The Amazing Spider-Man #614

Part three of "Power to the People" arrives with one of 2010's most unsettling cover images: Spider-Man's masked face is shown upside-down, half-pulled from his head to reveal Peter Parker's battered, bloodied features beneath, with crackling electricity cutting across the scene. Marko Djurdjević's painted cover work is quietly devastating — the downward arrow at the bottom feels like a verdict. With Mark Waid writing and Paul Azaceta and Dave Stewart bringing their gritty, atmospheric visuals to the interior, this chapter of "The Gauntlet" — featuring Electro prominently in the story banner — promises real consequences for our hero.