>>Can it be, the webbed wonder himself on the cover of Issue 2- 2001? Look at the right most ".NET" in the yellow oval. It appears to be Spiderman, sitting in a cross-legged yoga position, then bent at the waist. Look at it from an angle or in your peripheral vision.
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>Don't see it. How do you see that on that issue?

It requires a lot of imagination.

On the front cover look at the line "An XML and XSLT Shopping Cart". Right under "Shopping cart" is a red fish with the text "C#". Giving the right angle it is Spiderman, no? Okay, it is a bit of a stretch.