The Spectacular Spider-Man #130

Against a backdrop of ticking countdown times, Spider-Man in his black costume grabs a yellow-shirted figure while the menacing face of the Hobgoblin looms large at left and a scowling bald man glowers from the lower right — the cover makes the urgency crystal clear with its blunt promise: Spidey has 24 hours to complete the Hobgoblin's mission or he and Harry Osborn will die. Cover pencils by Jim Fern and inks by Bob Layton deliver a tense, kinetic composition that feels genuinely high-stakes. If you were following Peter Parker's adventures in 1987, this one clearly wasn't letting up for a breath.