Spider-Man 2099 #45

Spider-Man 2099 faces a ferocious, insectoid aquatic villain in a mid-air struggle on this striking July 1996 cover — bubbles swirling around them both as the tagline "The City Shall Drown in Blood!" sets an ominous tone. Rick Leonardi's pencils and Scott Hanna's inks give the confrontation a kinetic, almost underwater momentum, with the yellow-green creature's clawed limbs locked around the blue-suited hero against a city backdrop. With "Drowning by Inches" as the story title, this issue promises a desperate fight for survival in the dystopian future Marvel built around this fan-favorite corner of its universe.