The Amazing Spider-Man #1.5

Part five of "Learning to Crawl" arrives in this beautifully rendered Alex Ross cover that captures Peter Parker at a crossroads — half in street clothes, half in his Spider-Man suit, standing tall at the center of a swirling tableau of faces from his early life. Surrounding him are familiar figures including Aunt May, a young woman, an older man in glasses, and looming villainous presences including what appears to be the Lizard's scaly arm and a mechanized foe in the lower corners, evoking the full weight of the world young Peter carries. Dan Slott, Ramón Pérez, and Ian Herring bring this chapter of Spider-Man's formative days to life with the kind of care that makes 2014 a fine time to be a Spider-Man reader.