Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #5

The stakes feel impossibly high on David Marquez's striking cover, where a red-and-black suited Miles Morales cradles an unconscious Spider-Man while an enormous, blood-soaked clawed hand looms overhead in the darkness. Marquez's composition — framing the vulnerable heroes beneath that massive, dripping threat — creates a palpable sense of danger and desperation. Brian Michael Bendis and Marquez's 2014 Ultimate Marvel Now! run continues to deliver emotionally charged superhero storytelling that earns every penny of its cover price.