Scarlet Spider #14

This 2013 installment of Marvel's Scarlet Spider series carries its tagline — "All of the Power, None of the Responsibility" — into genuinely unsettling territory, with Ryan Stegman's cover depicting Kaine overwhelmed and writhing as dozens of blue spiders swarm across his unmasked face and hands against a blood-red background. The image is visceral and claustrophobic, capturing the series' darker, more morally complex take on spider-heroism. With Christopher Yost writing and Khoi Pham on interior art, "In the Midst of Wolves Part 2" promises the kind of gritty, high-stakes storytelling that made this run stand out from Marvel's spider-titles of the era.