The Spectacular Spider-Man #202

Part nine of fourteen in the sprawling "Maximum Carnage" crossover, this 1993 installment of The Spectacular Spider-Man drops us right into the chaos with a cover by Sal Buscema that puts Carnage front and center — a massive, grinning symbiote monster looming over the battlefield with tendrils lashing outward. Spider-Man and Black Cat are caught in the thick of it, struggling against the onslaught while another symbiote-like figure writhes at the bottom of the frame. With the series approaching its midpoint, "The Turning Point" promises the kind of high-stakes confrontation this cover vividly delivers.