The Spectacular Spider-Man #7

This June 1977 issue of Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man pits our wall-crawler against one of Marvel's most unsettling villains, as the cover tagline makes clear: "Menace is the Man Called Morbius!" Dave Cockrum and Al Milgrom's cover delivers the goods — a snarling, hollow-eyed Morbius looms enormous in the background, his pale clawed hand reaching forward while Spider-Man fires webbing in defense, and a frightened woman caught between them scrambles desperately to escape the danger above the New York skyline. It's a striking, atmospheric composition that captures the dread of facing a foe who is as tragic as he is terrifying.