Scarlet Spider #9

The red-and-black suited Scarlet Spider dominates this 2012 Marvel cover, web-lines trailing as he charges forward with unmistakable intensity — while a red-haired woman, a hulking figure in chains, and a glowing blue energy-wielding character crowd the background in what feels like absolute chaos. Ryan Stegman's cover work crackles with kinetic energy, the radiating burst of light behind Kaine giving the whole composition a real sense of collision and consequence. With Christopher Yost writing and "All of the Power, None of the Responsibility" as the book's cheeky tagline, issue #9's "The Second Master: Part Three" looks like it delivers on every front.