Spider-Man: Life Story #1

What a striking opening image — Spider-Man dangles by a single web line beneath a formation of U.S. Army helicopters, rendered in cool teal tones that give the whole cover an eerie, contemplative weight. Chip Zdarsky, who both wrote and drew this cover, frames the wall-crawler as a tiny, vulnerable figure against the military hardware above him, instantly evoking the Vietnam-era tensions the series promises to explore. With Mark Bagley, John Dell, and Frank D'Armata bringing "Chapter One: The War at Home" to life inside, Spider-Man: Life Story #1 is a fresh and thoughtful take on what it would mean for Peter Parker to actually age through the decades he's lived in.