The Clone Conspiracy #1

The opening salvo of Marvel's 2016 "Dead No More" event arrives with a cover that sets a genuinely unsettling tone: Spider-Man crouches in the rain on a crumbling ledge, surrounded by grasping, decayed hands clawing up from below, while a massive, ominous masked figure looms in the shadows behind him — lightning crackling between them like a threat made visible. Gabriele Dell'Otto's painted cover work gives the whole scene a brooding, cinematic weight that feels a cut above the usual superhero fare. With Dan Slott writing and Jim Cheung on interior art, this first chapter of The Clone Conspiracy promises a story where Peter Parker's world is about to get considerably darker.