some of Romita's most expressive linework.