Spider-Man: Life Story #4

The minimalist crimson cover of this 2019 chapter says everything with striking economy: two Spider-Men — one slightly shadowed, one more defined — crouch face-to-face against a web-patterned red background, a visual that perfectly captures the identity tension at the heart of the '90s chapter of Chip Zdarsky's acclaimed "real-time aging" saga. With interior art by Mark Bagley, inked by Andrew Hennessy and colored by Frank D'Armata, the creative team brings real craft to this chapter titled "Brothers in Arms." If you've been following Peter Parker grow older issue by issue through each decade, this fourth installment — set squarely in the era of flannel and excess — is exactly where you want to be.