Scarlet Spider #8

The series tagline — "All of the Power, None of the Responsibility" — sets the tone perfectly for this 2012 chapter titled "The Second Master." Ryan Stegman's cover puts the battered, black-and-red-suited Scarlet Spider front and center, tangled in webs and clearly in the thick of a brutal fight alongside a fierce red-costumed woman, while a glowing blue figure and a dark-armored adversary clash in the chaotic background. With Yost, Pham, Palmer, and Delgado powering the interior, this is the kind of issue that reminds you Houston's reluctant hero never gets an easy day.