Flash #125

The Scarlet Speedster dominates this May 1997 cover in spectacular fashion — Flash plunges headfirst in a blur of lightning, his red-and-gold costume crackling with speed energy, while below him two civilians scramble in panic, one clutching a small child amid what appears to be a disaster-stricken urban landscape. Howard Porter and José Marzán Jr. pack the image with kinetic urgency, the diagonal composition pulling your eye straight into the chaos. With Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn on scripting duties and the story titled "Cause and Effect," this issue promises the kind of high-stakes action the series delivered so reliably in its mid-'90s stride.