Spider-Man #13

Spider-Man #13 opens the two-part "Sub-City" arc with a cover by Todd McFarlane that is pure visual intensity — a black-suited Spider-Man lunges straight toward the viewer, his wide white eyes gleaming, surrounded by an intricate web laced with red spiders crawling across a sickly yellow-green background. The story is billed as "The Legend of the Black Knight," promising something with real mythic weight beneath New York's streets. McFarlane handles writing, art, inking, and lettering throughout the issue, with colors by Gregory Wright completing one of 1991's most striking covers.