The Spectacular Spider-Man #211

Part two of the "Pursuit" storyline arrives in striking fashion, with Sal Buscema's cover delivering an unsettling close-up of Spider-Man's masked face being grabbed by a snarling, fanged figure whose hands claw at the hero from below. The composition is intensely personal — all teeth and wide white lenses — making it one of the more viscerally arresting covers of 1994. Writer Mike Lackey and artist Sal Buscema continue their four-part chase with a title, "Face Value," that feels perfectly matched to this confrontational, in-your-face image.