Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #7

The Superior Spider-Man finds himself surrounded on all sides in this 2014 Marvel team-up, with the cover by Paolo Rivera and Joe Rivera depicting Spidey in his distinctive black-and-red suit lunging forward while a white-skinned figure in a suit grapples with him — all set against a menacing backdrop of towering villainous figures including what appears to be a sand-formed giant, a silver-haired electricity-wielding threat, and a sharp-eyed adversary lurking at the edge. It's a wonderfully crowded, kinetic composition that captures the odds-against-everyone tension that defines this series. Writer Christopher Yost and artists Marco Checchetto and Paco Diaz, with colors by Rachelle Rosenberg, bring a sharp creative team to what promises to be a genuinely compelling chapter.