Ultimate Spider-Man #27

Spider-Man dominates this cover in a wonderfully disorienting upside-down pose, clinging to the underside of a massive concrete structure high above a city skyline — all rendered with smooth, dynamic energy by Mark Bagley. The red-and-blue suit is crisp and vivid against an open sky, fingers splayed with that signature wall-crawling tension. With the story titled "Illegal," this 2002 installment from Bendis, Bagley, and Thibert promises the kind of street-level intrigue that made the Ultimate line such a compelling reinvention of Marvel's wall-crawler.