Venom #6

The stark black-and-purple cover of Venom #6 (2003) makes an immediate impression — Venom himself lunges forward from a stylized, almost ceremonial web-and-spider motif, his fanged maw open and muscles coiled with barely contained menace. Paco Medina's cover art strips the composition down to pure atmosphere, letting that single monochromatic figure command every inch of the page. With Daniel Way writing and the story titled "Run," this issue promises exactly the kind of relentless, adrenaline-charged Venom tale the cover so effectively sets up.