The Amazing Spider-Man #416

The cover by Mark Bagley and Larry Mahlstedt sets a sweeping, almost elegiac tone — Spider-Man stands alone atop the torch of the Statue of Liberty while the ghostly faces of Marvel's greatest heroes (Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Human Torch, the Thing, and a blonde woman) loom large in the sky behind him. Titled "Heroes' Farewell," this October 1996 issue carries a sense of quiet weight, Spider-Man small against a backdrop of giants yet undeniably at the center of it all. It's a striking visual that promises an emotionally resonant chapter in Peter Parker's ongoing saga.