The Amazing Spider-Man #115

Few covers from 1972 capture pure domestic shock quite like this one: Spider-Man lunges through a doorway while Aunt May — in her maid's apron — levels a gun at him, warning him to stay back as a coiled, tentacled figure writhes helplessly on the floor below. John Romita's cover art sells the headline "Aunt May — Assassin?" with a wonderful absurdity that somehow feels completely earnest, framing the promise of "The Last Battle!" as something both deeply personal and genuinely tense. It's a Marvel Bronze Age cover that reminds you how wild and inventive the series could be at its best.