The Amazing Spider-Man #617

Amazing Spider-Man #617 puts the Rhino front and center in a genuinely striking way — the cover, by Max Fiumara, fills the entire image with a massive, rocky face bursting through a shattered wall, glowing amber eyes burning with unmistakable fury, that distinctive horn jutting upward through the debris. The "Rage of the Rhino" title says it all: this is a story built around one of Spider-Man's most relentless bruisers, and the cover makes that threat feel immediate and almost uncomfortably close. Writer Joe Kelly and artist Max Fiumara deliver a 2010 issue that's hard to overlook on any shelf.