Venom #9

The fourth chapter of "Run" arrives with a Sam Kieth cover that's hard to look away from — Venom's massive, symbiote-cloaked form envelops a struggling man, all coiling darkness and gnashing teeth, while a small spider-like figure clings to the upper corner in an eerie red glow. Daniel Way and Paco Medina's 2004 series continues to push the symbiote into genuinely unsettling territory, and this cover sets the tension perfectly. A striking entry in a run that keeps raising the stakes.