The Pulse #4

The fourth chapter of Bendis, Bagley, and Hanna's "Thin Air" arc arrives with a cover by Mike Mayhew that puts two of Marvel's most unsettling faces front and center — a leering Green Goblin clutching a glowing pumpkin bomb alongside a wide-eyed, grimacing Norman Osborn, both looming over a blaring "WANTED!" headline from the pages of the Daily Bugle's superhero supplement. It's a viscerally tense image that captures the dual menace of one of Spider-Man's greatest villains rendered with real psychological unease. Fans of street-level Marvel storytelling in 2004 will find this one hard to pass up.