Ultimate Spider-Man #29

The cover of Ultimate Spider-Man #29 catches the wall-crawler mid-swing in a beautifully dynamic pose — one hand trailing a web line while he pivots low, close to a rooftop ledge against a bright open sky. Mark Bagley's cover art renders the red-and-blue costume with sleek, almost three-dimensional energy, the bold spider emblem on the chest commanding attention as the figure twists with acrobatic grace. With Brian Michael Bendis writing and the story arc titled "Stolen Identity," this 2002 issue promises the kind of street-level tension that made this series such a compelling reinvention of everyone's favorite web-slinger.