The Amazing Spider-Man #527

Part 9 of the 12-part "The Other: Evolve or Die" crossover event, this 2006 chapter carries one of the more quietly haunting covers of the run. Mike Deodato's stark, near-monochromatic image shows a figure — unmistakably Peter Parker, suit dissolving away in dripping ribbons — rising from churning, wave-wracked water, hands outstretched as something transformative and unsettling takes hold. With J. Michael Straczynski writing and Deodato handling both pencils and inks, this is a chapter that leans hard into the series' darker, more mythic tone.