Spider-Woman #6

There's a genuine jolt of tension in this 1978 Marvel cover as Spider-Woman sits bound to a chair — ropes wound tightly around her red-and-yellow costumed figure — while a snarling Werewolf by Night lunges through a moonlit window straight toward her. The cover's stark black background throws both figures into sharp relief, and the blunt tagline "Spider-Woman is Helpless…" makes the threat feel immediate and real. Cover art by Carmine Infantino and Steve Leialoha gives the scene a kinetic, almost cinematic energy that makes this Marv Wolfman-written issue a compelling entry in the series' early run.