The Spectacular Spider-Man #89

The Black Cat pleads with a visibly standoffish Spider-Man — "Don't hate me, Spider-Man! What I did, I did for your love!" — while looming behind them in striking red-toned silhouette are the faces of Captain America, the Thing, and a woman, hinting at a web of complicated allegiances in "Power Search." Al Milgrom's cover composition uses that warm, radiating background beautifully to frame the emotional tension between the two foreground figures, with a crowd of shadowy onlookers adding real weight to the confrontation. A solid 1984 Marvel entry that wears its dramatic heart right on its sleeve.