The Amazing Spider-Man #27 (991)

The "Death Spiral" arc reaches its stunning conclusion in The Amazing Spider-Man #27, and Ed McGuinness's cover makes the stakes unmistakably clear — a Spider-Man figure consumed by a Carnage symbiote looms crucified against a pole, saturated in crimson and black, surrounded by a swarm of spider-creatures beneath a pale full moon. The fusion of Spider-Man's familiar silhouette with Carnage's jagged, fang-lined ferocity creates a genuinely unsettling image that captures the horror at the heart of this nine-part story. With Joe Kelly scripting and McGuinness and Carlos Gómez sharing interior art duties, this 2026 Marvel chapter promises a fittingly intense payoff to one of the year's most ambitious Spider-Man storylines.