Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #9

Spider-Man crashes the scene in true wall-crawler fashion, perched upside-down atop a giant Fantastic Four logo while the full team — Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, the Thing, and a blazing Human Torch — assembles beneath him on this Jim Mahfood cover. Mahfood's clean, energetic linework gives the whole image a fresh, fun feel that suits the Ultimate universe's youthful reinvention perfectly. With Brian Michael Bendis scripting, this 2001 team-up between Marvel's friendly neighborhood hero and its first family promises exactly the kind of sharp, character-driven chemistry fans were hoping for.