The Spectacular Spider-Man #3

From 1977 comes this third issue of Marvel's Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man, and the cover makes one thing unmistakably clear: Spider-Man has his hands full. Al Milgrom's cover art depicts a dramatically inverted Spider-Man caught in brilliant yellow beams of light energy, hurled back by the blazing, radiant figure of Lightmaster — a villain announced with flair by the bold tagline "Enter: Lightmaster!" Inside, the creative team of Gerry Conway, Jim Shooter, and Sal Buscema bring the same energy to the story titled "...And There Was Lightmaster!" It's a confident, visually striking chapter in Spidey's solo series that reminds readers why this title earned its own corner of the Marvel universe.