The Amazing Spider-Man #510

Sins Past" continues in this 2004 chapter from J. Michael Straczynski, with Mike Deodato Jr. on interiors and a cover by Deodato and Brian Haberlin that commands immediate attention. Spider-Man lies battered and crumpled in the foreground wreckage, while two imposing silhouetted figures loom over him against a blazing golden sky — their webbing-streaked forms suggesting a threat that's deeply personal as well as physical. It's a striking image of a hero at his lowest point, setting a genuinely tense stage for wherever this story is headed.