Ultimate Spider-Man #42

Spider-Man crouches in a tense, fluid pose against a shadowy web-patterned background, his red-and-blue suit rendered in deep, dramatic hues that give the 2003 series its distinctly modern edge. The story arc is titled "Temptations," and that sense of something lurking just out of reach feels perfectly captured in the wall-crawler's alert, coiled stance. Mark Bagley's cover art — both pencils and inks — brings a sleek, cinematic energy to this chapter from Brian Michael Bendis's celebrated run on the title.