The Spectacular Spider-Man #256

Rabbit Fire!" blazes across this April 1998 issue of The Spectacular Spider-Man, and the cover by Luke Ross delivers on that promise with gleeful abandon. A laughing woman in bunny ears and a pink bow rides a massive, snarling robotic rabbit as explosions erupt all around, sending a dark, shadowy figure hurtling through the air from the blast. DeMatteis and Ross bring an entertainingly off-kilter energy to this installment, pairing genuine menace with a villain concept that's impossible to take entirely seriously — and that tension is exactly what makes it so fun.