Spider-Woman #43

Spider-Woman finds herself badly outnumbered on the cover of this April 1982 Marvel issue, pinned down by a squad of armed, helmeted soldiers while a menacing armored figure looms above with clawed gauntlets — and the tagline warns she doesn't even want to know what's waiting. The tension is palpable, with Spider-Woman straining against her captors in her red-and-yellow costume as guns are drawn on all sides. Cover artist Steve Leialoha brings a gritty, kinetic energy to the scene that makes "Last Stands" feel like exactly the right title for whatever is unfolding inside.