Spider-Man Visionaries, Vol. 1: Todd McFarlane
With his dynamic, near-contortionist figures and funky webbing, Todd McFarlane defined an era of Spider-Man art as Steve Ditko and John Romita did before him.Spider-Man Visionaries, Vol. 1: Todd McFarlanecollectsAmazing Spider-Manissues 298-305, in which Peter and Mary Jane are enjoying married life, and Spidey's still swinging in his black costume facing off against the Prowler, Silver Sable, and a handful of throwaway villains.  But issue 300 is the payoff, introducing Spidey's most enduring post-Lee/Ditko foe, and one of the scariest villains ever: Venom, a byproduct of Peter'sDaily Buglerival Eddie Brock and the alien symbiote that formed Spidey's original black costume.  Somewhat confusingly, this volume is followed bySpider-Man Legends, Vol. 2: Todd McFarlane.--David Horiuchi