Superior Carnage #4

The menacing red symbiote erupts from a debris-strewn foreground, all gnashing teeth and writhing tendrils, while the Superior Spider-Man looms as a dark silhouette above — a cover composition by Clayton Crain that practically hums with dread. With four figures caught in this violent collision of scarlet chaos, Superior Carnage #4 makes a strong case that this limited series is firing on all cylinders by its penultimate chapter. Kevin Shinick and Stephen Segovia bring a genuinely unsettling energy to this 2013 Marvel series, and this issue looks like a worthy escalation of everything that came before.