The Spectacular Spider-Man #26

The cover of this January 1979 issue tells an urgent story all on its own: a blinded Spider-Man tumbles helplessly through the city skyline, stars bursting around his head from the Masked Marauder's attack, while Daredevil leaps dramatically into the frame in a desperate bid to intervene. Ed Hannigan's pencils, inked by Bob McLeod and Joe Rubinstein, give the scene real kinetic energy — the tagline "To Die in Darkness!" promises that this team-up is anything but a friendly get-together. With Bill Mantlo writing and Jim Mooney on interior art, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #26 pairs two of Marvel's most compelling street-level heroes in what looks like one of their more harrowing shared adventures of the era.