Spider-Man: Chapter One #9

Spider-Man: Chapter One #9 brings together a compelling trio on John Byrne's cover: a web-entangled Spider-Man rendered helpless in the foreground, the menacing Kraven the Hunter looming large with a big cat lurking at his side, and Daredevil — "The Man Without Fear" — swinging in dynamically from the background. The cover copy promises exactly the kind of tension the image delivers, with the Webspinner caught squarely at Kraven's mercy while a potential ally races to the scene. Byrne's clean, energetic linework gives this 1999 retelling of Marvel's early mythology a sharp, confident visual punch.