Ultimate Spider-Man #121

A snarling, monstrous villain dominates this striking 2008 cover, lunging toward the viewer with fists raised and a web line caught in one clawed hand — while a battered Spider-Man spins helplessly in the foreground, clearly on the losing end of the encounter. Stuart Immonen's cover work is dynamic and unsettling, bathed in deep reds that give the whole image a tense, threatening atmosphere. With Brian Michael Bendis writing and Immonen on interior art as well, this issue of Ultimate Spider-Man promises the sharp character work and kinetic energy the series consistently delivered.