The Amazing Spider-Man #681

Against a vast star-field and a looming moon, Spider-Man swoops down from above — mask torn, expression fierce — toward a blond young man wreathed in crackling orange flames, who looks up with unmistakable alarm. The celestial backdrop and the cover's bold tagline, "The Galaxy's Greatest Super Hero," set a suitably epic tone for this 2012 installment, with Camuncoli and Janson delivering a cover that crackles with tension and scale. Writers Dan Slott and Christopher Yost are clearly pushing Spidey far beyond the streets of New York this arc.