The Spectacular Spider-Man #97

December 1984 brings Spider-Man face-to-face with a towering new threat in this Al Milgrom-covered issue of Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man. The cover announces "Enter: The Hermit!" and delivers on that promise dramatically — a wild-haired, robed old man wielding a gnarled staff looms over a reeling Spider-Man, energy crackling between them, while a ghostly figure lurks in the background and armed robbers scatter through a city street below. With a story titled "Hermit-Age!" and a creative team of writer/cover artist Al Milgrom, penciler Herb Trimpe, and inker Jim Mooney, this issue has the feel of a classic Marvel street-level adventure with a dash of the supernatural.