The Spectacular Spider-Man #46

This September 1980 issue of Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man puts our wall-crawler in a genuinely tough spot, as the cover by Frank Miller and Bob McLeod shows Spider-Man caught in a mid-air clash with the Cobra — a snake-themed villain in purple and green whose coiled appendage delivers a stunning blow — while armed police officers close in from the rooftop above and more cops converge far below on the street. The tagline says it all: "Between the Cobra and the cops… Spidey's got more trouble than he can handle!" It's a sharp, kinetic composition that captures the double-bind tension of being a hero the law doesn't fully trust.