It's an obvious one, but I love ASM #50, "Spider-Man No More"

Posted by tech knight on 2008-03-28 18:37:31
I'm rather enamoured with the #546 cover.

Posted by Fetsur on 2008-03-28 18:50:55
ASM# 28 for it's fantastic use of colors.

Posted by reznik on 2008-03-28 22:12:09
I have to reach back to the early 90s and pull forward the Spider-man cover that launched a thousand speculators. Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man #1 (black cover)

Posted by bigdaddyhub2 on 2008-03-28 22:21:06
ASM #361
It was the first comic I ever bought.

Posted by jjp69 on 2008-03-29 10:53:54
The cover so iconic they've reused it and reused it, and even recreated it in the second movie-- ASM #50 SPIDER-MAN NO MORE!

Posted by Brian Reed on 2008-03-29 11:43:31
I'm a cheatin'
I'm going to put in a couple of honourable mentions before nominating my favourite.
No offence to Steve Ditko but I always loved the JR Sr cover for ASM #39. And AMS#278 with its 70% white cover really stands out on the comic rack. Not to mention seeing Flash unmasked as Hobby on the cover. AMS Vol 2 #38 is one of the reasons I bought a comic as opposed to a TPB for the first times in years. (Not having a student loan anymore is another!). PPTSSM #109 has the best use of black and white and red (please...no newspaper jokes) I can ever remember seeing. Web of Spider-man annual #1 runs it a close second though.

But my all time favourite which just seems to sum everything up about Peter and Spidey is that over the shoulder, unmasked but in costume look from AMS vol 2 #37. Classic

Posted by cjmcaree on 2008-03-29 15:29:31
so many covers
Grrr, almost forgot to mention the fantastic Man-spider cover from an early issue of Marvel Fanfare. Think it was issue 2


I'll stop now...I promise

Posted by cjmcaree on 2008-03-29 17:26:56
I'm with Brian, almost
I've gotta go with ASM #40 first. It's just a stunningly beautiful cover of Spidey standing over a defeated Green Goblin with flames in the background. #39 is great too, but it doesn't have nearly the detail that #40 does.

Other honerable mentions should be #50, #121, Spider-Man #1 (McFarlane), and the string of Al Milgrom covers from PPSSM between 73-79 are amazing too.

Posted by pmpknface on 2008-03-31 08:46:13
Web of Spidey #13
Spiderman is berserk, in his black duds, and is about to pulp JJJ! As a kid flipping thru spinner rack comics, this one nearly knocked me out of my underoos. I still think its one of the greats.

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/web-of-spider-man/13-1.jpg

Posted by sirviz on 2008-03-31 18:18:54
Spiderman covers
Amazing Spiderman #39 (scan down a bit)


http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/amazing-spider-man

one of the more effective covers for making you want to buy a book imo.

Posted by izzatrix on 2008-04-01 15:50:44
My Fave Spidey Cover
I'd have to say that my favorite cover ever was the cover of Civil War #2, with Spidey un-masked in full public view. The art was exceptional, and it had a great "shock" impact. Just how I'd always pictured it happening!

Posted by MsMarvelDuckie on 2008-04-01 19:02:57
I'll agree that #40 has a wonderful use of color and detail (flames are a nice touch), but it gives too much away. #39, on the other hand, was great at really drawing you in. No way could you resist that cover.

Posted by sononsj on 2008-04-02 19:05:39
Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #2, 1968
http://comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=22336&zoom=4

Flat-out best Spider-Man cover ever.
Paid a $#!Ⱦload of money to own a Romita, Sr. piece playing with it.
http://img380.imageshack.us/my.php?image=romitaspidey2xg4.jpg

Posted by TimK on 2008-04-03 11:26:27
Amazing Spider-Man #70
http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/amazing-spider-man/2

Quintessential Spidey here. Art by the legendary John Romita; the forever misunderstood Spider-Man caught in the spotlight; his colorful costume all the more vivid with the cops in blues and shadows in the foreground... Simply a classic!

Posted by Spidey004 on 2008-04-04 22:26:34
Top 5
There have been too many covers to pick one single favourite. Here are a few.

5.:
http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/amazing-spider-man/9#i410
ASM #410. Mark Bagley produced several striking Amazing Spider-Man covers in the 90s, especially during the Ben Reilly days. Just take a look at #408 or #413. However, my favorite one has to be #410. The raw energy in that pose, the coloring, this one was just beautiful and proves that not everything connected to the Clone Saga was bad.

4.:
http://www.newsarama.com/marvelnew/Spider-Man/Power/Tony/Spideycover-1.jpg
Spider-Man: With Great Power #1. Very recent, that's why it's not higher on the list. I love the Yin Yang feeling of this cover, especially how the hands cross over from one half to the other. Couple that with nice touches like the web in the background, the unbuttoned collar or the spider on Peter's hand, and you get a really memorial image. I'm curious if it will stand the test of time.

3.:
http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/web-of-spider-man#i32
Web of Spider-Man #32. Kraven's Last Hunt, part 4. 'Nuff Said.

2.:
http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/amazing-spider-man/5#i219
ASM #219. A brilliant cover by Frank Miller. The body language of both Spidey and Peter, the black stripes... Really potent image.

1.:
http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/amazing-spider-man/4#i151
Amazing Spider-Man #151. The expression on Spider-Man's mask, the pose, even without the word balloons you'd know that Spider-Man is pissed. But look at the details! The water at the bottom of the page. The countless bubbles all over the page. The rats. Just by looking at this cover, you can almost smell the sewer and hear the noise of the water shooting out of the pipe. You're in the scene. Few artists manage to do that. Romita is one of them.

Posted by Michael Heide on 2008-04-07 05:40:00
covers galore
i like the classic covers from the lee/ditko days. but a really good cover is web of spider-man #13. the look on jamesons face is priceless. granted the cover does not put spidey in the best light but it is a cover that will get you attention http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/web-of-spider-man#i13

Posted by marypeter on 2008-04-14 06:19:09