The Sensational Spider-Man #21

Spider-Man crouches in a defensive stance at the center of this November 1997 cover, surrounded on all sides by a pack of snarling, purple-furred creatures with razor claws and jagged teeth — the tagline promising that "Night Brings the Technomancer!" The tension is palpable, with the wall-crawler encircled and outnumbered against a glowing urban backdrop, all rendered with Mike Wieringo's pencils and Rich Case's inks in a wonderfully kinetic style. With DeZago and Wieringo at the helm on "Opening Doors," this issue looks like a genuinely fun, creature-filled chapter in Spidey's mid-'90s adventures.