The Amazing Spider-Man #378

Part 3 of the sprawling 1993 crossover "Maximum Carnage" arrives with a cover that wastes absolutely no time — Carnage and Venom clash in a ferocious, symbiote-fueled collision while Spider-Man looms large in the background, his wide white eyes surveying the chaos. Mark Bagley's pencils and Randy Emberlin's inks give both creatures a raw, kinetic energy, their tendrils and teeth filling every inch of that yellow burst background. With David Michelinie writing and "The Rage of Venom!" blazoned across the bottom, this issue sits right at the heart of one of Marvel's most ambitious multi-title events of the era.