The Spectacular Spider-Man #180

Part three of "The Child Within" arrives in this 1991 issue, and Sal Buscema's cover sets the tension perfectly: Spider-Man and the Green Goblin are locked in fierce, close-quarters combat, the Goblin's sinister grin cutting through the chaos as the tagline "Call my killer… my friend!" hangs ominously in the air. It's a gripping visual promise from J. M. DeMatteis and Buscema's celebrated run together, with the six-part story already deepening in ways the cover's unsettling caption hints at. If you've been following "The Child Within," this mid-arc chapter looks like exactly the kind of confrontation the story has been building toward.