Ultimate Spider-Man #19

Perched atop a massive stone gargoyle statue, Spider-Man crouches in a dynamic pose against the glass facade of a towering building — a striking image that captures the web-slinger's uneasy relationship between the city's grandeur and his street-level vigilance. Mark Bagley and Art Thibert bring real energy to this cover, balancing the cold, sculpted weight of the gargoyle below with Spidey's tense, coiled-spring readiness above. Brian Michael Bendis's "Piece of Work" arc continues here, and if the cover is any indication, issue #19 has plenty of urban tension in store.