Spider-Man: The Lost Hunt #2

Ryan Brown's cover for this second chapter of "The Lost Hunt" delivers an immediately arresting image: a torn, battle-worn Spider-Man mask mounted like a hunter's trophy on a wooden plaque, the nameplate beneath it reading "Spider-Man" — and beneath the shredded red mask, a bare human skull stares back. It's a viscerally unsettling piece of cover art that frames the stakes of J. M. DeMatteis's story in the starkest possible terms. With a strong creative team including artists Eder Messias and Brent Peeples bringing "Chapter Two: Broken" to life inside, this 2023 Spider-Man special event is shaping up to be one of the wall-crawler's darker outings.