Untold Tales of Spider-Man #11

Pat Olliffe and Al Vey deliver a striking cover for this July 1996 entry in Marvel's budget-friendly Untold Tales of Spider-Man series, depicting a crackling, lightning-wreathed Shocker reeling in apparent anguish as a fist — wrapped in torn, burning webbing — looms dominantly overhead, while a sinister purple-masked figure lurks in the shadows to the right. The bold tagline "Shock Follows Shock!" promises the kind of breathless momentum that Kurt Busiek's run on this series consistently delivers. At just 99 cents, issue #11 offers a genuinely compelling slice of early Spider-Man adventure that's hard to pass up.