Spider-Verse #5

Five issues into this six-part series, Spider-Verse spotlights the pulp-era Spider-Man Noir, and Dave Rapoza's cover makes a striking case for the character. Looming large against a pale full moon, the goggled, dark-caped Spider-Man Noir towers over a snarling, wide-eyed creature below — all sharp teeth and outstretched clawed limbs rising from a swirling storm of debris. With Christos Gage writing and Juan Ferreyra handling art, inks, and colors throughout, this penultimate chapter promises the gritty, atmospheric tone that makes the Noir corner of the Spider-Verse so compelling.