Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #26

Part of the "Spider-Man No More" arc, this 2013 installment from Bendis, Marquez, and Ponsor presents a quietly striking cover: a black-and-red gloved hand shooting a web-line against the warm, window-lit facade of a New York apartment building, onlookers gathering on fire escapes in the background. The restrained composition — no full figure, just that outstretched hand — makes for a surprisingly intimate and evocative image that says more about the weight of being Spider-Man than a posed action shot ever could. With the story titled "Here Comes… Bombshell," something is clearly about to shake up Miles Morales's world in a big way.