Ultimate Spider-Man #62

Part three of the five-part "Carnage" arc arrives with one of the most unsettling covers in the Ultimate Spider-Man run — a churning mass of deep crimson tendrils erupting from near-total darkness, a grotesque, glowing maw at its center radiating an almost hellish amber light. Mark Bagley's cover work captures the symbiote threat at its most visceral, all writhing organic chaos and barely contained menace. With Bendis, Bagley, and Hanna steering this series in 2004, this issue makes clear that the Carnage storyline is building toward something truly harrowing.