Spider-Man #77

Spider-Man lunges forward in full-throttle action on this striking February 1997 cover, while the pale, fanged form of Morbius looms menacingly below him — the cover's "A Monster Called Morbius!" tagline making clear that the Living Vampire is very much the threat of the hour. Cover pencils by Claudio Castellini and inks by Mark Farmer give the composition a dynamic, heavily rendered energy, with a shadowy cityscape and swooping bat-like creatures amplifying the gothic tension. Interior art from Castellini with a team of inkers, plus Howard Mackie's script, promises that "The Vampire's Kiss" delivers the kind of supernatural street-level showdown that made this era of Spider-Man titles compelling reading.