Untold Tales of Spider-Man #2

Part of Kurt Busiek and Pat Olliffe's celebrated run filling in the early days of Marvel's favorite wall-crawler, issue #2 of Untold Tales of Spider-Man hits that sweet 99-cent price point without skimping on the thrills. The cover — penciled by Olliffe and inked by Al Vey — plunges Spider-Man headlong through a rain-soaked urban canyon, weblines whipping around him, while a snarling, clawed beast with glowing red eyes lunges from the shadows above, claws outstretched and fangs bared. That bold tagline, "It Stalks by Night!", says everything you need to know about the mood waiting inside "Castles in the Air.