Marvel Comics

Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley reimagined the Hulk for a new era with a concept that is both simple and genuinely disturbing: Bruce Banner has trapped the Savage Hulk inside a mental construct resembling a massive starship, piloting him like a weapon. The Starship Hulk premise allowed Cates to explore the Banner/Hulk relationship in a fresh way while Ottley — best known for his decade-long run on Invincible — brought explosive, large-scale action that pushed the book's visual ambition to new heights. This is one of the most distinctive modern Hulk runs, collecting a complete creative vision in a single oversized volume.

Nick Spencer's Amazing Spider-Man run reaches its climax as Kindred finally reveals their true identity — a revelation rooted in years of carefully planted continuity going back to One More Day. Sinister War erupts as every Sinister Six member Mysterio has ever assembled converges in total conflict. The consequence of every long-running subplot is paid off in these 1,336 pages. The complete resolution of Spencer's ambitious multi-year story, central reading after Volume 1.

Nick Spencer takes the reins of Amazing Spider-Man and immediately addresses years of continuity knots with a confident hand. Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson finally reunite after One More Day, while Spencer plants the seeds of the long-running Kindred mystery — a threat rooted in Peter's deal with Mephisto. Ryan Ottley's clean, dynamic art makes every page enjoyable. 1,328 pages that recapture the classic Amazing Spider-Man voice while building towards a genuinely ambitious long-form story.