The Amazing Spider-Man #688

Part one of "No Turning Back" arrives with a cover that makes an immediate, unsettling impression — a massive, green-scaled reptilian creature tears through a wall while clutching a battered Spider-Man, its red eyes and jagged teeth front and center in a genuinely menacing close-up. The creature wears Spider-Man's red-and-blue suit across its torso, blurring the line between hero and monster in a way that's hard to shake. Dan Slott, Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Klaus Janson deliver this striking image as part of Amazing Spider-Man's 50th anniversary year, and it's a confident signal that this arc means business.