Spider-Man: With Great Power... #1

Tony Harris's striking cover for this five-issue Marvel Knights series splits the image right down the middle — one half the red-and-blue masked face of Spider-Man, the other the earnest, wide-eyed face of Peter Parker in his argyle sweater vest, their hands similarly divided between a web-shooter and an ordinary palm bearing a tiny spider. It's a quietly powerful visual statement about duality, and writer David Lapham promises a story that digs into the tension between the boy and the hero he's becoming. A compelling opening chapter to what looks like a thoughtful, grounded take on one of Marvel's most enduring figures.