Scarlet Spider #6

A gravestone bearing the name "Kaine Parker" sets an ominous tone for this 2012 Marvel series, as a red-suited, battle-worn figure lies crumpled in an open grave while a red-haired woman in black stands over him, knife in hand. Ryan Stegman's cover art — colored by Edgar Delgado — captures a striking mood of vulnerability and menace, with the tagline "All of the Power, None of the Responsibility" landing with particular weight here. Christopher Yost's "A Mighty Hunter Before the Lord" promises exactly the kind of dark, grounded tension that has made this Houston-set series stand apart from its web-slinging cousins.