The Spectacular Spider-Man #192

Part two of "Eye of the Puma" arrives in this 1992 entry in Marvel's long-running series, with Spider-Man caught in a precarious scramble across rocky terrain while clutching an unconscious figure — and a snarling, feral Puma lunging down from above. The cover banner warns that both are "Pawns of the Black Crow," raising the tension considerably before you've even opened the book. Sal Buscema handles both pencils and inks here, delivering a kinetic, danger-filled composition that captures Spider-Man at his most pressed and vulnerable.