The Spectacular Spider-Man #131

Part three of the six-part "Kraven's Last Hunt" saga brings readers underground with this striking Mike Zeck and Bob McLeod cover, where a massive, feral creature looms over the dank, pipe-lined sewers — rats scurrying at its feet — while a small, ghostly Spider-Man figure flickers in the murky background. The chapter title "Descent" captures the mood perfectly: something monstrous has taken hold beneath the city, and the atmosphere is genuinely unsettling. J. M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck were delivering some of 1987's most atmospheric Spider-Man storytelling, and this cover alone makes a compelling case for picking up the issue.