The Spectacular Spider-Man #93

Spider-Man faces one of his most agonizing dilemmas right on the cover of this August 1984 issue, with the purple-and-yellow-clad Answer holding a bound Black Cat hostage high above a street swarming with police cars and bystanders below. Spider-Man himself — in his sleek black costume — clings to the building's face while the villain's speech bubbles spell out a cruel either/or: rescue Black Cat or defuse a bomb, with the Answer gloating that he wins either way. Al Milgrom's cover art captures the vertigo and urgency of the standoff beautifully, making this a genuinely gripping entry in the long-running Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man series.